Biometeorology and its Relation to Pollen Count

Abstract

Biometeorology is the study of direct and indirect effects of the physico-chemical micro- and macro-environments on physico-chemical system in general and on living organisms in particular. This is the definition given by the International Society of Biometeorology in 1970. which subdivides the biometeorology into six main groups: plant, zoological, human, cosmic, space and paleobiometeorology (1). Plant biometeorology studies the influence of weather and climate on the development and the distribution of healthy and diseaded plants for botanical, phytopatologycal and agricultural purposes, and also of the effects of both weather and climate on small plant organisms responsible for the development of plant, animal and human diseases. The study of vegetation in relation to soil conditions has been an active field of research for more than a century, on the contrary, the study of vegetation in relation to the atmospheric conditions has advanced more slowly. Actually in the past 30 years a remarkable effort has been made to achieve a better balance between weather and soil studies. In particular, about this argument, the micrometeorological studies are most important.