Author:
Magyar Donát,Strażyński Przemysław,Grewling Łukasz,Pashley Catherine H.,Satchwell Jack,Bobvos János,Ladányi Márta
Abstract
AbstractHoneydew extracted by aphids serves as nutrient for the development of sooty moulds. Hypothetically, population dynamics of aphids should therefore have an effect on the airborne levels of the spores of fungi colonizing honeydew. In this study, the effects of seven aphid taxa on Alternaria and Cladosporium spore seasons (both pathogenic and allergenic fungi) were analysed on a total of 20-year-long dataset in Kecskemét (Hungary), Leicester (UK) and Poznań (Poland). Meteorological factors strongly effected both aphid and fungal populations. In most cases, a direct effect of weather on fungal levels were found. Direct effect of two aphid species, Acyrthosiphon pisum and Euceraphis punctipennis, on the atmospheric concentration of Alternaria spores was identified in Leicester and Poznań in June and July respectively. Other aphid species had secondary, but significant effects during other time periods. This suggests aphid population data can be informative in predicting airborne concentrations of Alternaria and Cladosporium spores.
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Funder
Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Plant Science,Immunology,Immunology and Allergy
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