Biology 3 (2015 8) 333-346 ~ ~ ~ УДК 581.5:634.733 The Chemical Composition and Productivity of Vaccinium myrtillus L. under Infl uence of Industrial Pollution Larisa V. Afanasyeva* and Vladimir K. Kashin Institute of General and Experimental Biology SB RAS 6 Sakhyanovoy Str., Ulan-Ude, 670047, Russia Received 25.09.2014, received in revised form 10.03.2015, accepted 12.05.2015 The content and distribution of chemical elements (S, Mn, Fe, Zn, Cu, Co, Cr, Ni, Pb and Cd) and phenolic compounds were determined in the above-ground and underground parts of bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.), grown on the background and technogenic polluted territories of the Southern Baikal region. <...> It was shown that in background conditions Fe, Ni, Cr, Pb and Cd accumulated in roots of V. myrtillus, Mn and Zn accumulated in stems, S and Co in leaves and Cu in berries. <...> The content of phenolic compounds in bilberries plants decreases in the following order: leaves > stems > berries > roots, and the content of fl avonoids in the order leaves > berries > stems > roots. <...> Amount of berries on a shrub varies from 0 to 17 units in the background conditions. <...> The berries productivity was from 11 to 34 g/m2 . <...> In the site infl uenced by the industrial emissions of Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill bilberry above-ground parts contained signifi cantly higher concentration of S and signifi cantly lower concentrations of Mn and Zn. <...> Furthermore, leaves had signifi cantly higher level of total phenolics and fl avonoids as compared with bilberry leaves from non-polluted site. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail <...>