Growth and sporulation of phytopathogenic microscopic fungi were studied under a static magnetic field. The applied flux densities were 0.1, 0.5, and 1 mT. The magnetic field decreased the growth of colonies by 10% using this flux density region. At 0.1 mT flux density, the deviations are significant, P =.001, while in other cases the deviations generally are not significant. At the same time, the number of the developed conidia of Alternaria alternata and Curvularia inaequalis increased by 68-133%, but the number of Fusarium oxysporum conidia decreased by 79-83%. The deviations are generally significant at the P =.05 level.

The effects of UV-C radiation on the germination rate and fungal contamination of tall fescue seeds were investigated. Samples from the same seed lot were irradiated in two different ways in two consecutive years. The seeds were irradiated with a Hg vapour lamp using different doses. In the first trial one side of the seeds was irradiated, while in the second trial a mirror was used to irradiate the whole seed surface. The results showed that various doses of UV-C irradiation had an effect on the germination rate, but there were no significant differences in germination percentage between the treatments. Differences in fungal contamination rates were observed when the seeds were irradiated on all sides. The presence of 21 fungal genera was identified on the seeds, the saprotrophic fungi Alternaria, Rhizopus and Penicillium being dominant.

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