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Environmental Analysis & Ecology Studies

Pollen Viability of White Birch (Betula Pendula Roth.) in Polluted Areas of Siberia

  • Open or Close Elena VB*

    VN Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

    *Corresponding author: Elena VB, VN Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Submission: January 22, 2019; Published: February 12, 2018

DOI: 10.31031/EAES.2019.05.000603

ISSN: 2578-0336
Volume5 Issue1

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Pollen viability of white birch in Krasnoyarsk vicinity are studied. Birch forests are grassy type of V–VIII age classes in Krasnoyarsk forest-steppe both in buffer zone of Krasnoyarsk city industrial emissions and in background conditions. Pollen germination and pollen tube length varied considerably depend on growth conditions (directions and distance from city). Pollen germination weakly correlated to dust contamination of foliage as well as lead and aluminum foliage content. Birch pollen may be used as bioindicator of air pollutions.

Keywords: Betula pendula roth; Pollen viability; Krasnoyarsk vicinity

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