Alder pollen season in selected cities of Poland in 2020 Original article

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Published: Apr 25, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.162250420
Keywords:
allergens, pollen count, alder, Alnus, 2020

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Małgorzata Malkiewicz
Laboratory of Paleobotany, Department of Stratigraphical Geology, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6768-7968
Krystyna Piotrowska-Weryszko
Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3827-3218
Małgorzata Puc
Institute of Marine & Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8906-2405
Dariusz Jurkiewicz
Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery in Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3729-2679
Grzegorz Siergiejko
Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Allergology Department, University Children Hospital, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4084-8332
Katarzyna Dąbrowska-Zapart
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8976-7739
Ewa Kalinowska
Allergen Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4821-6882
Agnieszka Lipiec
Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3037-2326

Abstract

This paper presents the course of alder pollination season in Poland in 2020. The measurements were performed in Bydgoszcz, Bialystok, Lublin, Olsztyn, Opole, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Sosnowiec, Szczecin, Warsaw, Wroclaw and Zielona Gora. Volumetric method with the use of Volumetric Spore Trap (Burkard, Lanzoni) was implemented. Pollen season was defined as the period in which 95% of the annual total catch occurred. The alder pollen season in 2020 started about 10–30 days earlier compared to 2017–2019. The pollen season started first in Szczecin, Opole and Zielona Gora (in the second half of January). In the other cities alder pollen season started in first half of February. The highest daily pollen count was recorded in Lublin (1211 P/m3). In other cities the maximum concentrations ranged from 160 P/m3 in Sosnowiec to 465 P/m3 in Piotrkow Trybunalski. The highest alder pollen concentrations were detected in the first decade of March (March 1st–3rd). Only in Zielona Gora, Wroclaw, Opole and Sosnowiec the maximum concentration was recorded in the third decade of February. The annual pollen sum of Alnus in 2020 was even 5–10 times lower than in years 2019.

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Malkiewicz , M., Piotrowska-Weryszko , K., Puc , M., Jurkiewicz , D., Siergiejko , G., Dąbrowska-Zapart , K., Kalinowska , E., & Lipiec , A. (2020). Alder pollen season in selected cities of Poland in 2020. Alergoprofil, 16(2), 25-30. https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.162250420
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Vol 16 No 2 (2020)
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MEDICAL AEROBIOLOGY
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