Diaporthe
E590846
Diaporthe is a genus of ascomycete fungi that includes many plant-associated species, often known as pathogens causing cankers, dieback, and other diseases in a wide range of crops and trees.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diaporthe canonical | 2 |
| Diaporthe eres | 1 |
| Diaporthe helianthi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6393004 — 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: Diaporthe Context triple: [Diaporthales, includesGenus, Diaporthe]
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A.
Plectosphaerella
Plectosphaerella is a genus of ascomycete fungi that includes several plant-associated species, some of which are known as soilborne pathogens of crops.
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B.
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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C.
Nectria
Nectria is a genus of fungi in the order Hypocreales, many species of which are known as plant pathogens causing cankers and other diseases on trees and crops.
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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.
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.
- 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: Diaporthe Target entity description: Diaporthe is a genus of ascomycete fungi that includes many plant-associated species, often known as pathogens causing cankers, dieback, and other diseases in a wide range of crops and trees.
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A.
Plectosphaerella
Plectosphaerella is a genus of ascomycete fungi that includes several plant-associated species, some of which are known as soilborne pathogens of crops.
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B.
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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C.
Nectria
Nectria is a genus of fungi in the order Hypocreales, many species of which are known as plant pathogens causing cankers and other diseases on trees and crops.
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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.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fungal genus ⓘ |
| anamorphGenus | Phomopsis ⓘ |
| associatedWithDisease |
citrus melanose
ⓘ
grapevine cane and leaf spot ⓘ soybean stem canker ⓘ sunflower stem canker ⓘ |
| causes |
cankers in plants
ⓘ
dieback in plants ⓘ fruit rots ⓘ leaf spots ⓘ stem canker diseases ⓘ |
| class | Sordariomycetes ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| family | Diaporthaceae ⓘ |
| habitat |
fruits
ⓘ
leaves ⓘ plant tissues ⓘ woody stems ⓘ |
| hostRange |
crops
ⓘ
forest trees ⓘ fruit trees ⓘ ornamental plants ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Diaporthe ampelina
ⓘ
Diaporthe citri ⓘ Diaporthe eres ⓘ
linked to:
Diaporthe
Diaporthe helianthi ⓘ Diaporthe phaseolorum ⓘ |
| infectionCourt |
natural openings on plants
ⓘ
wounds on plants ⓘ |
| isA |
plant pathogen
ⓘ
plant-associated fungus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| lifestyle |
endophytic
ⓘ
pathogenic ⓘ |
| namedBy | Nitschke ⓘ |
| order | Diaporthales ⓘ |
| phylum | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| produces |
ascospores
ⓘ
conidia ⓘ perithecia ⓘ |
| reproductiveType |
asexual
ⓘ
sexual ⓘ |
| sporeDispersal |
rain-splash dispersed
ⓘ
water-splash dispersed ⓘ wind-dispersed ascospores ⓘ |
| subphylum | Pezizomycotina ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Diaporthe Description of subject: Diaporthe is a genus of ascomycete fungi that includes many plant-associated species, often known as pathogens causing cankers, dieback, and other diseases in a wide range of crops and trees.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Diaporthe
linked to: Diaporthe