The effect of contamination of soil by heavy metals on qualitative and quantitative composition of fungi in the rhizosphere of some forest trees
Stefan Kowalski, Hanna Stępniewska, Zbigniew Krzan, Kazimierz Januszek
Abstract
The effect of heavy metals in soils on the formation of fungal communities in the rhizosphere of different forest tree species was studied. Soil samples for heavy metal contamination tests and root samples for the determination of rhizospheric fungi were taken from the same root zone. The reduction of the quantitative as well as qualitative composition of fungi in the rhizosphere of individual tree species clearly correlated with the increase of soil contamination by Pb, Zn, end Cd. The following groups of fungi were distinguished: tolerant, very susceptible and relatively resistant to contamination of soil by heavy metals. Moreover a great influence of tree species on the qualitative and quantitative composition of fungi in the rhizosphere was demonstrated.
Keywords
biodiversity; rhizospherie fungi; heavy metals; industrial areas
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5586/am.1998.001
Journal ISSN:- 2353-074X (online)
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