RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOME MORPHOLOGICAL INDICATORS AND MYCOBIOTA OF AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT PLANTS GROWING IN THE TERRITORY OF THE KURDAMIR DISTRICT

This research study determined the morphological developmental parameters of sorghum, quinoa, amaranth, and maize plants cultivated in the Kurdamir region, as well as the abundance and species composition of phytospecific mycobiota at different stages of the growing season. It was shown that, in addition to altering the morphological parameters of the experimental plants, fertilizer application alters the abundance and species composition of the mycobiota in their aboveground and belowground organs, as well as their ecological and trophic specialization.One of the environmental challenges of our time is the protection and management of soil, an integral part of the ecosystem and its primary component. As a result of the ever-increasing anthropogenic load on the environment, significant disturbances to the soil's composition and changes in its chemical composition over large areas inevitably lead to its degradation [4]. This, in turn, leads to a decrease in the productivity of valuable and useful plants, thereby hindering the sustainable development of agriculture and posing a threat to human health in the food chain. Consequently, interest in non-traditional plants has increased significantly in recent years. Environmental factors such as global population growth, shrinking arable land, rising temperatures, changing seasonal patterns, and so on, make it crucial to cultivate plants with high physiological qualities and valuable natural ingredients in agriculture. This could be one way to overcome the shortage of essential nutrients. One solution could be to grow non-traditional plants in addition to the food plants that form the basis of our diet. Such plants include amaranth, quinoa, sorghum, scotch porridge, and others [1, 3, 7].A significant part of agricultural lands in Azerbaijan are located in risky agricultural zones[2]. Thus, approximately 50% of agricultural lands in our Republic are saline lands. Approximately 25 thousand hectares of land are technogenically polluted [6]. For this reason, it is of interest to study the morphological indicators and mycobiota of non-traditional plants of nutritional importance by growing them in the Kurdamir region, where soil and climatic conditions are not considered very favorable.