PATHOGEN FUNGUSES OF THE SUNFLOWER SEED (HELIANTHUS ANNUUS L.) AND THEIR IMPACT UPON GERMINATION

The Central Laboratory for the Quality Control of the Seeds and of the Seeding Material Bucharest (LCCCSM) carries into effect all the analyses for the seed lots which are comercialized outside the country. In market year 2009, the Central Laboratory has made a number of 9503 analyses, assigned this way: 1030 purity analyses; 3005 germination analyses; 970 humidity analyses; 3020 of sanitary state; 949 determinations of T.G.W. (1000 seeds weight); 515 cold test; 14 different analyses. In the Central Laboratory for the Seeds and Seeded Material Quality Control, the work for the elaboration of the present study has been done, during this time, on all the sunflower samples picked up by the accredited people who could fathom them, from the economical agents.