Analysis of airborne pollen fall in Edirne, Turkey
Date
2004-10
Authors
Olgun, Göksel
Aybeke, Mehmet
Erkan, Perihan
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Publisher
Science China Press
Abstract
In the atmosphere of Edime 12 691 pollen grains belonging to 42 taxa were identified by using of Durham sampler in 2000 and 2001. A total of 6 189 pollen grains per cm(2) were recorded in 2000 and a total of 6 502 pollen grains per cm(2) in 2001. Total pollen grains consisted of 71.81% grains from arboreal plants, 25.88% grains from non-arboreal plants and 2.31% unidentified pollen grains. Pollen from the following taxa were also found to be prevalent in the atmosphere of Edime: Gramineae, Pinus sp., Quercus sp., Cupressaceae/Taxaceae, Platanus sp., Salix sp., Morus sp., Populus sp., Caroinus sp., Juglans sp., Chenopodiaceae/Amaranthaceae, Fraxinus sp., Fagus sp., Ulmus sp., Ailanthus sp., Alnus sp., Ostrya sp., Holianthus sp. The season of maximum pollen fall was from April to June, with a prevalence of arboreal pollen in the first month, and of pollen from non-arboreal plants in the last months of the year.
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Keywords
Biochemistry and molecular biology, Plant sciences, Turkey, Edirne, Pollen calendar, Pollen fall, Grains, Pollinosis, Allergy, Plants, Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, World, Acer pensylvanicum, Ailanthus, Alnus, Amaranthaceae, Aves, Betulaceae, Carpinus, Cupressaceae, Fagus, Fraxinus, Helianthus, Helianthus sp., Juglans, Meleagris gallopavo, Morus (plant), Ostrya, Platanus, Poaceae, Populus sp., Quercus, Salix, Salix sp., Taxaceae, Ulmus, Pollen
Citation
Bıçakçı, A. vd. (2004). “Analysis of airborne pollen fall in Edirne, Turkey”. Acta Botanica Sinica, 46(10), 1149-1154.