Seasonal changes in plant pollen concentrations over recent years in Vinnytsya, Central Ukraine
The control of plant pollen season patterns is especially important in the expectation of climate change, as the timing of potential varying pollen seasons affects the human population. An ever-increasing number of people suffer from hay fever symptoms with varying severity during the pollen season....
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| author | Victoria Rodinkova Lilia Kremenska Olena Palamarchuk Iryna Motruk Elena Alexandrova Oxana Dudarenko Larysa Vakolyuk Oleh Yermishev |
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| description | The control of plant pollen season patterns is especially important in the expectation of climate change, as the timing of potential varying pollen seasons affects the human population. An ever-increasing number of people suffer from hay fever symptoms with varying severity during the pollen season. This paper presents data on the seasonal variations of pollen concentration and the factors which are the likely causes of these variations in Vinnytsya, a city in Central Ukraine, in order to establish the apparent pattern of this variation and so improve the efficiency of hay fever control in Ukraine.
Pollen counts were obtained by gravimetric and volumetric methods employing a Hirst-type volumetric spore trap.
Alder (Alnus) and birch (Betula) peaks of pollen release occurred approximately 1 month earlier than was observed at the end of the twentieth century. This was due to the seasonal heat accumulation related to the appropriate temperature regimen registered in January and February prior to the growing season. Other trees – including poplar (Populus), maple (Acer), walnut (Juglans), common hazel (Corylus) – did not show distinct changes in pollen season pattern over the past decades.
Mean daily temperature seems to be the leading factor promoting early season onset and a seasonal pollen peak shift of the grass and herb flora such as ragweed (Ambrosia). The shift of the ragweed seasonal pollen maximum towards later in the season correlated with higher temperatures during September. Our study has shown that droughts may also significantly decrease the ragweed pollen concentration. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9bc7a8f2d08643a68fc43006354022b12022-12-21T23:57:19ZengPolish Botanical SocietyActa Agrobotanica2300-357X2018-03-0171110.5586/aa.17316869Seasonal changes in plant pollen concentrations over recent years in Vinnytsya, Central UkraineVictoria Rodinkova0Lilia Kremenska1Olena Palamarchuk2Iryna Motruk3Elena Alexandrova4Oxana Dudarenko5Larysa Vakolyuk6Oleh Yermishev7Department of Pharmacy, National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Pirogov 56, 21018 VinnytsyaDepartment of Pharmacy, National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Pirogov 56, 21018 VinnytsyaScientific Research Centre, National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Pirogov 56, 21018 VinnytsyaDepartment of Hygiene and Ecology, National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Pirogov 56, 21018 VinnytsyaDepartment of Hygiene and Ecology, National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Pirogov 56, 21018 VinnytsyaDepartment of Hygiene and Ecology, National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Pirogov 56, 21018 VinnytsyaDepartment of Hygiene and Ecology, National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Pirogov 56, 21018 VinnytsyaDepartment of Human and Animal Physiology, Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University, 600-richchya 21, 21021 VinnytsiaThe control of plant pollen season patterns is especially important in the expectation of climate change, as the timing of potential varying pollen seasons affects the human population. An ever-increasing number of people suffer from hay fever symptoms with varying severity during the pollen season. This paper presents data on the seasonal variations of pollen concentration and the factors which are the likely causes of these variations in Vinnytsya, a city in Central Ukraine, in order to establish the apparent pattern of this variation and so improve the efficiency of hay fever control in Ukraine. Pollen counts were obtained by gravimetric and volumetric methods employing a Hirst-type volumetric spore trap. Alder (Alnus) and birch (Betula) peaks of pollen release occurred approximately 1 month earlier than was observed at the end of the twentieth century. This was due to the seasonal heat accumulation related to the appropriate temperature regimen registered in January and February prior to the growing season. Other trees – including poplar (Populus), maple (Acer), walnut (Juglans), common hazel (Corylus) – did not show distinct changes in pollen season pattern over the past decades. Mean daily temperature seems to be the leading factor promoting early season onset and a seasonal pollen peak shift of the grass and herb flora such as ragweed (Ambrosia). The shift of the ragweed seasonal pollen maximum towards later in the season correlated with higher temperatures during September. Our study has shown that droughts may also significantly decrease the ragweed pollen concentration.https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/8058airborne pollenpollen season changetemperature increaseheat accumulation |
| spellingShingle | Victoria Rodinkova Lilia Kremenska Olena Palamarchuk Iryna Motruk Elena Alexandrova Oxana Dudarenko Larysa Vakolyuk Oleh Yermishev Seasonal changes in plant pollen concentrations over recent years in Vinnytsya, Central Ukraine Acta Agrobotanica airborne pollen pollen season change temperature increase heat accumulation |
| title | Seasonal changes in plant pollen concentrations over recent years in Vinnytsya, Central Ukraine |
| title_full | Seasonal changes in plant pollen concentrations over recent years in Vinnytsya, Central Ukraine |
| title_fullStr | Seasonal changes in plant pollen concentrations over recent years in Vinnytsya, Central Ukraine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seasonal changes in plant pollen concentrations over recent years in Vinnytsya, Central Ukraine |
| title_short | Seasonal changes in plant pollen concentrations over recent years in Vinnytsya, Central Ukraine |
| title_sort | seasonal changes in plant pollen concentrations over recent years in vinnytsya central ukraine |
| topic | airborne pollen pollen season change temperature increase heat accumulation |
| url | https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/8058 |
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