ASSESSMENT OF MYCOLOGİCAL SAFETY OF FORAGE PLANTS COMMON İN SOME REGİONS OF AZERBAİJAN

<p>The Republic of Azerbaijan is characterized as a territory with an important role of the agricultural sector, but the agricultural sector is capable of satisfying 50% of the needs of the country's population. This once again proves the importance of increasing the efficiency of agricultural production, if only because meeting the needs of the majority of the country's population in agricultural products is considered one of the priorities of the country's agricultural policy.<br>It should be noted that a decrease in crop yields in the agricultural sector can be caused by both changes in political and economic relations and the consequences of various diseases. For this reason, it is important to always pay attention to the second reason for crop loss. So, today the fight against such diseases is not effective only within one country, that is, pathologies caused by microorganisms know no boundaries.Most of the feed for cattle and small ruminants raised for food purposes is made up of plants. Plants are one of the sources of nutrition not only for animals, but also for microorganisms, including fungi. As a result, various relationships have formed between plants and fungi, one of which is pathologies caused by fungi in plants. Thus, <br>as a result of diseases caused by fungi, the observed annual loss of crops is measured in millions of tons. The damage caused by fungi to plants is not limited to this, fungi also enrich the plants inhabiting them with metabolites that they produce as a result of their vital activity, including those that can cause dangerous consequences both for the animals themselves and for the animals that use animals for food purposes. A striking example of this are mycotoxins, which are compared to weapons of mass destruction and are synthesized by fungi. In order to prevent diseases caused by natural fungi, it is very important to carefully study the plants used by animals as feed and collect basic data to prepare effective measures against them.</p>