Airborne Pollen Concentration in Kütahya

Authors

ADEM BIÇAKCI
OSMAN NURİ BENLİOĞLU
DİLEK ERDOĞAN

DOI

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Abstract

The airborne pollen cocentration in the atmosphere of Kütahya was determined by gravimetry with a Durham sampler in 1996. During this study, 23 taxa of arboreal and 14 taxa of herbaceous pollen grains were collected and identified. Pollen from the following taxa were also found to be prevalent in the atmosphere of Kütahya: Pinus L., Cupressaceae, Platanus orientalis L., Quercus L., Oleaceae, Gramineae, Urticaceae, Chenopodiaceae/ Amaranthaceae, Compositae and Plantago L. The effects of meteorological factors (temperature, humidity, wind speed, rainfall) on pollen production, dispersal and concentration in the atmosphere of Kütahya were observed.

Keywords

Pollen grains, Pollen concentration, Meteorological factors.

First Page

75

Last Page

82

Recommended Citation

BIÇAKCI, ADEM; BENLİOĞLU, OSMAN NURİ; and ERDOĞAN, DİLEK (1999) "Airborne Pollen Concentration in Kütahya," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 23: No. 2, Article 1. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol23/iss2/1