Airborne pollen grains in Aydın, an important city for agriculture and tourism in the western part of Turkey, were studied for 2 years (2014 and 2015) using the volumetric method. During a 2-year study conducted in the city center, an average of 19,226 pollen grains belonging to 46 taxa were detected. Among these detected taxa, 29 (average ) belonged to arboreal plants and 17 (average ) to nonarboreal plants. The highest pollen concentrations belonged to Olea europaea (), Quercus (), Poaceae (), Pinaceae (), Cupressaceae/Taxaceae (), Platanus(), Morus (), and Urticaceae (), which were considered to be the dominant species. |
