Ectomycorrhiza-hydrogel additive enhanced growth of Norway spruce seedlings in a nutrient-poor peat substrate by Ivan Repáč, Zuzana Parobeková, Martin Belko

“…In this study, the effect of pre-sowing applied commercial additives Ectovit (containing hydrogel and ECM fungi), Mycorrhizaroots (ECM fungi and nutrients) and Vetozen (natural mineral fertilizer) on the growth and ectomycorrhiza formation of Norway spruce seedlings grown in nutrient-poor pure peat in an open nursery site was assessed. …”
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Development of a New TRIPLEX-Insect Model for Simulating the Effect of Spruce Budworm on Forest Carbon Dynamics by Zelin Liu, Changhui Peng, De Grandpré Louis, Jean-Noël Candau, Xiaolu Zhou, Daniel Kneeshaw

“…The spruce budworm (SBW) defoliates and kills conifer trees, consequently affecting carbon (C) exchanges between the land and atmosphere. …”
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Effect of Seasonal Storage on Single-Stem Bark Extractives of Norway Spruce (<i>Picea abies</i>) by Eelis S. Halmemies, Hanna E. Brännström, Juha Nurmi, Otto Läspä, Raimo Alén

Subjects: “…spruce bark…”
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The effects of liquid nitrogen treatment on the some physical and mechanical properties of scots pine and oriental spruce wood by Huseyin YORUR, Kadir KAYAHAN, Muhammed Nuri GÜNAY, Suat ALTUN, Belgin ŞEKER

“…According to the results, amount of retention in Oriental spruce and Scots pine samples have been increased with liquid nitrogen treatment. …”
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Physiological and biochemical indicators in Norway spruces freshly infested by Ips typographus: potential for early detection methods by Barbora Stříbrská, Jaromír Hradecký, Jaroslav Čepl, Roman Modlinger, Ivana Tomášková, Anna Jirošová

“…IntoductionThe bark beetle Ips typographus currently represents the primary pest of Norway spruce (Picea abies) in Central Europe. Early detection and timely salvage cutting of bark beetle-infested trees are functional management strategies for controlling bark beetle outbreaks. …”
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Nutrient loading has a transitory effect on the nitrogen status and growth of outplanted Norway spruce seedlings by Heiskanen, Juha, Lahti, Markku, Luoranen, Jaana, Rikala, Risto

“…In this paper this nutrient loading has been studied in order to determine how the increased seedling nutrient status with unaffected seedling size affects both the growth and the nutrient concentration, content and uptake of two-year-old Norway spruce container seedlings (Picea abies (L.) Karsten) after outplanting. …”
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Early detection of bark beetle infestation in Norway spruce forests of Central Europe using Sentinel-2 by Vojtěch Bárta, Petr Lukeš, Lucie Homolová

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Nitrophobic ectomycorrhizal fungi are associated with enhanced hydrophobicity of soil organic matter in a Norway spruce forest by J. P. Almeida, N. P. Rosenstock, S. K. Woche, G. Guggenberger, H. Wallander

“…To test how EMF communities contribute to the development of hydrophobicity in SOM, we incubated sand-filled fungal-ingrowth mesh bags amended with maize compost for one, two or three growing seasons in non-fertilized and fertilized plots in a young Norway spruce (<i>Picea abies</i>) forest. We measured hydrophobicity as determined by the contact angle and the <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow class="chem"><mi mathvariant="normal">C</mi><mo>/</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">N</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="f135772273124e8de131c1d3d27c70de"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="bg-19-3713-2022-ie00001.svg" width="24pt" height="14pt" src="bg-19-3713-2022-ie00001.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> ratios in the mesh bags contents along with the amount of new C entering the mesh bags from outside (determined by C<span class="inline-formula">₃</span> input to C<span class="inline-formula">₄</span> substrate), and related that to the fungal community composition. …”
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Development of vaporization process from young stands of Norway Spruce and European Beech after snow breakage by Petr KANTOR, František ŠACH, Zdeněk KARL, Vladimír ČERNOHOUS

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Sulphur and nitrogen concentrations and fluxes in bulk precipitation and throughfall in the mountain and highland spruce stands in the Czech Republic by I. Drápelová, L. Menšík, J. Kulhavý, I. Marková

