When 136 samples of dying carrot seedlings from several fields were analyzed Alternaria radicina proved to be the most common seedling pathogen (41 %), followed by some Fusarium species (27 %, mostly F. avenaceum).The less common seedling pathogens were Pythium spp. (13 %), Phoma spp. (2.5 %) and Botrytis cinerea (1.4 %). Some other fungi (Bipolaris sorokiniana, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Stemphylium botryosym and Ulocladium consortiale) were found in less than 1 % of seedlings examined.