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Asparagus officinalis L. (Asparagus)

Suggested Literature

Asparagus officinalis may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Asparagus officinalis:

(live) live may be infected and damaged by Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph Botrytis tulipae - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf leaf is foodplant of larva Crioceris asparagi - Asparagus Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Restricted Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos leaf leaf is foodplant of adult Crioceris asparagi - Asparagus Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
root (decaying) decaying root is decayed by superficial or partly immersed cleistocarp Zopfia rhizophila - an ascomycete (Zopfiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
root root may be infected by Rhizoctonia anamorph Helicobasidium purpureum - a ustilaginomycete (Helicobasidiaceae) UK/Ireland Fox, R.T.V., 2006 [large areas of roots covered by felt-like bright purplish violet to cinnamon mycelium]
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by uredium Puccinia asparagi - Asparagus Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by telium Puccinia asparagi - Asparagus Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia asparagi - Asparagus Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live) live stem may be infected and damaged by aecium Puccinia asparagi - Asparagus Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (old) old stem may house hibernating adult Crioceris asparagi - Asparagus Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos stem stem is foodplant of adult Crioceris asparagi - Asparagus Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos stem stem is foodplant of larva Crioceris asparagi - Asparagus Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Restricted Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem stem is mined by larva Ophiomyia simplex - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Robbins, R., 1990 [a long corridor]
Spencer, K.A., 1972 [external stem miner, several in one stem]
stem stem is mined by larva Pliorecepta poeciloptera - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland Restricted White, I.M., 1988
stem stem may house puparium Ophiomyia simplex - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Robbins, R., 1990 [often below ground]
Spencer, K.A., 1972

Asparagus officinalis may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Fox, R.T.V., 2006 Fungal foes in your garden: 59. Violet root rot of Asparagus
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Robbins, R., 1990 A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the midlands
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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