Vegetable Crops Hotline A newsletter for commercial vegetable growers prepared by the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service

Purple spot of Asparagus

Purple spot of asparagus

Figure 1. Purple spot of asparagus. The lesions of this aptly named disease may also be sunken.

Purple spot of asparagus.

Figure 2. Purple spot of asparagus.

Purple spot of asparagus.

Figure 3. Purple spot of asparagus.

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