Occurrence of Gremmeniella abietina damage on Scots pine along a pollution gradient from Monchegorsk nickel smelter to western Lapland

Summary Gremmeniella abietina damage was studied at stand and tree level on the Kola Peninsula and in northern Finland. At stand level, damage was recorded in four areas in Finland, while only individual damaged trees were found in Russia. According to the results of branch analysis, there was no si...

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Published in:European Journal of Forest Pathology
Main Authors: Kaitera, J., Fedorkov, A., Jalkanen, R., Krutov, V., Tsvetkov, V.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1995
Subjects:
Kola Peninsula
Monchegorsk
kola peninsula
Northern Finland
Lapland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0329.1995.tb01067.x
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Summary:Summary Gremmeniella abietina damage was studied at stand and tree level on the Kola Peninsula and in northern Finland. At stand level, damage was recorded in four areas in Finland, while only individual damaged trees were found in Russia. According to the results of branch analysis, there was no sign of endemic epidemics in any of the areas. There was a significant negative correlation between the average G. abietina damage and modelled SO 2 deposition and temperature sum along the gradient. The results suggest that G. abietina is distributed all over northern Finland and the Kola Peninsula in natural stands of Scots pine, and that the direct effect of SO 2 deposition from the Monchegorsk nickel smelter on the damage may be minimal.

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