ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Ectomycorrhizal Status of Scots Pine Saplings
Growing in Post-Agricultural Soils
Dorota Hilszczańska1, Zbigniew Sierota2, Monika Małecka2
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1Forest Research Institute, Department of Forest Ecology,
2Forest Research Institute, Department of Forest Protection,
Braci Leśnej 3, Sękocin Stary, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2012;21(1):83-88
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ABSTRACT
Ectomycorrhizal communities associated with Pinus sylvestris L. saplings growing on abandoned post
agricultural soils were studied. 1-year-old seedlings inoculated with either Suillus luteus Fr. or Thelephora terrestris
(Ehrh.) Fr. had been outplanted on three sites. We investigated the long-term effect (6 and 8 years after
outplanting) of inoculation on ectomycorrhizal composition and species richness. We found 17 morphotypes
in total that could be identified to genus or species. In all sites the most predominant ectomycorrhizae were
Suillus luteus, Thelephora terrestris, Tomentella sp., Dermocybe palustris, and Dermocybe sp. Species richness
was higher in the case of inoculated seedlings grown at sites in Garwolin and Płońsk, whereas at the third
site, Jabłonna, more diverse ectomycorrhizae possessed non-inoculated seedlings. The number of S. luteus
mycorrhizae on seedlings inoculated with the fungus was higher than on non-inoculated ones. Dissimilar
results have been found in cases of seedlings inoculated by T. terrestris. The latter possessed only 14% of the
ectomycorrhizae. The results showed that persistence of inoculated fungi in roots of Scots pine is regulated by
environmental conditions.