Soil Fungal Pathogens in Pinus pinaster Mature Reforestation: Silvicultural Treatments Effects.

ABSTRACT: Soil fungal communities play a key role in multiple functions and ecosystem services within forest ecosystems. Today, forest ecosystems are subject to multiple environmental and anthropogenic disturbances (e.g., fire or forest management) that mainly lead to changes in vegetation as well as in plant-soil interactions. Soil pathogens play an important role in controlling plant diversity, ecosystem functions, and human and animal health. In this work we analyzed the response of soil plant pathogenic fungi to forest management in a Pinus pinaster reforestation. We started from an experimental design, in which forest thinning and gap cutting treatments were applied at different intensities and sizes, respectively. The fungal communities of plant pathogens in spring were described, and t

SUBMITTER: Martos I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11356966 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature