The quantity and quality of spears from asparagus plants infected with Asparagus virus 2 was lower in comparison to healthy plants. The total number of spears was decreased in 16% and mass of spears in 24.7%. Asparagus virus 2 reduced the number of marketable spears in 31.9%, and increased the number of unmarketable spears in 20.2%. The green mass of stem brushes of infected plants was reduced in 19.4% in field conditions and in 20% in seedlings growing in a greenhouse.