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Effects of stump and slash removal on growth and mycorrhization of Picea abies seedlings outplanted on a forest clear-cut

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The objectives of this study were to investigate impact of stump and slash removal on growth and mycorrhization of Picea abies seedlings outplanted on a forest clear-cut. Four non-replicated site preparation treatments included: (1) mounding (M), (2) removal of stumps (K), (3) mounding and removal of logging slash (HM) and (4) removal of logging slash and stumps (HK). Results showed that height increment of the seedlings was highest in K and lowest in M after the third growing season, and similar pattern remained after the fourth season. Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) colonisation of seedling roots was highest in M (96.6%) and lowest in K (72.3%), and even in HK (76.0%) and HM (76.3%). Morphotyping and sequencing of internal transcribed spacer of fungal ribosomal DNA revealed a total of 13 ECM species. Among those, Thelephora terrestris and Cenococcum geophilum were the most common, found on 27.4% and 26.3% of roots, respectively. The rest of species colonised 26.6% of roots. Richness of ECM species was highest in M (10 species) and lowest in K (three species). Consequently, stump and slash removal from clear-felled sites had a positive effect on growth of outplanted spruce seedlings, but negative effect on their mycorrhization. This suggests that altered soil conditions due to site disturbance by stump and slash removal might be more favourable for tree growth than more abundant mycorrhization of their root systems in less disturbed soil.

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We thank Rena Gadjieva for assistance with molecular work. This study was supported by the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS), the Swedish Energy Agency (STEM) and European Commission Marie Curie Transfer of Knowledge Project No. 042622 LITCOAST.

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  1. Uppsala BioCenter, Department of Forest Mycology and Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7026, 75007, Uppsala, Sweden

    Audrius Menkis & Rimvydas Vasaitis

  2. Hyytiälä Forestry Field Station, University of Helsinki, 35500, Korkeakoski, Finland

    Antti Uotila

  3. Latvian State Forest Research Institute, Rigas 111, 2169, Salaspils, Latvia

    Natalija Arhipova

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Menkis, A., Uotila, A., Arhipova, N. et al. Effects of stump and slash removal on growth and mycorrhization of Picea abies seedlings outplanted on a forest clear-cut. Mycorrhiza 20, 505–509 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-010-0299-1

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