Phytopathological state of cereal crop stands on agricultural lands contaminated by radioactive substances following the accident at the Chernobyl NPP

Status of populations of phytopathogenes on territories contaminated by radioactive substances as a result of the accident at the Chernobyl NPP has been studied. A comparative evaluation is presented of the development of the major types of crop diseases in the abandoned zone and on fields where special technologies are used for plant growing. Peculiarities in the formation of phytopathogene community in different periods of the post‐accidental situation development are identified.