Airborne fungal spore review, new advances and automatisation

M Martinez-Bracero, E Markey, JH Clancy… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fungal spores make up a significant portion of Primary Biological Aerosol Particles (PBAPs)
with large quantities of such particles noted in the air. Fungal particles are of interest …

Dispersal patterns of Alternaria conidia in Spain

C De Linares, J Belmonte, M Canela… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2010 - Elsevier
Alternaria is a common airborne phytopathogenic fungus that may affect crops in the field or
can cause decay of plant products. It can also cause diseases in animals and humans. The …

Alternaria spore exposure in Bavaria, Germany, measured using artificial intelligence algorithms in a network of BAA500 automatic pollen monitors

M González-Alonso, M Boldeanu, T Koritnik… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although Alternaria spores are well-known allergenic fungal spores, automatic bioaerosol
recognition systems have not been trained to recognize these particles until now. Here we …

Air pollution by allergenic spores of the genus Alternaria in the air of central and eastern Europe

I Kasprzyk, V Rodinkova, I Šaulienė… - … Science and Pollution …, 2015 - Springer
Spores of the genus Alternaria belong to one of the most prevailing constituents of the air in
all regions of the world. They form infectious inoculum of numerous plant species as well as …

Analysis of the predicting variables for daily and weekly fluctuations of two airborne fungal spores: Alternaria and Cladosporium

M Recio, M del Mar Trigo, S Docampo… - International journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Alternaria and Cladosporium are two fungal taxa whose spores (conidia) are included
frequently in aerobiological studies of outdoor environments. Both spore types are present in …

Seasonal Mediterranean pattern for airborne spores of Alternaria

JM Maya-Manzano, S Fernández-Rodríguez… - Aerobiologia, 2012 - Springer
Airborne Alternaria spore presence depends in part on temperature and most studies claim
that the highest values are found in summer. Such pattern, however, does not match in …

Aerobiological modeling I: A review of predictive models

AM Vélez-Pereira, C De Linares, J Belmonte - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present work is the first of two reviews on applied modeling in the field of aerobiology.
The aerobiological predictive models for pollen and fungal spores, usually defined as …

The use of artificial neural networks to forecast biological atmospheric allergens or pathogens only as Alternaria spores

G Astray, FJ Rodríguez-Rajo… - Journal of …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
The monitoring of atmospheric Alternaria spores is of major importance due to their adverse
effects on crops and their role as human allergens. Most species act as plant pathogens …

Temporal variations in the diversity of airborne fungal spores in a Mediterranean high altitude site

L Pace, L Boccacci, M Casilli, S Fattorini - Atmospheric environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Relationships between meteorological factors and airborne fungal spore concentrations at
high altitudes are virtually unknown. We used cross-correlation analyses to test the …

Mapping of Alternaria and Pleospora concentrations in Central Italy using meteorological forecast and neural network estimator

B Tomassetti, A Lombardi, E Cerasani, A Di Sabatino… - Aerobiologia, 2013 - Springer
Airborne particles (pollens and fungal spores) are recognized as important causes of
allergies and many other pathologies whose main symptoms are usually associated with …