The oak pollen in the air of selected Polish cities in 2012

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Ewa Kalinowska
Małgorzata Malkiewicz
Andrzej Wieczorkiewicz
Kazimiera Chłopek
Elżbieta Weryszko-Chmielewska
Krystyna Piotrowska
Agnieszka Lipiec
Kornel Szczygielski
Małgorzata Puc
Bożena Kiziewicz
Przemysław Kosieliński
Piotr Rapiejko

Abstract

This paper presents the course of oak pollination season in selected cities of Poland in 2012. The measurements were performed in Białystok, Bydgoszcz, Drawsko Pomorskie, Lublin, Piotrków Trybunalski, Sosnowiec, Warszawa and Wrocław. Volumetric method with the use of Volumetric Spore Trap by Burkard and Lanzoni was implemented. Pollen season was defined as the period in which 95% of the annual total catch occurred.The season started first in Bialystok (21 April) and in Bydgoszcz (22 April). The highest 24-hour average pollen count was recorded in Bialystok on 3 May (333 oak pollen grains/1 m3).

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Kalinowska , E., Malkiewicz , M., Wieczorkiewicz , A., Chłopek , K., Weryszko-Chmielewska , E., Piotrowska , K., Lipiec , A., Szczygielski , K., Puc , M., Kiziewicz , B., Kosieliński , P., & Rapiejko , P. (2012). The oak pollen in the air of selected Polish cities in 2012. Alergoprofil, 8(4), 32-36. Retrieved from https://journalsmededu.pl/index.php/alergoprofil/article/view/750
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