Airborne pollen grains of Afyon, Turkey

Bicakci A., Ergun S., Tatlidil S., Malyer H., Ozyurt S., Akkaya A., ...Daha Fazla

ACTA BOTANICA SINICA, cilt.44, sa.11, ss.1371-1375, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 44 Sayı: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2002
  • Dergi Adı: ACTA BOTANICA SINICA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1371-1375
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Turkey, Afyon, pollen calendar, pollen grains, POLLINOSIS, ALLERGY, PLANTS
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The airborne pollen grains of Afyon have been studied for a two-year period (1999 - 2000) with a Durham sampler. A total of 14 367 pollen grains belonging to 40 taxa. have been identified and recorded with some unidentified ones. Of them, 6 732 were identified in 1999 and 7 635 in 2000. Of the total pollen grains, 69.67% were arboreal, 26.64% non-arboreal and 3.68% unidentified. The majority of the investigated pollen grains were from Pinus, Gramineae, Cupressaceae, Platanus,, Chenopodiaceae/Amaranthaceae,. Quercus, Ailanthus, Moraceae, Juglans, Salix, Cednis and Rosaceae. The highest level of pollen grains was in May.