Abstract
Airborne ragweed ( Ambrosia ) and pigweed ( Chenopodiaceae ) pollen concent-ration in central part of Poland (Warta Landscape Park) and western part of Ukraine (Lviv city) was studied. In both regions, higher concentration of Ambrosia pollen comparing to Chenopodiaceae pollen was recorded, despite of pigweed population was significantly more abundant on the territory of Poland and western Ukraine. In peaks of pollination, the Ambrosia pollen concentration reached high level of 50–60 pollen grains per cubic metre of air (p.g./m 3 ) and Chenopodiaceae pollen concentration amounted 25 p.g./m 3 in Lviv and 15 p.g./m 3 in Wielkapolska region. Three peaks of Ambrosia pollination were observed in Ukraine and in Poland with several days delay in Poland. Because of absence of Ambrosia population in neighborhood of Poznan, it was suggested that a long distance transportation from the territory of Ukraine took place. Aeropalynological monitoring in the eastern regions of Europe can provide preventive information about critical periods of allergenic plants pollination. Keywords: aerobiology, palynology, pollen fall, Ambrosia , Chenopodiaceae.
Highlights
Aerobiology is a scientific discipline focused on the study of airborne organisms and biological materials that are transported passively in the air
We addressed the problem of pollen fall of two allergenic groups of plants ragweed (Ambrosia) and pigweed (Chenopodiaceae)
Great part of the territory of Ukraine is populated with three species of this genus – Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., A. trifida L., and A. aptera DC
Summary
Aerobiology is a scientific discipline focused on the study of airborne organisms and biological materials that are transported passively in the air. The viable biological particles include microorganisms (viruses, bacteria, fungi and their spores), algal cells, lichen propagules, protozoan cysts, and spores of bryophytes, lycopodiophytes, equisetophytes, pteridophytes, and pollen grains. Aerobiology deals with their dispersion and transportation, deposition or other ways of removal from the air and their impact on animal, plant and human systems. Medicine is the most important application of Aerobiology. First of all, it is concerned with the transmission of airborne diseases. Aerobiological research is often concerned with pollen and spore allergy
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