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    DYNAMICS OF MAIZE PATHOGENS FROM FUSARIUM, ASPERGILLUS AND PENICILLIUM GENERA IN SOIL UNDER WEATHER CONDITIONS OF REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
    (CEP USM, 2023) Grajdieru, Cristina; Bilici, Elena
    The results of molecular expertise of phytosanitary state of upper layer of soil from experimental cornfields are presented. Several fungal pathogens from Fusarium, Aspergillus and Penicillium genera were identified using PCR assay. These pathogens were identified in soil samples during the three-year monitoring period and their respective quantities depended on weather conditions. Abiotic factors like air temperature and relative humidity have a significant impact on fungi’s propagation. Weather conditions of the year affected significantly accumulation of F. equiseti, F. graminearum, A. clavatus, P. expansum and P. chrysogenum in soil. A positive correlation between pathogens’quantities and values of relative air humidity was found.
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    IMMUNOLOGIC EVALUATION OF MAIZE COLLECTION SAMPLES
    (CEP USM, 2023) Bilici, Elena; Grajdieru, Cristina
    Seven inbred maize lines from the active collection of Laboratory of plant genetic resources were tested for their susceptibility to fungal pathogens using visual evaluation of disease symptoms and molecular diagnostics. The highest infection rate was registered in MAN2492 and was 35%, therefore the respective genotype can be classified as susceptible. MAN2466 lacked symptoms of diseases and for MAN2488 minimum value of the respective parameter was registered (5%) – resistant genotype group. Quantitative analysis showed that the overall value of DNA sequences specific for the fungal genome was the lowest in the grain of MAN2488, MAN2491, MAN2470 genotypes.