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Pollen Ole e 1 content variations in olive cultivars of different Portugal regions

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Olive is recognized as a crop with great impact in agricultural, socioeconomic, environmental and public health sectors. The last is becoming more important during recent years as consequence of the increase of the pollen allergy in south Europe prompted by the widespread Olea pollen allergic reactions. The aim of the study was to quantify, for the first time, the variations of the Ole e 1 allergen amount in Olea pollen grains from four cultivars in three regions of Portugal. How weather parameters can affect the allergen production was also assessed. The study was conducted in three olive producer areas of Portugal from 2010 to 2013, Santarém (Central), Elvas (Southeast) and Mirandela (Trás-os-Montes region, Northeast). Mature pollen of four different cultivars (Cobrançosa, Arbequina, Picual and Verdeal) was collected during the olive flowering season. Ole e 1 was quantified using specific 2-site antibody ELISA. Pollen of the olive groves at the boundary Olea bioclimatic distribution in the Mirandela registered the higher allergen content for all varieties in each study year. Arbequina was the variety that showed the lower Ole e 1 allergen concentration, whereas the higher content was registered for Cobrançosa. The main meteorological parameters that influenced the allergen Ole e 1 concentration in the pollen grains were the rainfall and temperatures related variables. The knowledge of the allergenicity in different olive cultivars is an important tool in the selection of the most adequate for planting as ornamental crop and to adjust the pollen extracts used for diagnosis or even immunotherapy.

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FEDER funds through the Operational Program Competitiveness Factors (COMPETE) and National funds through FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology in the Project PTDC/AGR-AAM/104562/2008. Institute of Earth Sciences (ICT) funds, under the Project COMPETE 2020 (UIDB/GEO/04683/2020) reference POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007690. Scholarship (SFRH/BDP/125686/2016) of M. Fernández-González. CITACA Strategic Partnership ED431E 2018/07 (Xunta de Galicia, Spain).

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  1. Earth Sciences Institute (ICT), Pole of the Faculty of Sciences University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    M. Fernández-González, H. Ribeiro & I. Abreu

  2. CITACA-Agri-Food Research and Transfer Cluster, Campus Auga, University of Vigo, 32004, Ourense, Spain

    M. Fernández-González & F. J. Rodríguez-Rajo

  3. Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Plannings of the Faculty of Sciences University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    H. Ribeiro & S. G. Pereira

  4. Department of Biology of the Faculty of Sciences University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    I. Abreu

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Fernández-González, M., Ribeiro, H., Pereira, S.G. et al. Pollen Ole e 1 content variations in olive cultivars of different Portugal regions. Aerobiologia 37, 205–216 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10453-020-09688-y

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