Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Asparagus officinalis

Alternative names

Synonym

  • Asparagus altilis
  • Asparagus caspius
  • Asparagus collinus Schur.
  • Asparagus polyphyllus

Determination table

organ mode stage main group group family parasite P G S
leafpustuleaeciaFungiBasidiomycotaPuccinialesAecidium asparagacearum11
flowerpredatorInsectaThysanopteraAeolothripidaeAeolothrips intermedius175211
leaffreeInsectaLepidopteraNoctuidaeAnarta trifolii2226
stemfreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeAphis craccivora 161250
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeAphis gossypii 174217
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeAphis spiraecola 87119
leafscaleInsectaHemiptera CoccoideaDiaspididaeAspidiotus nerii 119149
leafscaleInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAleyrodidaeBemisia tabaci 128191
stemwitches' broomInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeBrachycorynella asparagi 13
stemleaf spotFungiAscomycotaMycosphaerellaceaeCercospora asparagi11
flowerhiddenInsectaThysanopteraThripidaeChirothrips manicatus91105
flowergallInsectaDipteraCecidomyiidaeContarinia florum 33
leaffreeInsectaColeopteraChrysomelidaeCrioceris asparagi 13
InsectaColeopteraChrysomelidaeCrioceris bicruciata14
leaffreeInsectaColeopteraChrysomelidaeCrioceris duodecimpunctata 23
leaffreeInsectaColeopteraChrysomelidaeCrioceris macilenta15
leaffreeInsectaColeopteraChrysomelidaeCrioceris quatuordecimpunctata11
stemborerInsectaDipteraAgromyzidaeHexomyza simplex11
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaLeptosphaeriaceaeLeptosphaeria asparagi11
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaLeptosphaeriaceaeLeptosphaeria punctoidea11
stemminerInsectaDipteraAgromyzidaeOphiomyia asparagi12
rootborerInsectaLepidopteraCossidaeParahypopta caestrum 14
stemleaf spotFungiAscomycotaDiaporthaceaePhomopsis asparagi11
stemborerInsectaLepidopteraTortricidaePhtheochroa pulvillana11
stemgallInsectaDipteraTephritidaePlioreocepta poeciloptera11
stemscaleInsectaHemiptera CoccoideaPseudococcidaePseudococcus longispinus 5055
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaPhaeosphaeriaceaePseudoophiobolus erythrosporus2829
leafminerInsectaDipteraAgromyzidaePtochomyza asparagi11
leafminerInsectaDipteraAgromyzidaePtochomyza asparagivora13
stempustuleaecia uredinia teliaFungiBasidiomycotaPucciniaceaePuccinia asparagi 15
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaPloettnerulaceaePyrenopeziza atrata 55
leaffreeAcariTetranychoideaTetranychidaeSchizotetranychus asparagi 12
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaPleosporaceaeStemphylium vesicarium 6265
leaffreeInsectaLepidopteraNoctuidaeXylena vetusta3636

Organ

the part of the plant that most conspicuously is hit by the parasite

bud: both flower buds and leaf buds
flower: also inflorescence
leaf: also needle, phyllodium, petiole
leaf bud: also unfolding young leaf
root: also root stock, runners
root collar: also the lowest part of the stem
stem: also culm, the lower part of the peduncle, in grasses also leaf sheath
systemic: the entire above-ground plant

PARASITIC MODE

borer: larva living internally, almost no outwards signs
canker: restricted area of dead plant tissue
down: 0.5-2 mm high fungal down
film: very thin cover of fungal tissue
free: free-living, vagrant
gall: swelling and/or malformation
hidden: concealed by dense webbing, leaf folds etc.
leaf spot: discoloured, often ± necrotic, generally not galled, sign of a fungus infection
miner > borer: larve initially makes a mine, lives as a borer later
pustule: plug of fungal tissue, generally brown-black and < 2 mm
saprotrophic: developing on recently dead, still identifiable, plant tissue
scale: scale insect
stripe: longitudinal line of fungal tissue in a grass leaf

COLUMNS

P: with image
G: number of genera on this website
S: number of species on this website

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IMPORTANT

The host plant spectre of a parasite is rarely known exhaustively; this applies in particular at the species level. It is advisable therefore to check at least also the list of all parasites of this genus.

 

Last modified 9.vii.2026