Litovka Yu. A., Timofeev A. A., Schneider P. V., Pavlov I. N. Trees Decline in the Oldest Arboretum of Southern Siberia as a Result of Pathogenic Influence of Heterobasidion parviporum and H. abietinum
1 Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology
Prospekt Mira, 82, Krasnoyarsk, 660049 Russian Federation
2 V. N. Sukachev Inst. For., Rus. Acad. Sci., Sib. Br.
Fed. Res. Center Krasnoyarsk Sci. Center, Rus. Acad. Sci., Sib. Br.
Akademgorodok, 50/28, Krasnoyarsk, 660036 Russian Federation
E-mail: litovkajul@rambler.ru, tosha95@bk.ru, polinam160795@mail.ru, forester24@mail.ru
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UDC 582.28:632.4
How to cite: Litovka Yu. A.1, 2, Timofeev A. A.1, 2, Schneider P. V.1, 2, Pavlov I. N.1, 2 Trees decline in the oldest arboretum of southern Siberia as a result of pathogenic influence of Heterobasidion parviporum and H. abietinum // Sibirskij Lesnoj Zurnal (Sib. J. For. Sci.). 2025. N. 5. P. 13–24 (in Russian with English abstract and references).
DOI: 10.15372/SJFS20250502
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For the first time, the phytopathogenic fungus Heterobasidion abietinum has been detected on coniferous trees Pinus sibirica, Abies sibirica, and Larix sibirica in southern Siberia, far from its previously established range. It is possible that its spread to the arboretum occurred due to the movement of planting material from European botanical gardens. Among other Heterobasidion species, H. parviporum is common in the dark coniferous forests of Siberia on Picea obovata, P. sibirica, and A. sibirica. In terms of phytopathogenicity and ability to colonize wood with well-developed resin ducts (especially P. obovata), H. abietinum is significantly inferior to H. parviporum. It has been established that the Siberian strains of H. abietinum and H. parviporum are closely related. A stable difference (with the formation of separate clades) only in the glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPD) gene. The vast areas of Siberian fir forests (about 13 million hectares), as well as regular outbreaks of mass insect infestations (Dendrolimus sibiricus, Polygraphus proximus), which lead to mass weakening and drying of A. sibirica, provide optimal conditions for the development of the low-pathogenic species H. abietinum. Forests that are not subjected to various types of stress are resistant to H. abietinum. Areas of forest dieback as a result of the phytopathogenic effect of H. abietinum has been established only in the conditions of an arboretum on soils after long-term agricultural use. Global climate change, accompanied by an increase in extreme weather events (droughts, storm winds, etc.), as well as an increase in anthropogenic impact (various types of logging and industrial pollution), creates conditions for a further increase in the aggressiveness of root pathogens, particularly H. abietinum.
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