Tilletia
E769083
Tilletia is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi known for causing smut diseases in cereal crops, particularly bunt in wheat.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tilletia caries | 2 |
| Sporisorium | 1 |
| Tilletia canonical | 1 |
| Tilletia controversa | 1 |
| Tilletia foetida | 1 |
| Tilletia indica | 1 |
| Tilletia laevis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8961456 — 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: Tilletia Context triple: [Smuts, taxonomicGroupIncludes, Tilletia]
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A.
Tickellia
Tickellia is a small genus of Old World warblers in the family Sylviidae, comprising insectivorous passerine birds found in parts of Asia.
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B.
Epichloë
Epichloë is a genus of fungi known for forming symbiotic and often protective endophytic associations with grasses.
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C.
Plasmopara
Plasmopara is a genus of water mold pathogens best known for causing downy mildew diseases on various plants, including grapes and other crops.
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D.
Sclerospora
Sclerospora is a genus of oomycete plant pathogens best known for causing downy mildew diseases in grasses and cereal crops.
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E.
Reissekia
Reissekia is a small genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, native to parts of South America.
- 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: Tilletia Target entity description: Tilletia is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi known for causing smut diseases in cereal crops, particularly bunt in wheat.
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A.
Tickellia
Tickellia is a small genus of Old World warblers in the family Sylviidae, comprising insectivorous passerine birds found in parts of Asia.
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B.
Epichloë
Epichloë is a genus of fungi known for forming symbiotic and often protective endophytic associations with grasses.
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C.
Plasmopara
Plasmopara is a genus of water mold pathogens best known for causing downy mildew diseases on various plants, including grapes and other crops.
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D.
Sclerospora
Sclerospora is a genus of oomycete plant pathogens best known for causing downy mildew diseases in grasses and cereal crops.
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E.
Reissekia
Reissekia is a small genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, native to parts of South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fungal genus
ⓘ
genus ⓘ |
| affectsHost |
barley
ⓘ
cereal crops ⓘ oats ⓘ rye ⓘ wheat ⓘ |
| causesDisease |
bunt of wheat
ⓘ
smut diseases ⓘ |
| class | Exobasidiomycetes ⓘ |
| controlMethod |
crop rotation
ⓘ
seed treatment fungicides ⓘ use of resistant cultivars ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1847 ⓘ |
| diseaseSymptom |
black powdery masses in kernels
ⓘ
fishy odor in infected grain ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide in cereal-growing regions ⓘ |
| division | Basidiomycota ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
reduced grain quality
ⓘ
yield loss in cereal production ⓘ |
| family |
Tilletiaceae
ⓘ
linked to:
Tilletiales
|
| hostSpecificity | many species are host-specific ⓘ |
| impactOnTrade | quarantine concern in some countries ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Tilletia caries
ⓘ
linked to:
Tilletia
Tilletia controversa ⓘ
linked to:
Tilletia
Tilletia foetida ⓘ
linked to:
Tilletia
Tilletia indica ⓘ
linked to:
Tilletia
Tilletia laevis ⓘ
linked to:
Tilletia
|
| infectionSite | developing grains ⓘ |
| infectionTissue | ovaries of cereals ⓘ |
| isPlantPathogen | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| lifestyle | biotrophic ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mathias Tillet ⓘ |
| notableDisease |
common bunt of wheat
ⓘ
dwarf bunt of wheat ⓘ karnal bunt of wheat ⓘ |
| order | Tilletiales ⓘ |
| overwintersAs |
teliospores in soil
ⓘ
teliospores on seed surface ⓘ |
| pathogenGroup | smut fungi ⓘ |
| reproductionType | sexual ⓘ |
| sporeType |
basidiospore
ⓘ
teliospore ⓘ |
| taxonAuthor | Edmond Tulasne ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| transmissionMode |
seed-borne
ⓘ
soil-borne ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Tilletia caries
ⓘ
linked to:
Tilletia
|
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: Tilletia Description of subject: Tilletia is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi known for causing smut diseases in cereal crops, particularly bunt in wheat.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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