Influence of air pollution on seed quality of Picea obovata

Authors
Fedorkov, A
Citation
A. Fedorkov, Influence of air pollution on seed quality of Picea obovata, EUR J FORES, 29(5), 1999, pp. 371-375
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST PATHOLOGY
ISSN journal
03001237 → ACNP
Volume
29
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
371 - 375
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-1237(199910)29:5<371:IOAPOS>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The status of Siberian spruce seeds along a transect near the Monchegorsk n ickel smelter (Kola Peninsula, Russia) was evaluated using the X-ray method . The viability of seeds was significantly reduced under severe deposition of sulphur dioxide and heavy metals.