Meloidogyne incognita
E92411
Meloidogyne incognita is a highly destructive root-knot nematode species that parasitizes a wide range of crops, causing characteristic root galls and significant agricultural yield losses worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meloidogyne incognita canonical | 2 |
| MeloidogyneIncognita | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T776149 — 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: Meloidogyne incognita Context triple: [Nematoda, includesTaxon, Meloidogyne incognita]
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A.
Phytophthora infestans
Phytophthora infestans is a plant-pathogenic oomycete best known for causing potato late blight, the disease responsible for the devastating 19th-century Irish Great Famine.
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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.
Rousselia
Rousselia is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
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D.
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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E.
Nematoda
Nematoda is a diverse phylum of elongated, unsegmented roundworms found in nearly every habitat on Earth, many of which are important parasites of plants, animals, and humans.
- 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: Meloidogyne incognita Target entity description: Meloidogyne incognita is a highly destructive root-knot nematode species that parasitizes a wide range of crops, causing characteristic root galls and significant agricultural yield losses worldwide.
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A.
Phytophthora infestans
Phytophthora infestans is a plant-pathogenic oomycete best known for causing potato late blight, the disease responsible for the devastating 19th-century Irish Great Famine.
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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.
Rousselia
Rousselia is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
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D.
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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E.
Nematoda
Nematoda is a diverse phylum of elongated, unsegmented roundworms found in nearly every habitat on Earth, many of which are important parasites of plants, animals, and humans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant-parasitic nematode
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root-knot nematode ⓘ species ⓘ |
| causes |
nutrient uptake reduction
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reduced crop yield ⓘ root galls ⓘ root-knot disease ⓘ stunted plant growth ⓘ |
| climatePreference |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| economicImpact | major agricultural pest ⓘ |
| family | Meloidogynidae ⓘ |
| feedingSite | giant cells in plant roots ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Chitwood ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1919 ⓘ |
| genus | Meloidogyne ⓘ |
| hostRange | broad host range ⓘ |
| infectiveStage | second-stage juvenile ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeStage |
adult female
ⓘ
egg ⓘ second-stage juvenile ⓘ |
| management |
biological control agents
ⓘ
crop rotation ⓘ nematicides ⓘ resistant cultivars ⓘ soil solarization ⓘ |
| order | Tylenchida ⓘ |
| parasitizes |
beans
ⓘ
cotton ⓘ crop plants ⓘ cucumber ⓘ eggplant ⓘ melon ⓘ pepper ⓘ soybean ⓘ tobacco ⓘ tomato ⓘ |
| pathotype |
race 1
ⓘ
race 2 ⓘ race 3 ⓘ race 4 ⓘ |
| phylum | Nematoda ⓘ |
| reproductionType |
mitotic parthenogenesis
ⓘ
parthenogenesis ⓘ |
| symptom |
chlorosis of leaves
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galling on roots ⓘ root swelling ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
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: Meloidogyne incognita Description of subject: Meloidogyne incognita is a highly destructive root-knot nematode species that parasitizes a wide range of crops, causing characteristic root galls and significant agricultural yield losses worldwide.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MeloidogyneIncognita