DIAGNOSTICS, RESISTANCE AND INFECTION RATE OF SORGHUM SEED BY PSEUDOMONAS ANDROPOGONIS AND THE FUNGI OF ALTERNARIA AND FUSARIUM GENERA IN THE FOREST STEPPE OF SAMARA REGION

This article is devoted to the diagnostics of bacterial and fungal diseases on the leaves of grain and saccharine sorghum in the field and on grain in laboratory environment. The resistance of grain sorghum to the fungi of Alternaria and Fusarium genera is detected. The influence of the bacterial disease concerned on the productivity and quality of seed is estimated.