Record ID No. |
2602 |
Author(s) |
Grzegorz Migdałek, Monika Woźniak, Aneta Słomka, Barbara Godzik, Monika Jędrzejczyk-Korycińska, Adam Rostański, Hermann Bothe, Elżbieta Kuta , 2013 |
Affiliation |
Department of Plant Cytology and Embryology, Jagiellonian University, 52 Grodzka Str., PL-31044 Cracow, Poland, email: (Aneta Słomka)a.slomka@iphils.uj.edu.pl |
Title |
Morphological differences between violets growing at heavy metal polluted and non-polluted sites |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, 208(2): 87-96p. |
Categories |
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Morphology |
Sub-subjects |
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Host |
Viola reichenbachiana and V. riviniana |
Organism |
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM) |
Country |
Poland, Eastern Europe |
Abstracts |
Environmental conditions, especially pollution of soils by heavy metals, can severely affect plant morphology, anatomy and reproduction. In present investigation, the morphological variability of forest violets (Viola reichenbachiana and V. riviniana), their degree of colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and their reproduction properties were studied using samples from ore-bearing areas with soils rich in heavy metals. In these habitats, individuals with typical morphological characters of V. reichenbachiana and V. riviniana were not identified but populations were intermediate between these two species. Three ore-bearing areas with soils of a high content but low extractable amounts of heavy metals (Pb, Zn, Cd) were covered by anthropogenic pine or beech forests, contrary to typical calamine heaps with metallophyte floras. Violets growing on ore-bearing areas were fully fertile, deposited Pb and Zn mainly in roots and had low Cd levels both in shoots and roots. Plants differed in AMF colonization with the degrees varying from nil to moderate. The violets growing in these areas were not affected in their reproduction and can be considered as stabilized introgressive forms or ecotypes of parental species on these soil conditions. |