“…Concentrations and fluxes of sulphur and nitrogen compounds in bulk precipitation and in throughfall were evaluated and compared for two experimental sites in the Czech Republic: one situated at Rájec (Drahanská upland, 610 m a.s.l.) and the second one at Bílý Kříž (Moravian-Silesian Beskids, 908 m a.s.l.) both with similar stands of young Norway spruce. The three-year study performed during 2006-2008, revealed statistically significant differences in nitrate nitrogen concentrations in bulk precipitations and in ammonium nitrogen concentrations both in bulk precipitation and in throughfall between the two sites. …”
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A comparison of lodgepole and spruce needle chemistry impacts on terrestrial biogeochemical processes during isolated decomposition by Laura T. Leonard, Kristin Mikkelson, Zhao Hao, Eoin L. Brodie, Kenneth H. Williams, Jonathan O. Sharp

“…This study investigates the isolated decomposition of spruce and lodgepole conifer needles to enhance our understanding of how needle litter impacts near-surface terrestrial biogeochemical processes. …”
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Effects of heavy thinnings on the increment and selection of trees for tending in Norway spruce monoculture in natural hazard conditions by Bobinac Martin, Andrašev Siniša, Bauer-Živković Andrijana, Šušić Nikola

“…The paper studies the effects of two heavy selection thinnings on the increment of Norway spruce trees exposed to ice and snow breaks in eastern Serbia. …”
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The extent of root rot damage in Norway spruce stands established on fertile sites of former agricultural land by R. Mareš

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Metagenomic Analysis of the Composition of Microbial Consortia Involved in Spruce Degradation over Time in Białowieża Natural Forest by Grzegorz Janusz, Andrzej Mazur, Anna Pawlik, Dorota Kołodyńska, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Anna Marzec-Grządziel, Piotr Koper

“…To quantify the abundance and distribution of microbial taxa inhabiting dead spruce logs fallen over a span of 50 years and the soil beneath, we used taxonomic profiling with NGS sequencing of hypervariable DNA fragments of ITS1 and 16S V3-V4, respectively. …”
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Size and age: intrinsic confounding factors affecting the responses to a water deficit in black spruce seedlings by Walsh D, Rossi S, Lord D

“…The responses to a water deficit produced by a suspension of irrigation for 14 days were assessed in black spruce (Picea mariana [Mill.] BSP) seedlings of different sizes, with height ranging between 13 and 71 cm. …”
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Below-canopy and topsoil temperatures in young Norway spruce and Carpathian birch stands compared to gaps in the mountains by O. Špulák, D. Kacálek

“…In the present study, aboveground (+10 cm), surface (0 cm) and belowground (-10 cm) temperatures were compared under Norway spruce and Carpathian birch canopies. Measurements were performed in 22-year-old Norway spruce and Carpathian birch stands and replicated three times. …”
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Differential gene expression patterns in white spruce newly formed tissue on board the International Space Station by Beaulieu, J, Giguere, I, Deslauriers, M, Boyle, B, Mackay, J

“…White spruce (Picea glauca [Moench] Voss) seedlings produced by somatic embryogenesis were grown both at the Kennedy Space Center and in weightlessness in the ISS for 30 days. …”

SABATH methyltransferases from white spruce (Picea glauca): gene cloning, functional characterization and structural analysis. by Zhao, N, Boyle, B, Duval, I, Ferrer, J, Lin, H, Seguin, A, Mackay, J, Chen, F

“…The biological roles of white spruce SABATH genes, especially those of PgIAMT1, and the evolution of the SABATH family are discussed.…”

Field effects of oxygenated monoterpenes and estragole combined with pheromone on attraction of Ips typographus and its natural enemies by Antonioni Acacio Campos Moliterno, Rastislav Jakuš, Rastislav Jakuš, Roman Modlinger, C. Rikard Unelius, Fredrik Schlyter, Fredrik Schlyter, Anna Jirošová

Subjects: “…Eurasian spruce bark beetle…”
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Influence of Forest Type and Climate Factors on the Number of Caught Ips typographus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) Bark Beetles in Pheromone Traps in Protected Areas of Bosnia and He... by Osman Mujezinović, Kenan Zahirović, Milan Pernek, Adi Vesnić, Sead Ivojević, Mirza Dautbašić

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