Chlorophyll and carotenoid content was studied in needles of damaged silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) trees growing in a polluted habitat, Risnjak National Park, and of almost undamaged ones growing at a much less polluted site, Donja Dobra, both locations in the Gorski Kotar region. Chlorophyll a and b, total chlorophylls and carotenoids were lower in needles from the polluted Risnjak site than in those from the unpolluted Donja Dobra site. The data indicate an increase of pigment content over the course of a year; and somewhat smaller content in the first in comparison with the second experimental year. The chlorophyll a:b ratios varied independently of pollution level and locality.
Concentrations of total nonstructural carbohydrates (TNC), soluble carbohydrates, starch, sucrose, glucose, fructose, raffinose, galactose, stachyose, mannitol and specific activities of soluble acid (AI) and neutral (NI) invertases, sucrose synthase (SuSy), hexokinase (HK), fructokinase (FK), glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) were analyzed in fine roots of Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh growing at a polluted site (near copper smelters) and a control site (free from heavy pollution). Also chemical properties of the soil from both sites were assessed. In comparison with the control, fine roots from the polluted site contained greater concentrations of TNC, soluble sugars, starch and sucrose but less hexoses, so they had higher values of sucrolysis index (sucrose/hexoses). The activity of AI, NI and SuSy declined insignificantly, while specific activities of HK, FK, GAPDH and G6PDH were significantly inhibited. The results suggest that a long-term heavy metal stress leads to an accumulation of carbohydrates and altering activities of glycolysis and the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway in fine roots.
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