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A comparative study of vineyard phenology and pollen metrics extracted from airborne pollen time series

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Airborne pollen emission model was used to determine pollen metrics and to examine their relationship with vineyard phenology in two wine regions of Northern Portugal: Vinhos Verdes (1993–2007) and Douro (1992–2011). A number of airborne pollen metrics were obtained through the rate of changes of logistic model adjusted to the time series of airborne pollen. In both regions, the mean absolute differences between observed phenology and model-predicted values for start, peak and final of flowering phenophases were always lower than 5 days and the slope of the regression through the origin is close to one. These metrics can be used to accurately and precisely predict the dynamic of Vitis flowering observed at field level. The model’s simplicity and flexibility are of great advantage for its practical use in aerobiology.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Carlos Coutinho (Estação de Avisos da Direcção de Agricultura e Pescas do Norte) and J.Pedro Pereira (Subvidouro) for providing the vineyard phenological data used for model validation. We also thank António Teixeira for assisting in the pollen collection.

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  1. Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal

    Mário Cunha & Ilda Abreu

  2. Centro de Geologia da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal

    Helena Ribeiro & Ilda Abreu

  3. Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Viticultura Duriense (ADVID), Quinta de Sta. Maria Apartado 137, 5050-106, Godim (Peso da Régua), Portugal

    Paulo Costa

  4. Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo-espaciais, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal

    Mário Cunha

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Cunha, M., Ribeiro, H., Costa, P. et al. A comparative study of vineyard phenology and pollen metrics extracted from airborne pollen time series. Aerobiologia 31, 45–56 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10453-014-9345-3

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