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Aerobiology is the science which studies the atmospheric dispersion of biological materials and their impact on the environment and organisms. Therefore aerobiology covers many fields of basic and applied sciences and one of these is agriculture. The study of the dispersion of phytopathogenic spores was one of the first applications of aerobiology together with the study of pollinic aeroallergens in medicine, when aerobiology began to interest scientists more than 60 years ago. At the moment aerobiology could help agriculture in different ways, being able to detect and diffuse large quantities of information useful to optimize the production of many crops. The airborne particulate considered important in agriculture includes pollen, spores and insects; thus, when aerobiology is spoken of as being applied to agriculture, we understand the involvement of many sectors such as agronomy, plant pathology, mycology, botany, enthomology and others.
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Frenguelli, G. The contribution of aerobiology to agriculture. Aerobiologia 14, 95–100 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02694192
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