Colletotrichum
E531471
Colletotrichum is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi known for causing anthracnose diseases on a wide range of crops and ornamental plants.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colletotrichum canonical | 2 |
| Colletotrichum lindemuthianum | 1 |
| Colletotrichum truncatum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5508788 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colletotrichum Context triple: [Glomerellales, contains, Colletotrichum]
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A.
Ceratocystis
Ceratocystis is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi known for causing wilt and canker diseases in a wide range of trees and crops.
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B.
Boehmeriopsis
Boehmeriopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for its herbaceous species.
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C.
Raffaelea
Raffaelea is a genus of fungi known for its symbiotic associations with bark beetles and its role in causing plant diseases such as laurel wilt.
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D.
Ophiostoma
Ophiostoma is a genus of fungi best known for containing species that cause Dutch elm disease in elm trees.
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E.
Phytophthora
Phytophthora is a genus of plant-pathogenic oomycetes known for causing devastating diseases such as late blight in potatoes and tomatoes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colletotrichum Target entity description: Colletotrichum is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi known for causing anthracnose diseases on a wide range of crops and ornamental plants.
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A.
Ceratocystis
Ceratocystis is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi known for causing wilt and canker diseases in a wide range of trees and crops.
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B.
Boehmeriopsis
Boehmeriopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for its herbaceous species.
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C.
Raffaelea
Raffaelea is a genus of fungi known for its symbiotic associations with bark beetles and its role in causing plant diseases such as laurel wilt.
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D.
Ophiostoma
Ophiostoma is a genus of fungi best known for containing species that cause Dutch elm disease in elm trees.
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E.
Phytophthora
Phytophthora is a genus of plant-pathogenic oomycetes known for causing devastating diseases such as late blight in potatoes and tomatoes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fungal genus
ⓘ
plant pathogen ⓘ |
| affectsPlantPart |
flowers
ⓘ
fruits ⓘ leaves ⓘ stems ⓘ |
| causes | anthracnose disease ⓘ |
| class | Sordariomycetes ⓘ |
| controlMethod |
crop rotation
ⓘ
fungicide application ⓘ sanitation of infected debris ⓘ use of resistant cultivars ⓘ |
| dispersalMode |
contaminated plant material
ⓘ
rain splash ⓘ wind-driven rain ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
postharvest decay
ⓘ
yield loss in crops ⓘ |
| family | Glomerellaceae ⓘ |
| genomeSequenced | some species have sequenced genomes ⓘ |
| hostRange | broad host range ⓘ |
| infectionPhase |
biotrophic phase
ⓘ
necrotrophic phase ⓘ |
| infectionStrategy | hemibiotrophic ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Colletotrichum acutatum
ⓘ
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides ⓘ Colletotrichum lindemuthianum ⓘ
linked to:
Colletotrichum
Colletotrichum truncatum ⓘ
linked to:
Colletotrichum
|
| order | Glomerellales ⓘ |
| pathogenicOn |
cereal crops
ⓘ
fruit crops ⓘ ornamental plants ⓘ subtropical crops ⓘ tropical crops ⓘ vegetable crops ⓘ |
| phylum | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| produces |
acervuli
ⓘ
appressoria ⓘ conidia ⓘ |
| reproductionType |
asexual reproduction
ⓘ
sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
mycology
ⓘ
plant pathology ⓘ |
| subphylum | Pezizomycotina ⓘ |
| symptom |
dark sunken lesions
ⓘ
fruit rot ⓘ leaf spots ⓘ stem cankers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Colletotrichum Description of subject: Colletotrichum is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi known for causing anthracnose diseases on a wide range of crops and ornamental plants.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Colletotrichum
linked to: Colletotrichum