Ascochyta asparagina

Ascochyta asparagina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Subclass: Dothideomycetidae
Order: Incertae sedis
Family: Incertae sedis
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.

References

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

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