Impact of the weather and climate factors of Moscow region on the growth of Scots pine in the provenance trials affected by annosum root rot

   Geographic provenance trials are valuable objects for predicting the effects of climate change on the condition of forest stands. It is especially important to study their response to such damage factors as drought and temperature rise. The work was carried out in 2023 in Scots pine provenance trials in the Serebryanoborskoe experimental forestry of the Institute of Forest Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences (located west of Moscow; aged 73–75 years). These pine plantations are affected by annosum root rot (Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref.), and the degree of damage to different climatypes is different. Based on the results of the study of dendrochronological samples for all climatypes, a reliable correlation was established between the radial growth indices and three meteorological parameters: the amount of precipitation during the growing season, the amount of precipitation in July, and the moisture supply of the growing season. The growth rate is largely influenced by moisture availabi-lity during the growing season: pines identically reduce radial growth when drought conditions set in. A moderate correlation was found between the moisture supply of the growing season and the growth index value: for different climatypes, the correlation coefficient with a significance level of 0.01 ranges from 0.37 (Brest region, Belarus) to 0.51 (Altai region, Russia). No significant relationship was found between the average annual air temperature and the growth indices. The influence of weather and climate factors on the growth rate is most noticeable in climatypes from Buryatia and the Altai region, which are affected by annosum root rot to a greater extent than the other examined climatypes. The largest number of reliable values of the correlation coefficients was found for them. This indicates their comparatively high meteorological sensitivity. A more noticeable response of growth to drought was in climatypes with a relatively high level of damage by annosum root rot (Buryatia and the Altai region). Most likely the weakening of trees caused by a deficit of precipitation was the reason for the susceptibility of these climatypes to the disease.

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