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: Received: 31 October 2024 / Approved: 31 October 2024 / Online: 1 November 2024 (03:44:56 CET)
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Meshkova, V.; Kuznetsova, O.; Borysenko, O.; Korsovetskyi, V.; Pyvovar, T. Biotic Factors of Elm Damage in Ukraine. Preprints2024, 2024102568. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2568.v1
Meshkova, V.; Kuznetsova, O.; Borysenko, O.; Korsovetskyi, V.; Pyvovar, T. Biotic Factors of Elm Damage in Ukraine. Preprints 2024, 2024102568. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2568.v1
Meshkova, V.; Kuznetsova, O.; Borysenko, O.; Korsovetskyi, V.; Pyvovar, T. Biotic Factors of Elm Damage in Ukraine. Preprints2024, 2024102568. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2568.v1
APA Style
Meshkova, V., Kuznetsova, O., Borysenko, O., Korsovetskyi, V., & Pyvovar, T. (2024). Biotic Factors of Elm Damage in Ukraine. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2568.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Meshkova, V., Volodymyr Korsovetskyi and Tetiana Pyvovar. 2024 "Biotic Factors of Elm Damage in Ukraine" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2568.v1
Abstract
Elms (Ulmus spp.) are widely spread in the forest, shelter belts, and urban landscaping. This re-search aimed to reveal the trends of Ulmus sp. health in Ukraine under biotic damage. The tasks included: i) analyzing the presence of Ulmus sp. in the forests; ii) studying the dynamics of Ulmus sp. health in the ICP Monitoring plots for 2001–2015; iii) assessing the prevalence of the dominant biotic factors of Ulmus sp. deterioration and the probability of tree death or recovery. As a result of re-search, elms were found in 3.58% of the area in the stands with other main forest-forming species in the forests subordinated to the State Specialized Forest Enterprise «Forests of Ukraine». Four elm species are present in the forests of all regions of Ukraine. In the Forest zone, U. minor predominates, U. glabra is more common in the western part of the country, and U. pumila in the southern and eastern regions. In the ICP-Forests monitoring plots for 2001–2015, a trend of elm deterioration in 2007–2012 was found. The highest incidence of trees with disease symptoms was recorded for U. pumila. In the sample plots for 2023–2024, the health of three elm species tended to deteriorate. In 2024, mortality occurred among all elm species infected with DED and among U. pumila trees with symptoms of wetwood. DED was more acute than wetwood.
Keywords
Ulmus sp.; Dutch elm disease (DED); wetwood; health class; mortality; recovery
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Forestry
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