Abstract:

Asparagus officinalis L. is an important high nutrition vegetable worldwide. In present, fungal diseases were the one of the severe limiting factors for Asparagus officinalis L. production around the world. The major fungal diseases of Asparagus officinalis L. included stem blight, root rot, Fusarium wilt, and brown spot. Among them, asparagus stem blight was the most devastating disease worldwide, especially in China. The authors of the present paper reviewed the advances in the areas of the physiology characterization and pathogenicity of the major fungal pathogens of Asparagus officinalis L., the host resistance, the key prevent and control technologies, and a prospect for the future was made as well. The mechanism of fungi pathogenisis and host resistance should be strengthened, as was helpful for resistance molecular breeding of Asparagus officinalis L. in future.