CENTRE ON THE PROBLEMS OF ECOLOGY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF FORESTS

RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

V. A. Senashova, N. I. Gromovykh, N. D. Sorokin Epiphytic Microflora of Sound and Damaged Needles in Woody Species of Middle Siberia // Forest Science (Lesovedenie). 2012. No 4. С.24-30.

Nowadays, the problems of forest protection and conservation need a greater attention due to the more intense use of the forest resources and the greater anthropogenic impact. Diseases of needles caused by pathogenic fungi are very dangerous for seedlings of woody species due to their special anatomic and physiological features. Epiphytic microorganisms play an important part in the life of plants. As far as microorganisms are sensitive to environmental changes, they can serve as indicators of the plant state, including the early stages of pathogenesis. The paper deals with the influence of needle diseases on the quantitative and qualitative composition of epiphytic microflora.

Epiphytic microflora, microbial complexes, phytopathogens, diseases of needles..

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