Ascochyta asparagina

Taxobox
name = "Ascochyta asparagina"
regnum = Fungi
phylum = Ascomycota
classis = Dothideomycetes
subclassis = Dothideomycetidae
ordo = Incertae sedis
familia = Incertae sedis
genus = "Ascochyta"
species = "A. asparagina"
binomial = "Ascochyta asparagina"
binomial_authority = (Petr.) P.K. Buchanan, (1987)

"Ascochyta asparagina" is a fungal plant pathogen. It causes stem blight (also known as Ascochyta blight) of asparagus, causing loss or death of branches.

External links

* [http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp Index Fungorum]
* [http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases USDA ARS Fungal Database]

References

Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook, by Cynthia Westcott, Ralph Kenneth Horst