Influence of geographic populations on the elemental composition of pine phytomass and soil

In the long-term (30 years) field provenance experiment (Novosibirsk, Russia) with Scotch pine Pinus sylvestris L. from different geographical populations, X-ray fluorescence analysis with synchrotron radiation (XRFSRA) was used to estimate the concentration of 16 chemical elements in different components of the phytomass collected from living trees and the soil under them. The statistically significant influence of the “geographical population” factor on the elemental composition of different components of phytomass and soil was shown. A relationship between chemical properties and morphometric traits was found.