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Morphological characteristics of major airborne pollen in Korea peninsula

  • Moon, Hye-Kyoung (Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Department of Biology and Institute of Basic Sciences, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kong, Min-Jung (Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Department of Biology and Institute of Basic Sciences, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Song, Jun-Ho (Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Department of Biology and Institute of Basic Sciences, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kim, Sun-Yu (National Institute of Biological Resources, Plant Resources Division) ;
  • Kim, Jin-Suk (National Institute of Biological Resources, Plant Resources Division) ;
  • Jung, Eun-Hee (National Institute of Biological Resources, Plant Resources Division) ;
  • Park, Chan-Ho (National Institute of Biological Resources, Plant Resources Division) ;
  • Lee, Byoung-Yoon (National Institute of Biological Resources, Plant Resources Division) ;
  • Hong, Suk-Pyo (Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Department of Biology and Institute of Basic Sciences, Kyung Hee University)
  • Received : 2015.06.01
  • Accepted : 2015.07.27
  • Published : 2015.08.30
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Abstract

Although airborne pollen is invisible to the eye, it has been known as a major source to respiratory allergic reactions. For this reason, airborne pollen is monitoring in many countries to predict pollen concentration based on locality and season. However, the morphological characteristics of airborne pollen and their potential tendency as an allergen are still obscure. In the present study, we selected 52 airborne pollen samples based on previously reported data and investigated their detail pollen characteristics using LM and SEM. Major airborne pollen in Korea has sorted in 19 families (most angiosperms except four gymnosperm families), and all pollen grains are small to medium in size ($P=17.34-49.86{\mu}m$) apart from the bisaccate pollen grains of Pinaceae ($P=46.49-106.20{\mu}m$). The aperture number and shape vary from sulcate to polyporate. While the inaperture pollen has found only in gymnosperm (Cupressaceae and Taxaceae), triporate or polyporate is common pollen type in angiosperm. The sexine ornamentations could divide into several types, but the most sculpturing types are inconspicuous like psilate, rugulate and granulate. Reticulate pollen grains as a semitectum have occurred the species of genera Platanus and Fraxinus only. To estimate the possible relationships between pollen features and allergen, the results are discussed in botanical context.

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