Disruptions of the autumnal aging of larch needles in the Krasnoyarsk city and its surroundings

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A disruption of the needle fall in Siberian larch was recorded during the autumn of 2016 in the Krasnoyarsk city, the Krasnoyarsk Pillars National Park, and, according to media reports, in other Siberian cities. To determine the causes of this phenomenon, the chlorophyll a content and the quantum yield of photosystem II (PS II) were assessed in Siberian larch trees of the Krasnoyarsk city under natural growing conditions (Mansky District, Krasnoyarsk Territory) during the autumn of 2016 and compared with the data obtained in the autumn of 2017. Data on air temperature and precipitation for September and October in Krasnoyarsk city, the Mansky District, and the Krasnoyarsk Pillars National Park over the entire course of observations were also analysed. Based on the analysis of the weather data, it can be assumed that the main cause of the needle fall disruptions were the abnormally warm average and average minimum air temperatures in September 2016 and the abnormally cold average and average minimum temperatures that followed them in October 2016.

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N. S. Pomytkin

Forest Institute, Siberian Branch of the RAS; Krasnoyarsk Research Institute of Agriculture

Email: nspomytkin@yandex.ru
Akademgorodok 50 bldg. 28, Krasnoyarsk, 660036 Russian Federation; Svobodny ave. 66, Krasnoyarsk, 660041 Russian Federation

N. A. Gayevskiy

Siberian Federal University

Email: nspomytkin@yandex.ru
Svobodny ave. 79, Krasnoyarsk, 660041 Russian Federation

A. A. Knorre

Siberian Federal University; Krasnoyarsk Pillars National Park

Author for correspondence.
Email: nspomytkin@yandex.ru
Svobodny ave. 79, Krasnoyarsk, 660041 Russian Federation; Karyernaya st. 26a, Krasnoyarsk, 660006 Russian Federation

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