Contents: Foreword. Preface. Editor's note. Messages. Brief biographical profile. 1. Oak pollen influx in the Sangre de Cristo Range, New Mexico, USA/Stephen A. Hall. 2. Some abnormal pollen grains of two Indian firs, Abies pindrow and A. spectabilis and their phylogenetic significnace/P.N. Mehra. 3. Pollen grains and other Pauci-Micronic particles as Airborne Allergen Carriers/F. Th. M. Spieksma and A.H. Nikkels. 4. Problems in studying pollen dispersal into and within scots pine seed orchards/A. Rantio-Lehtimaki and P. Pukkinen. 5. Aerobiology in Southern Africa/Ann Cadman. 6. Yearly fluctuations in atmospheric Ragweed pollen concentrations in Tulsa, Oklahoma/Estelle Levetin. 7. Sampling Airborne Biopollutants/J. Pacey and H.A. McCartney. 8. Aspergillus fumigatus--immunological and clinical problems/A.W. Frankland. 9. Azadirachtin a affects GABA pools in Neuroendocrine Organs of locusts/S. Banerjee, W. Oberthur and H. Rembold. 10. Air dispersal of pollen in the neotropics: its relevance to allergic disease/I. Hurtado, L. Cariani and H. Ramos. 11. Epidemiology and plant disease forecasting/R.P. Purkayastha, P.K. Ghosh and S. Bera. 12. The pollen morphology of Bauhinia pottsii G. don (Leguminosae: caesalpiniodeae)/I.K. Ferguson and Hannah Banks. 13. Xerocline and Hygrocline phases in Oberharz Mires during the settling time (pollen zone X)/Monika Ulmann. 14. Stain reversal in pollen exines/John R. Rowley and Joanne S. Rowley. 15. Airspora and Respiratory Symptoms, Adelaide, South Australia/W.E. Boyd, M.B. Howland, A.E. Gale and K.L. Thomson. 16. The new dimensions of palynological sciences/P.K.K. Nair. 17. The original position of the generative cell in angiosperms with Heteropolar Pollen/Kim-Lang Huynh. 18. Responses of higher plants to air pollution in the metropolis of Calcutta: light & electron microscopy on leaf and epidermal architecture/S.C. Datta and S. Sinha-Ray. 19. Protein patterns of pollen and ovules of cucurbits and their taxonomic significance/M.K. Pasha and S.P. Sen. 20. Palynology of the Quaternary in Temperate and Tropical Areas: Chronostratigraphy, palaeoclimatology and vegetal palaeoenvironment of fossil man/Josette Renault Miskovsky and Anne-Marie Semah. 21. Airborne and Allergenic Tree Pollen of the Texas Gulf Coast (USA)/W.H. Lewis, A.B. Dixit, H.J. Wedner and W.A. Crozier. 22. A staining method for detection of protein in pollen and other particles in the air/Ruth M. Leuschner and G. Boehm. 23. Pollen morphology of the Indian Palm Genus Bentinckia (iguanurinae: Areceae)/Madeline M. Harley. 24. Consequence of earth expansion on life: a hypothesis/Gerhard O.W. Kremp. 25. Aeroallergen surveillance: a critical review of sampling techniques/M.K. Agarwal and Shashi Jhamb. Subject index. Author index.
"Due to exponential growth of knowledge in various fields of Palynology, most of the available reference books either lack information about some of the most recent development or else overemphasize on Aerobiology thus ignoring classical palynology which has been proved to be equality important all the world over.
The present volume, however, lays balanced emphasis on classical and applied Palynology thus covering various facets of the subject.
The books is divided into 25 chapters dealing with all aspects of Palynology highlighting current researches. The greater part of the book is devoted to classical aspect of palynological research embracing pollen morphology in relation to plant taxonomy dealing with critical and disputed taxonomic problems. The mysteries have been unravelled using latest techniques of SEM and TEM contributed by internationally reputed scientists. The other major important aspect, i.e. the topic dealing wiht the biomedical appraoch, e.g. pollen-spore allergy, is known to be one of the leading health problems. In addition there are contributions made by leading experts in the fields of biochemical and immunological disciplines. The tremendous development in the field of pollen analysis in relation to paleaoecology, phytogeography and vegetational history have also been given due recognition. The book is well illustrated, possesses comprehensive accounts for researches and scholars of palynology, aerobiology and allied subjects." (jacket)
