RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST SCIENCE, 2021, No. 4, P. 354–362


ECOLOGICAL PLASTICITY OF JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS L. NEEDLES PIGMENT COMPLEX IN HIGHLAND AND LOWLAND COENOPOPULATIONS
Ye. A. Tishkina1¸2, L. A. Semkina¹, A. A.  Grigor’yev2¸3
¹Botanical Garden, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Bilimbaevskaya st. 32a, Yekaterinburg, 620134, Russia
²Ural State Forest Engineering University
Sibirsky tract, 37, Yekaterinburg, 620100, Russia
³Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
8-Marta st. 202, Yekaterinburg, 620144, Russia
E-mail: elena.mlob1@yandex.ru


Received 24 April 2019
The content of photosynthetic pigments and the ratio of their forms has been studied in the needles of Juniperus communis L. of the southern taiga subzone (the vicinity of Lake Tavatui and the pine forest of the city of Rezh), in the mountainous middle taiga dark coniferous forests of the Southern Ural (the Bolshoi Taganai ridge) and larch woodlands of the western part of the plateau Putorana in the Northern Krasnoyarsk Territory. Comparing the coenopopulations in mountainous and lowland conditions makes it possible to assess the plants adaptive capabilities, such as changing the ratio of pigment forms, however the content of the pigment composition does not depend on the age of these generative and postgenerative individuals. Comparative characteristics of photosynthetic pigments within each coenopopulation revealed that the magnitude of the correlation depends on the geographical position of the juniper habitat area. The Tavatui coenopopulation is located in the most favorable microclimatic and ecological conditions, and it differs from others in the maximum content of a total pigment fund. With an increase in altitude in the Taganai coenopopulation, the ratio of different forms of pigments changes, and the content of chlorophyll b, an essential part of the light-harvesting complex, increases. The Putorana coenopopulation has the highest content of carotenoids, which function as protection against photoinhibition, but the lowest content of green pigments.
Thus, a change in the ratio of pigment forms determines the resistance of plants and their survival in the most severe conditions.
Key words: Juniperus communis L., photosynthetic pigments, lowlands and highlands coenopopulations.
Acknowledgements: The study has been conducted within the framework of the State Contract with the Botanical Garden, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2018) and the State Contract with the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2018).
DOI: 10.31857/S0024114821040100


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