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Proposed Symposium Title: AEROBIOLOGY. ADVANCES IN THE ATMOSPHERIC POLLEN RESEARCH AND CHALLENGES IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL CHANGE. SESSION 1

Abstract: The aim of this Symposium is to present the research progress on Aerobiology, especially in the field of aeropalynology, i.e., studies on airborne pollen and fungal spores. In this Symposium, special attention will be paid to aerobiological studies that combine: a) airborne pollen and flowering phenology. In large-scale studies, airborne pollen is consider as a good bioindicator of flowering phenology in anemophilous species. The pollen season is also a good indicator of flowering intensity. These studies are of interest from the ecological, agronomic, and public health point of view; and, in the context of climate change, it can determine the advance or delay in the flowering of plants. b) the development of aerobiology networks based on automatic monitoring. In recent years, an important advance on Aerobiology has been the development of new technologies for airborne pollen and fungal spore automatic monitoring. The current challenge is to establish monitoring networks that offer accurate data in real time. c) the long-distance transport of pollen and fungal spores. The effect of wind on long distance transport has also been extensively studied. This transport is responsible of the pollen and fungal spore detection during periods when local plants are not blooming or when not local fungi on sporulation.

Speaker 1: Frenguelli Giuseppe University of Perugia (Italy) giuseppe.frenguelli@unipg.it The aerobiology-floral phenology binomial. Phenoclimatic models for pollen forecasts.

Speaker 2: Carmen Galán University of Córdoba (Spain) bv1gasoc@uco.es Automatic pollen monitoring networks: the challenge to provide information in real-time.

Speaker 3: Moreno Stella Polytechnic University of Cartagena. (Spain) Stella.Moreno@upct.es Effect of long-distance pollen transport on the local and regional airborne pollen evolution

Topics (Up to three): Palynology

Topic 2: Global Change Ecology

Topic 3: Plant Phenology

Justification: We consider this symposium will be of great interest to the participants of the XX International Botanical Congress (IBC). The antecedents to an aerobiology symposium at the IBC can be found at the XVI International Botanical Congress held in 1999 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, with the title “Aerobiology: the importance of airborne pollen and fungal spores in ecology, agriculture, and human health”.