The Pathological Status of Pinus sylvestris L. Understory Affected by Anthropogenic Air Pollution Stress (Case Study of Forests near Krasnoyarsk)

• Published in: Land (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 10; p. 1625
• Main Authors: Tatarintsev, Andrey I., Sultson, Svetlana M., Evdokimova, Lyudmila S., Mikhaylov, Pavel V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2022
• Subjects: Air pollution; Anthropogenic factors; Biota; Branches; Canker; Coniferous forests; Contamination; Data collection; Ecosystems; Environmental quality; Fluorine; Forest soils; Forestry; Forests; Heavy metals; Industrial areas; Industrial pollution; Infections; Infectious diseases; Inspection; Morphology; Necrosis; needle diseases; Needlecast; Parasites; Parasitic plants; Pathogens; Pathology; Pine; pine forests; Pine needles; Pine trees; Pinus sylvestris; Plant diseases; plant pathogens; Pollutants; Research methods; Steppes; Trees; Understory

Air pollution is the major anthropogenic factor in urban and industrial areas. Forests play the most important role in improving environmental quality in such areas. Long-term air pollution has an adverse effect on the entire biota in such forests and determines the nature of plant–pathogen interact...