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Ecology and Epidemiology

A New 7-Day Spore Sampler. C. L. Kramer, Research Mycologist, Professor, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506; M. G. Eversmeyer(2), and T. I. Collins(3). (2)Research Plant Pathologist, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (ARS, USDA), and Dept. of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506; (3)G. R. Manufacturing Co., 1317 Collins Lane, Manhattan, KS 66502. Phytopathology 66:60-61. Accepted for publication 3 July 1975. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-66-60.

A new volumetric, suction-type drum sampler (the 7-Day Drum Spore Sampler) has been developed. Fungal spores, pollen grains, and other airborne particles are impinged on double-coated cellophane tape applied to a 15.24-cm (6-inch) diameter drum. The sampling surface of the drum rotates past the orifice at 60 mm in 24 hours so collections can be time related. The sampler body rotates, keeping the intake orifice facing into the wind. Flow rates may be adjusted by air-flow meter from 0.5 to 28.3 liters per minute. Operation is continuous with either 115 V or 230 V AC vacuum pumps.