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Mycorrhizal status of an ozone-sensitive poplar clone treated with the antiozonant ethylene diurea

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The antiozonant ethylene diurea is proven to prevent growth reductions in forest trees induced by ozone. The community of mycorrhizal fungi could be useful indicator of environmental stress. In this study, response of mycorrhizal fungi and fine roots to a 4-year exposure to ambient ozone and treatment with antiozonant was investigated in ozone-sensitive poplar clone under field conditions. The community of ectomycorrhizal fungi and root length colonization with ectomycorrhizal, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and root endophytic fungi was analyzed in antiozonant-treated poplar plants and in poplar plants irrigated with water. In general, plants protected by antiozonant showed higher total number of fine roots, number of ectomycorrhizal types, Shannon–Weaver diversity index, and Species richness index compared to the plants treated with water. The ectomycorrhizal community shifted from contact exploration type in the trees irrigated with water to short-distance exploration type in ethylene diurea-treated trees. Ozone protectant may beneficially affect the belowground community of mycorrhizal fungi colonizing roots of ozone-sensitive poplar clone.

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The study was carried out under COST-STSM-FP0903, the Research Programme P4-0107 of the Slovenian Forestry Institute and project III43007 “Studying climate change and its influence on the environment: impacts, adaptation and mitigation” financed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, within the framework of integrated and interdisciplinary research.

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  1. Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, University of Novi Sad, Antona Čehova 13, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia

    Marina Katanić & Saša Orlović

  2. Institute of Plant Protection, National Council of Research, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy

    Elena Paoletti

  3. Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Tine Grebenc & Hojka Kraigher

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This article originates from the IUFRO Conference “Biological Reactions of Forests to Climate Change and Air Pollution,” held in Kaunas/Lithuania during May 18–27, 2012, as organized by IUFRO Research Group 7.01.00 in cooperation with COST Action FP 0903 “MAFor,” North American Air Pollution workshop ENVeurope and ICP monitoring task force (local organizer: Algirdas Augustaitis).

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Katanić, M., Paoletti, E., Orlović, S. et al. Mycorrhizal status of an ozone-sensitive poplar clone treated with the antiozonant ethylene diurea. Eur J Forest Res 133, 735–743 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-013-0751-9

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