Building-integrated agriculture: A first assessment of aerobiological air quality in rooftop greenhouses (i-RTGs)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 598, Issue , 2017, Pages 109-120

  Ercilla Montserrat, Mireia ^a   Izquierdo, Rebeca ^a,b   Belmonte, Jordina ^a,b   Montero, Juan Ignacio ^c   Muñoz, Pere ^c   De Linares, Concepción ^a,b   Rieradevall, Joan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air recirculation; Fungal spores; Greenhouse; Indoor and outdoor bioaerosols; Pollen grains; Symbiosis; Tomato crop; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; FRUITS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GREENHOUSES; QUALITY CONTROL; VENTILATION DUCTS;

AIR RE-CIRCULATION; BIOAEROSOLS; FUNGAL SPORES; POLLEN GRAINS; SYMBIOSIS; TOMATO CROPS; URBAN AGRICULTURES;

FUNGI;

AEROBIOLOGY; AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CROP; FUNGUS; POLLEN; SPORE; SYMBIOSIS; URBAN AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BUILDING INTEGRATED ROOFTOP GREENHOUSE AGRICULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROP MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FUNGUS SPORE; GREENHOUSE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENICILLIUM; POLLEN; SPAIN; URBAN AREA; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OIDIUM; SOLANACEAE; TORULA;

AGRICULTURE; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FUNGI; POLLEN; SPAIN; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 85018507354     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.099     Document Type: Article

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