Variations in Maize Pollen Emission and Deposition in Relation to Microclimate

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 39; no. 12; pp. 4377 - 4384
• Main Authors: Jarosz, Nathalie, Loubet, Benjamin, Durand, Brigitte, Foueillassar, Xavier, Huber, Laurent
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 15.06.2005
• Subjects: Agricultural and forest climatology and meteorology. Irrigation. Drainage; Agricultural and forest meteorology; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; Climate; Corn; Crop climate. Energy and radiation balances; Crops; Ecology, environment; Economic plant physiology; Emissions; Flowering, floral biology, reproduction patterns; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; Growth and development; Life Sciences; Pollen; Sedimentation & deposition; Centre Region; Yvelines; France; Europe; Loiret; Ile-de-France; Process dynamics; Relative humidity; Air environment; Stochastic model; Monocotyledones; Cultivated field; Roughness length; Emission; C4-Type; Environmental factor; Sexual reproduction; Microclimate; Spatial variation; Temperate zone; Modeling; Time variation; Cereal crop; Transport process; Floral biology; Gramineae; Angiospermae; Pollen; Mathematical model; Deposition; Phytoclimate; Atmospheric condition; Zea mays; Wind effect; Biomathematics; Biophysics; Agroclimatology; Dispersion; Pollination; Micrometeorology; Agrometeorology; Spermatophyta; Aérobiology; Canopy(vegetation); field experiment; atmospheric transport; dispersion; production; deposition velocity
• ISSN: 0013-936X; 1520-5851
• DOI: 10.1021/es0494252

The coexistence of genetically modified (GM) crops with conventional crops has become a subject of debate and inquiry. Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most cultivated crop plants in the world and there is a need to assess the risks of cross-pollination. Concentration and deposition rate downwind f...