Accumulative air temperature as a predicting parameter for daily airborne olive pollen(Olea europaeaL.) during the pre‐peak period in Málaga (Western Mediterranean area)

Airborne olive pollen in Vigo (Northwest Spain): a survey to forecast the onset and daily concentrations of the pollen season

“…3). Models developed in southern Spain show similar determination coefficient values (Alba et al 1997, Recio et al 1997, Moreno-Grau et al 2000, accounting for between 26% and 50% of the variation in daily olive pollen concentrations.…”

“…Various methods were considered for modelling heat requirements and the lowest values for the standard coefficient of variation were obtained when mean temperature was to decreased by a threshold of 8 ‡C. Studies conducted by Galá n et al (2001) suggest that a base temperature of 12.5 ‡C is the most suitable for calculating heat requirements, while other authors (Recio et al 1997, Moriondo et al 2001) use threshold temperatures of 5 ‡C.…”

“…Knowledge of the chilling and heat needs required by plants to overcome the period of dormancy enables us to determine the onset of pollination, which is of great importance to allergy sufferers (Richardson et al 1974, Faust 1989, Frenguelli & Bricchi 1998, Galá n et al 2001. Since the presence of pollen in the air is the result of flowering, aerobiological data have been used in recent years as phenological information in order to calculate the beginning of the pollination period (Recio et al 1997, Fornaciari et al 2000, Jato et al 2000, Frenguelli & Bricchi 1998, Galá n et al 2001.…”

Phenology, aerobiology and production of an olive grove in Almodóvar del Campo (Castilla-La Mancha)

“…La aerobiología se ocupa del estudio de las partículas bióticas en la atmósfera y de la influencia de las variables meteorológicas sobre el nivel de cada tipo. Con este planteamiento y centrados en la aerobiología del tipo polínico Olea en el área mediterránea, incluida España, podemos citar, entre otras, las siguientes publicaciones: FRENGUELLI & al, 1989;FRENGUELLI & BRIC-CHI, 1996;GONZÁLEZ MINERO & CANDAU, 1996;RECIO & al, 1996RECIO & al, ,1997ALBA & DÍAZ DE LA GUARDIA, 1998;FORNICIARI & al, 1998;GUTIÉRREZ BUSTILLO & SÁENZ LAÍN, 2000;BELMONTE & al, 2001.…”

Improving prophylaxis for pollen allergies: Predicting the time course of the pollen load of the atmosphere of major allergenic plants in France and Spain

“…The socio-economic importance of allergies due to pollen has induced aerobiologists to look for predictive models of pollen load in the atmosphere (Boyer 1973, Bringfelt 1980, Bringfelt et al 1982, Andersen 1991, Frenguelli et al 1989, 1991Larsson 1993, Pedersen & Moseholm 1993, Spieksma et al 1995, Recio et al 1997, Alba & Guardia 1998, Díaz de la Guardia et al 1998, Iglesias et al 1998, Alba et al 2000, Bica et al 2000, Galá n et al 1998, 2000, 2001García-Mozo et al 2000). Such models are intended to predict the time course and the level of pollen load in the atmosphere for coming weeks.…”