Development of a novel real-time pollen-sorting counter using species-specific pollen autofluorescence

Aerobiologia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-111

  Mitsumoto, Kotaro ^a,b   Yabusaki, Katsumi ^a   Kobayashi, Koji ^a   Aoyagi, Hideki ^b  

^a KOWA COMPANY LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Chamaecyparis obtusa; Cryptomeria japonica; Pollen counting; Pollinosis

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ACCURACY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CLASSIFICATION; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; GRAIN; JAPAN; JAPANESE CEDAR; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLEN ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLER; SPRING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

EID: 77955713210     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-009-9147-1     Document Type: Article

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