Ascochyta asparagina
Ascochyta asparagina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Pleosporales |
Family: | Didymellaceae |
Genus: | Ascochyta |
Species: | A. asparagina |
Binomial name | |
Ascochyta asparagina (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.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook, by Cynthia Westcott, Ralph Kenneth Horst