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The effects of heavy metals, content of nutrients and inoculation with mycorrhizal fungi on the level of terpenoids in roots of Pinus sylvestris seedlings

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The effect of two substrates differing in the amount of toxic metals and nutrients on the content of volatile organic compounds in roots of Pinus sylvestris seedlings inoculated with Paxillus involutus, Laccaria laccata, Suillus luteus and a strain of the ectendomycorrhizal fungus Mrg X (Ascomycotina) in pot experiment was investigated. Volatile compounds extracted with a supercritical fluid extraction were primarily terpenes and sesquiterpenes, and they were qualitatively the same in roots of mycorrhizal and nonmycorrhizal plants grown on both substrates. The major monoterpenes were α-pinene, Δ3-carene and β-pinene. On the unpolluted substrate, inoculation of plants with the fungi resulted in a similar amount of the volatiles, while on the polluted substrate the mycorrhizal roots showed significantly lower content of terpenoids than nonmycorrhizal roots. The mycorrhizal fungi showed different effects on the concentrations of several terpenoids on both substrates.

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  1. Department of Phytopathology, Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Parkowa 5, 62-035, Kórnik, Poland

    Antoni Werner, Anna Napierała-Filipiak, Marek Mardarowicz & Jan Gawdzik

  2. Department of Chemical Physics, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie Skłodowska University, 20-031, Lublin, Poland

    Marek Mardarowicz & Jan Gawdzik

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Werner, A., Napierała-Filipiak, A., Mardarowicz, M. et al. The effects of heavy metals, content of nutrients and inoculation with mycorrhizal fungi on the level of terpenoids in roots of Pinus sylvestris seedlings. Acta Physiol Plant 26, 187–196 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-004-0008-9

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