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The Arbuscules Formation Intensity Decreased in Mycorrhizal Alien Plants of Belarusian Polesia

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Abstract—We tested a hypothesis about the different abilities of alien and native plants to form arbuscular mycorrhizae. The studies were carried out in the Belarusian Polesia (Eastern Europe) in the zone of mixed coniferous–deciduous forests with a temperate continental climate. The intensity of formation of various structures of arbuscular mycorrhizae (arbuscule, vesicles, and hyphae), as well as root hairs, was determined microscopically in 19 alien and 25 native plant species collected in six different habitats. In each habitat, both alien and native plants were collected. In mycorrhizal alien plants, arbuscules were formed less frequently (28 ± 6%) than in native plants (48 ± 6%). Root hairs in alien species were laid more often (43 ± 6%) than in native species (32 ± 4%). In both native and alien plants, the mycorrhiza was more actively formed in disturbed habitats, but the interaction between the factors “degree of naturalization” and “degree of habitat disturbance” has not been established. Thus, arbuscular mycorrhizae function less effectively in alien plants of the Belarusian Polesia than in native plants.

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The authors are grateful to M.A. Konoplenko, who participated in the collection of field materials.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 14-04-90019_Bel-a – field research; project no. 20-54-00024_Bel-a – data analysis) and within the framework of the state task of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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    D. V. Veselkin

  2. Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, 620083, Yekaterinburg, Russia

    A. A. Betekhtina

  3. Gomel State University, 246019, Gomel, Republic of Belarus

    A. P. Gusev

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Veselkin, D.V., Betekhtina, A.A. & Gusev, A.P. The Arbuscules Formation Intensity Decreased in Mycorrhizal Alien Plants of Belarusian Polesia. Russ J Ecol 53, 143–151 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413622030122

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