PATHOGENICITY EFFECTS OF THE FUNGUS ALTERNARIA BRASSICE

Abstract

The data about the prevalence and the development of alternaria disease in Brassicaceae vegetables (white cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, red cabbage, leafy cabbage, Chinese cabbage) and the results of artificial infestation with the Alternaria-causing fungus A. brassicae have been presented in this article. The obtained results show that isolated strains 8, 66, and 71 severely damaged Brassicaceae crops, that is, this indicator was 65,8%, 63,4%, 55,3%; 61,2%, 67,9%, 53,2%; 54,9%, 55,8%, 60,7% respectively