Fungal pathogens of medicinal plants in arid woodlands of Vayots Dzor Region of Armenia
Our research in arid woodlands of Vayots Dzor Region of Armenia indicates different fungal infections in separate parts of several medicinal plants that grow in this area. On 42 species of medicinal plants which belong to 38 genera and 19 families collected in researched area, a total of 39 species of micromyce-tes were found. Among them, fungi 31 species belonged to Ascomycota, 7 - to Basidiomycota, and 1 - to Oomycota divisions. Golovinomyces genus from powdery mildew fungi was the prevalent for 11 plants, and Golovinomyces galeopsidis was the dominant species on 6 host plants. The quantitative relation between collected (by population) and infected parts of medicinal plants shows that collected leaves, stems, barks, branches are largely infected, and the least of all infected are roots.