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ANALYSIS OF AIRBORNE POLLEN GRAINS IN KONYA, TURKEY, 2005

MUSTAFA KEMAL ALTUNOGLU^1*, ERKAN TORAMAN², MEHMET TEMEL², ADEM BICAKCI¹ AND MUSTAFA KARGIOGLU²

Abstract: In this study, airborne pollen grains of Konya province were investigated using Durham sampler from January to December 2005. A total of 4420 pollen grains/cm² which belonged to 29 taxa and 9 unidentified pollen grains were recorded. From identified taxa, 19 belong to arboreal and 10 taxa to non-arboreal plants. Total pollen grains consist of 87,49% arboreal, 12,31% non-arboreal plants and 0,20% unidentified pollen grains. In the investigated region, from arboreal plant taxa Pinus spp. (21,63%), Fraxinus spp. (21,13%), Cupressaceae (15,84%), Ailanthus spp. (7,47%),  Platanus spp. (3,80%), Acer spp. (3,28%), Populus spp. (1,86%), Sophora spp. (3,85%) and from non-arboreal plant taxa Chenopodiaceae / Amaranthaceae (4,77%), Poaceae (3,67%) were responsible for the greatest amount of pollen. During the study period, the pollen fall reached its highest level in March.

¹Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Uludag University, Gorukle, Bursa, Turkey

²Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey.