Diseases of Asparagus
(Asparagus officinalis)

W. H. Elmer, D. A. Johnson, and T. A. Evans, primary collators (last update 5/25/00)

FUNGAL DISEASES

Anthracnose

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc.
     In Penz

C. dematium (Pers.) Grove

Ascochyta blight

Ascochyta asparagina (Petr.) P. K. Buchanan

Blue mold rot

Penicillium aurantiogriseum Dierckx.

Cercospora blight

Cercospora asparagi Sacc.

Dead stem

Fusarium culmorum (W. G. Sm.)

Fusarium crown and root rot

Fusarium oxysporum (Schlecht.) emend. Snyd & Hans.
     f. sp. asparagi (Cohen & Heald)

F. redolens Wollenw.

Gibberella fujikuroi (Sawada) Wollenw. (mating
population A)

     F. verticillioides (Sacc.) Nirenberg [anamorph]

Gibberella fujikuroi (Sawada) Wollenw. (mating
population D)

     F. proliferatum (Matsush.) Nirenberg [anamorph]

Fusarium spear spot

Fusarium oxysporum (Schlecht) emend. Snyd & Hans. f.
     sp. asparagi (Cohen & Heald)

F. redolens Wollenw.

Gray mold shoot blight

Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr.

Leaf spot

Alternaria alternata (Fr.:Fr.) Keissl.

Phomopsis blight

Phomopsis asparagi (Sacc.) Bubak

Phomopsis asparagicola Bausa Alcalde

Phomopsis javanica Uecker et D.A. Johnson

Phytophthora spear and crown rot

Phytophthora megasperma Drechs

Purple spot

Pleospora herbarum (Pers.:Fr) Rabenh.

     Stemphylium vesicarium Wallr. [anamorph]

Rhizoctonia crown rot

Rhizoctonia solani Kühn

Rhizoctonia sp.

Rust

Puccinia asparagi De Candolle

Watery soft rot

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary

Zopfia root rot

Zopfia rhizophila Rabenhorst

VIRAL & VIROID DISEASES

Asparagus decline

genus Potyvirus, Asparagus 1 virus (AV-1)

genus Ilarvirus, Asparagus 2 virus (AV-2)

Asparagus mosaic

genus Potexvirus, Asparagus 3 virus (AV-3)

genus Ilarvirus, Tobacco streak virus (TSV)

MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES & DISORDERS

Fasciation

Abiotic