Buhyna L. Epiphytic microbiota of the most common agricultural plants of the Transcarpathian region

The dissertation is devoted to the examination of perception of the population from Black Sea region countries (BSAC) and Transcarpathia to the traditional food of plant origin. 13 most often consumed agricultural plants of the region had been selected and studied, namely: apples, grapes, cucumbers, tomatoes, red peppers, sorrel leaves, parsley, dill, beets, nettles, cabbage, onion and garlic feathers. The qualitative and quantitative composition of epiphytic microorganisms of agricultural plants that are major ingredients of selected traditional foods of BSAC had been determined. Epiphytic profiles of the most commonly used agricultural (edible) plants from three agro-climatic zones of Transcarpathia have been created. The dynamics of the beneficial epiphytic microbiota of the studied agricultural plants depending on the weather conditions of 2013, 2016 and 2019 was revealed, the influence of edaphic factors on the formation of the epiphytic microbiota was clarified. The relation of isolated from phyllosphaerae of agricultural plants representatives of beneficial microbiota to antimicrobial drugs was determined. The gross content of polyphenols and anthocyanins of selected agricultural plants was studied. Strong correlations of the number of certain species of epiphytic microorganisms with the content of polyphenols and anthocyanins in host plants were determined: the number of H. alvei anti-correlates with anthocyanins (r = - 0.95) in the mountain agro-climatic region, the number of E. faecalis and E. cloacae correlates with anthocyanin in foothill area (r = 0.93 and r = 0.92, respectively). Traditional Ukrainian foods of plant origin were indexed by LanguaL and the first national database was created.