Airborne fungal spores in the coastal plain of Israel: A preliminary survey

Aerobiologia

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 281-287

  Waisel, Yoav ^a   Ganor, Eli ^a   Glikman, Michacl ^a   Epstein, Valentina ^a   Brenner, Shmuel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Airborne spores monitoring; Fungal spores; Spore spectrum; Threshold levels

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISRAEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SPOROGENESIS;

ALTERNARIA; CLADOSPORIUM; COPRINUS; CURVULARIA; DRECHSLERA; EPICOCCUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; LEPTOSPHAERIA; PITHOMYCES; PUCCINIA; SPHACELOTHECA; STEMPHYLIUM; USTILAGO;

EID: 0031409348     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02694496     Document Type: Article

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