Monitoring of Sowing Oats for Disease Infection in the Conditions of the Collective Farm “Russia” Spk of Novgorod Region

Abstract

Phytosanitary diagnostics and phytosanitary expertise are the main stages of the overall phytosanitary monitoring system. The aim of the study was to monitor oats of the seed variety Borrus for disease incidence in the conditions of the collective farm “Russia” SPK of Soletsky district of Novgorod region. According to the results of the research, two main diseases were identified on crops of common oats - red-brown spotting and powdery mildew. The spread and development of these diseases on oat crops was influenced by the prevailing weather conditions of the growing seasons of 2019 and 2020. Based on the monitoring of the phytosanitary diagnostics of crops, the study of the spread and development of diseases, the farm proposed measures to reduce the degree of manifestation and infection of all grain crops, regardless of weather conditions and allowed to improve the quality of grain.