Ascochyta asparagina
Species of fungus
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Ascochyta asparagina is a fungal plant pathogen. It causes stem blight (also known as Ascochyta blight) of asparagus, causing loss or death of branches.
| Ascochyta asparagina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Didymellaceae |
| Genus: | Ascochyta |
| Species: | A. asparagina |
| Binomial name | |
| Ascochyta asparagina (Petr.) P.K. Buchanan, (1987) | |
See also
References
- Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook, by Cynthia Westcott, Ralph Kenneth Horst
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