The Ectomycorrhizal Community of Crimean Linden Trees in Warsaw, Poland
Urban trees provide many ecosystem services essential to city dwellers well-being. Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi are symbionts for trees and may also contribute to urban tree health and thus maintenance of the ecosystem services. However, no studies so far have analysed the composition of the ECM comm...
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| description | Urban trees provide many ecosystem services essential to city dwellers well-being. Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi are symbionts for trees and may also contribute to urban tree health and thus maintenance of the ecosystem services. However, no studies so far have analysed the composition of the ECM community colonising Crimean linden. In this study we investigated ECM associations of Crimean linden trees in the urban environment, comparing street trees with those growing in a park. Moreover, we studied the ECM community of healthy versus unhealthy linden trees growing along a street. The health status of each tree was assessed using tree health indicators. The smallest degree ECM colonisation was observed in unhealthy street trees (40.5%). <i>Cenococcum geophilum</i> was found to be the most abundant ECM fungal species of the Crimean linden growing in the park (23.9%). Our results suggest that the linden trees growing in the park and those growing along the street but without disease symptoms did not differ in their ECM richness. However, the unhealthy street trees showed less ECM diversity and abundance. Moreover, strong negative correlations between the concentrations of Na and Cl in the soil and ECM colonisation were found. This study describes, for the first time, the ECM fungal community on <i>Tilia</i> “Euchlora” trees grown in Europe. We report novel findings on the ECM associations of Crimean linden trees in an urban ecosystem. Further research should focus on the role of native mycorrhizal fungal communities in nutrient acquisition by urban trees in the presence of salt stress. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2172085dab6c47c7bf0e33a01938742d2023-11-20T11:14:20ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072020-08-0111992610.3390/f11090926The Ectomycorrhizal Community of Crimean Linden Trees in Warsaw, PolandJacek Olchowik0Marzena Suchocka1Tadeusz Malewski2Aneta Baczewska-Dąbrowska3Marcin Studnicki4Dorota Hilszczańska5Department of Plant Pathology, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Landscape Architecture, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Molecular and Biometric Techniques, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Science, Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warsaw, PolandCentre for Conservation of Biological Diversity, Polish Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden, Prawdziwka 2, 02-973 Powsin, PolandDepartment of Biometry, Institute of Agriculture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Forest Ecology, Forest Research Institute, Braci Leśnej 3, 05-090 Sękocin Stary, PolandUrban trees provide many ecosystem services essential to city dwellers well-being. Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi are symbionts for trees and may also contribute to urban tree health and thus maintenance of the ecosystem services. However, no studies so far have analysed the composition of the ECM community colonising Crimean linden. In this study we investigated ECM associations of Crimean linden trees in the urban environment, comparing street trees with those growing in a park. Moreover, we studied the ECM community of healthy versus unhealthy linden trees growing along a street. The health status of each tree was assessed using tree health indicators. The smallest degree ECM colonisation was observed in unhealthy street trees (40.5%). <i>Cenococcum geophilum</i> was found to be the most abundant ECM fungal species of the Crimean linden growing in the park (23.9%). Our results suggest that the linden trees growing in the park and those growing along the street but without disease symptoms did not differ in their ECM richness. However, the unhealthy street trees showed less ECM diversity and abundance. Moreover, strong negative correlations between the concentrations of Na and Cl in the soil and ECM colonisation were found. This study describes, for the first time, the ECM fungal community on <i>Tilia</i> “Euchlora” trees grown in Europe. We report novel findings on the ECM associations of Crimean linden trees in an urban ecosystem. Further research should focus on the role of native mycorrhizal fungal communities in nutrient acquisition by urban trees in the presence of salt stress.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/9/926<i>Tilia</i> “Euchlora”ectomycorrhizaesalt stressurban trees |
| spellingShingle | Jacek Olchowik Marzena Suchocka Tadeusz Malewski Aneta Baczewska-Dąbrowska Marcin Studnicki Dorota Hilszczańska The Ectomycorrhizal Community of Crimean Linden Trees in Warsaw, Poland Forests <i>Tilia</i> “Euchlora” ectomycorrhizae salt stress urban trees |
| title | The Ectomycorrhizal Community of Crimean Linden Trees in Warsaw, Poland |
| title_full | The Ectomycorrhizal Community of Crimean Linden Trees in Warsaw, Poland |
| title_fullStr | The Ectomycorrhizal Community of Crimean Linden Trees in Warsaw, Poland |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Ectomycorrhizal Community of Crimean Linden Trees in Warsaw, Poland |
| title_short | The Ectomycorrhizal Community of Crimean Linden Trees in Warsaw, Poland |
| title_sort | ectomycorrhizal community of crimean linden trees in warsaw poland |
| topic | <i>Tilia</i> “Euchlora” ectomycorrhizae salt stress urban trees |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/9/926 |
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