Publications by authors named "Sergey I Marchenko"
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- Forest trees like Scots pine and Norway spruce face many challenges and need special systems to protect themselves from stress.
- The study looked at how these trees respond to water shortages and if they can "remember" past stress to help them react better in the future.
- The results showed that while spruce trees showed some signs of stress memory by changing the levels of certain protective compounds, the pine trees didn’t seem to respond to water stress at all.
The deterioration of plant mineral nutrition during drought is a significant factor in the negative influence of drought on plant performance. We aimed to study the effects of seasonal and multiyear water shortages on nutrient supply and demand in Scots pine and Norway spruce. We studied pine and spruce trees naturally grown in the Bryansk region (Russia).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe investigated the long-term impact of the largest Russian cement plant on mesopodzol sandy soils and Scots pine stands. We determined the distributions of the total and available pools of Ca, Mg, K, Na, Mn, Fe, Zn, Ni, Cu, Pb and Cd in the soil profile to a depth of 60 cm (illuvial horizon) as well as the accumulation patterns of these elements in the vegetative and generative organs of Scots pine trees. High Ca accumulation in the impact zone soils was a result of CaO emissions by a cement plant.
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