The main diseases of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) grown in the Republic of Azerbaijan and the species composition of pathogens of these diseases
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The main diseases of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) grown in the Republic of Azerbaijan and the species composition of pathogens of these diseases
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Cucumis sativus L. plant cultivated in open and covered conditions in the Republic of Azerbaijan, was studied for phytopathogenic fungal biota. It has been determined that a total of 15 fungal species are involved in the formation of the phytopathogenic mycobiota of cucumber plants. Although more than half of the recorded fungi showed phytopathogenic properties in both conditions, overall, covered conditions were more favorable for the development of fungal. The reason for this is that the parameters that are important for plants in covered conditions are favorable for fungi, and these parameters are relatively more stable in covered conditions. The species involved in the formation of the phytopathogenic mycobiota of cucumber plants had a certain specificity in terms of the prevalence of the diseases they caused, the forms of observation, and the effect of the effects. Although some of them cause diseases with the same name and have similar symptoms, it has been determined that each disease also has symptoms that arise from the biological characteristics of the fungus itself.
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