Evaluation of the effects of soil acidification on forest trees using physiological root indicators

2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18681006
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
• Research Institution: Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
• Principal Investigator: HIRANO Yasuhiro Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 関西支所, 主任研究員 (60353827)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2008
• Keywords: 酸性化 / 森林 / 樹木根 / 環境指標 / アルミ二ウム / 細根 / カロース

Research Abstract

土壌酸性化の樹木への影響を、根の生理指標を用いて評価する方法を確立するために、樹木への影響要因であるアルミニウムが、根の生理指標の一つカロース(多糖類の一種)蓄積量に与える影響を調べた。スギでは、他の樹種と異なった根端のアルミニウム蓄積特性により、過剰アルミニウム環境下で根端にカロースが蓄積されにくいことが明らかとなった。スギ根のカロース蓄積量は土壌酸性化に対する根の指標として有効でない可能性が示唆された。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Root parameters of forest trees as sensitive indicators of acidifying pollutants -a review of research of Japanese forest trees- (2007)
  • Author(s): Hirano Y, Mizoguchi T, Brunner I
  • Journal Title: Journal of Forest Research DOI:10.1007/s10310-006-0263-2 Pages: 12:134-142
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Tree fine root Ca/Al molar ratio -indicator of Al and acidity stress (2007)
  • Author(s): Vanguelova E, Hirano Y, Eldhuset TD, Sas-Paszt L, Bakker MR, Puttsepp U, Brunner I, Lohmus K, Godbold D
  • Journal Title: Plant Biosystems DOI:10.1080/11263500701626192 Pages: 141:460-480
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Development and functions of roots of forest trees in Japan (2007)
  • Author(s): Hirano Y, Noguchi K, Miura S
  • Journal Title: Journal of Forest Research DOI:10.1007/s10310-006-0274-z Pages: 12:75-77
• [Journal Article] Exudations of organic acid anions from poplar roots after exposure to Al, Cu and Zn (2007)
  • Author(s): Qin RJ, Hirano Y, Brunner I
  • Journal Title: Tree Physiology DOI:10.1093/treephys/27.2.313 Pages: 27:313-320
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Callose in root apices of European chestnut seedlings : a physiological indicator of aluminum stress (2006)
  • Author(s): Hirano Y, Walthert L, Brunner I
  • Journal Title: Tree Physiology DOI:10.1093/treephys/26.4.431 Pages: 26:431-440
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 関西地域の酸緩衝能の異なる土壌で育成されたスギ苗の根系反応 (2009)
  • Author(s): 平野恭弘・牧田直樹・池田智恵・小島永裕・山瀬敬太郎・野崎愛
  • Organizer: 第120回日本森林学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-28
• [Presentation] Root parameters of forest trees as sensitive indicators of acidifying pollutants -a review of research of Japanese forest trees- (2009)
  • Author(s): 平野恭弘
  • Organizer: 第120回日本森林学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-26
• [Presentation] Differential responses in aluminium-induced callose formation in roots among tree species (2008)
  • Author(s): Hirano Y, Beat F, Brunner I
  • Organizer: Woody roots and Ecosystem services, COST E38
  • Place of Presentation: Lisbon, Portugal
  • Year and Date: 2008-05-17
• [Presentation] Use of callose formation in roots as an indicator of aluminum stress in forest trees (2007)
  • Author(s): Hirano Y, Brunner I
  • Organizer: Fourth International Symposium on Dynamics of Physiological Processes in Roots of Woody Plants
  • Place of Presentation: Wales Univ. U.K.
  • Year and Date: 2007-09-18
• [Presentation] アルミニウム環境下におけるヨーロッパブナ苗の根端カロース (2007)
  • Author(s): 平野恭弘,Richter A,Brunner I
  • Organizer: 第118回日本森林学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 九州大学農学部
  • Year and Date: 2007-04-02
• [Presentation] Physiological and morphological adaptations of Japanese cedar roots under aluminum stress (2006)
  • Author(s): Hirano Y, Tanikawa T, Mizoguchi T
  • Organizer: Roots, mycorrhizas and their external mycelia in carbon dynamics in forest soil
  • Place of Presentation: Rovaniemi, Finland
  • Year and Date: 2006-09-10
• [Presentation] 環境ストレスに対する感受性指標としての樹木細根 (2006)
  • Author(s): 平野恭弘
  • Organizer: 第117回日本森林学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京農業大学農学部
  • Year and Date: 2006-04-03
• [Book] Organic Acids in Roots and Root Exudates.(In : Luster J. and Finlay RD (eds) Handbook of Methods Used in Rhizosphere Research) (2006)
  • Author(s): Heim A, Hirano Y and Luster J
  • Total Pages: 294-295
  • Publisher: Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
• [Book] Callose concentrations in tree roots.(In : Luster J. and Finlay RD (eds) Handbook of Methods Used in Rhizosphere Research) (2006)
  • Author(s): Hirano Y and Brunner I
  • Total Pages: 298-299
  • Publisher: Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
• [Remarks] 森林総合研究所ホームページプレスリリースわが国における樹木の根の研究成果を特集化〜森林の持つ機能を根から解明へ〜(2007年8月31日)
  • URL: http://www.ffpri.affrc.go.jp/labs/kouho/Press-release/2007/theroot20070831.html
• [Remarks] 森林総合研究所ホームページ研究最前線樹木の根に蓄積されるカロース量によって土壌酸性化が樹木に与えるストレスを評価できる(2006年4月20日)
  • URL: http://www.ffpri.affrc.go.jp/research/seika/18ronbun/18ronbun.html