Ceratocystis
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Ceratocystis is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi known for causing wilt and canker diseases in a wide range of trees and crops.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ceratocystis canonical | 4 |
| Ceratocystis albifundus | 1 |
| Ceratocystis fagacearum | 1 |
| Ceratocystis fimbriata | 1 |
| Ceratocystis manginecans | 1 |
| Ceratocystis platani | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T393465 — 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: Ceratocystis Context triple: [Ophiostoma, historicallyConfusedWith, Ceratocystis]
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A.
Ophiostoma
Ophiostoma is a genus of fungi best known for containing species that cause Dutch elm disease in elm trees.
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B.
Ophiostoma piceae
Ophiostoma piceae is a species of sap-staining fungus commonly associated with coniferous trees and known for causing blue stain in lumber.
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C.
Ophiostoma quercus
Ophiostoma quercus is a species of fungus in the genus Ophiostoma, commonly associated with wood and bark of oak trees and known for its role in tree diseases and wood discoloration.
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D.
Ophiostoma ips
Ophiostoma ips is a species of fungus commonly associated with bark beetles and known for causing blue stain in conifer wood.
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E.
Ophiostoma ulmi
Ophiostoma ulmi is a pathogenic fungus best known for causing the devastating tree epidemic known as Dutch elm disease.
- 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: Ceratocystis Target entity description: 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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A.
Ophiostoma
Ophiostoma is a genus of fungi best known for containing species that cause Dutch elm disease in elm trees.
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B.
Ophiostoma piceae
Ophiostoma piceae is a species of sap-staining fungus commonly associated with coniferous trees and known for causing blue stain in lumber.
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C.
Ophiostoma quercus
Ophiostoma quercus is a species of fungus in the genus Ophiostoma, commonly associated with wood and bark of oak trees and known for its role in tree diseases and wood discoloration.
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D.
Ophiostoma ips
Ophiostoma ips is a species of fungus commonly associated with bark beetles and known for causing blue stain in conifer wood.
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E.
Ophiostoma ulmi
Ophiostoma ulmi is a pathogenic fungus best known for causing the devastating tree epidemic known as Dutch elm disease.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fungal genus
ⓘ
plant pathogen ⓘ |
| affectsPlantPart |
vascular system
ⓘ
xylem tissue ⓘ |
| causesSymptom |
branch dieback
ⓘ
stem cankers ⓘ tree mortality ⓘ vascular wilting ⓘ |
| class | Sordariomycetes ⓘ |
| controlMethod |
quarantine and movement restrictions
ⓘ
sanitation and removal of infected material ⓘ use of resistant plant varieties ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of ascomycete fungi ⓘ |
| dispersalMethod |
insect-vectored dispersal
ⓘ
movement with infected planting material ⓘ wind-dispersed spores ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
losses in forestry
ⓘ
losses in fruit production ⓘ losses in ornamental tree industries ⓘ |
| family | Ceratocystidaceae ⓘ |
| hostExample |
acacia trees
ⓘ
cacao (Theobroma cacao) ⓘ coffee (Coffea spp.) ⓘ mango (Mangifera indica) ⓘ plane trees (Platanus spp.) ⓘ sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) ⓘ |
| hostRange | broad host range among woody plants ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Ceratocystis albifundus
ⓘ
linked to:
Ceratocystis
Ceratocystis fimbriata ⓘ
linked to:
Ceratocystis
Ceratocystis manginecans ⓘ
linked to:
Ceratocystis
Ceratocystis platani ⓘ
linked to:
Ceratocystis
|
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| knownFor |
causing canker diseases in plants
ⓘ
causing wilt diseases in plants ⓘ |
| order | Microascales ⓘ |
| pathogenicTo |
agricultural crops
ⓘ
ornamental plants ⓘ trees ⓘ |
| phylum | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| reproductionType | sexual and asexual reproduction ⓘ |
| researchField |
forest pathology
ⓘ
plant pathology ⓘ |
| sporeType |
ascospores
ⓘ
conidia ⓘ |
| subphylum | Pezizomycotina ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute |
insect feeding sites
ⓘ
pruning tools ⓘ wounds on trees ⓘ |
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: Ceratocystis Description of subject: Ceratocystis is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi known for causing wilt and canker diseases in a wide range of trees and crops.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ceratocystis
linked to: Ceratocystis
linked to: Ceratocystis
linked to: Ceratocystis
linked to: Ceratocystis