Airborne fungi in vegetable growing areas of Edirne, Turkey

We aimed at the investigation of the airborne fungi and their outdoor incidence in five vegetable growing areas in Edirne province (Turkey) by exposing a petri dish with potato dextrose agar medium to air for 15 minutes and then counting the number of growing colonies. Sampling procedure for fungi w...

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Published in:Aerobiologia 2001-03, Vol.17 (1), p.69-75
Main Authors: Sen, B, Asan, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absidia
airborne microorganisms
Alternaria
Aspergillus
Botryotrichum
Chlamydomyces
Cladosporium
Endocochlus
Fusarium
Nematochtonus
Nematoctonus
Penicillium
Turkey, Edirne
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Summary:We aimed at the investigation of the airborne fungi and their outdoor incidence in five vegetable growing areas in Edirne province (Turkey) by exposing a petri dish with potato dextrose agar medium to air for 15 minutes and then counting the number of growing colonies. Sampling procedure for fungi was performed 6 times in research stations at an interval of one month between April-September 1996. From the 90 petri dishes obtained fungi were isolated and 1166 colonies were counted. 12 genera (Absidia, Alternaria, Aspergillus, Botryotrichum, Chlamydomyces, Cladosporium, Endocochlus, Fusarium, Nematochtonus, Penicillium, Trichoderma and Torula) and 25 species were identified. Among them, Aspergillus clavato-nanica and Penicillium estinogenum are very likely to be new records for Turkey. Cladosporium carpophilum and Alternaria alternata were the most abundant species in the study area. Correlation analyses were applied to the data.
ISSN:0393-5965
DOI:10.1023/A:1007604417192