Fungal community structure under goat willows (Salix caprea L.) growing at metal polluted site: the potential of screening in a model phytostabilisation study

Marjana Regvar; Matevz Likar; Andrej Piltaver; Nives Kugonic; Jane E. Smith

doi:10.1007/s11104-009-0207-7

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Fungal community structure under goat willows (Salix caprea L.) growing at metal polluted site: the potential of screening in a model phytostabilisation study

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Authors:

Marjana Regvar, Matevz Likar, Andrej Piltaver, Nives Kugonic, Jane E. Smith

Year:

2010

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-009-0207-7

Source:

Plant and Soil. 330: 345-356

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Abstract

Goat willow (Salix caprea L.) was selected in a previous vegetation screening study as a potential candidate for the later-stage phytostabilisation efforts at a heavily metal polluted site in Slovenia. The aims of this study were to identify the fungi colonising roots of S. caprea along the gradient of vegetation succession and to estimate their colonisation levels in relation to metal pollution in order to reveal its mycorrhizal status at the site. Additionally the metal accumulation capacity of S. caprea and photosynthetic pigments were analysed as indications of its fitness at our differentially polluted plots.

Keywords

fungal endophytes, heavy metal pollution, ITS rRNA, mycorrhiza, photosynthesis, Salix

Citation

Regvar, Marjana; Likar, Matevz; Piltaver, Andrej; Kugonic, Nives; Smith, Jane E. 2010. Fungal community structure under goat willows (Salix caprea L.) growing at metal polluted site: the potential of screening in a model phytostabilisation study. Plant and Soil. 330: 345-356.