title: [Application of fungal metabolites for evaluation of pine stand vigor in conditions of industrial pollution].
abstract: Two methods for evaluation of pine stand vigor were tested on permanent sample plots near Krasnoyarsk City: visual evaluation and exposure to fungal metabolites. In the first case, forest vigor was estimated using the six-point system of the Sanitary Regulations of the Russian Federation as the mean score for 200 trees on the sample plots. In the second case, the vigor was evaluated from the size of the necrotic spot on the tree cortex after inoculation of 22-25 randomly chosen pines with the extract of fungus Ceratocystis laricicola Red-fern and Miter. The necrotic spot size was significantly larger in pines from polluted forest as compared to background one. This points to the decrease in infection protection of trees affected by pollution, although visual evaluation of the stand vigor could not distinguish the polluted and background stands.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Poliakov
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Poliakova
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Pashenova
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Stasova
mesh_terms: D001203:Ascomycota / Q000737:chemistry*; D045424:Complex Mixtures / Q000737:chemistry*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D041605:Pinus sylvestris / Q000502:physiology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D014197:Trees / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D045424:Complex Mixtures