Plasmopara
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Plasmopara is a genus of water mold pathogens best known for causing downy mildew diseases on various plants, including grapes and other crops.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plasmopara canonical | 1 |
| Plasmopara halstedii | 1 |
| Plasmopara tabacina | 1 |
| Plasmopara viticola | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8355211 — 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: Plasmopara Context triple: [Peronosporaceae, includesGenus, Plasmopara]
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A.
Colletotrichum
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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B.
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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C.
Diaporthe
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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D.
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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E.
Bremia
Bremia is a genus of downy mildew-causing oomycete plant pathogens best known for infecting lettuce and other members of the Asteraceae family.
- 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: Plasmopara Target entity description: 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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A.
Colletotrichum
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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B.
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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C.
Diaporthe
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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D.
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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E.
Bremia
Bremia is a genus of downy mildew-causing oomycete plant pathogens best known for infecting lettuce and other members of the Asteraceae family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
oomycete ⓘ |
| affects |
Vitis vinifera
ⓘ
cucurbits ⓘ grapevine ⓘ sunflower ⓘ tobacco ⓘ various crops ⓘ |
| causes | downy mildew ⓘ |
| causesDisease |
grape downy mildew
ⓘ
sunflower downy mildew ⓘ tobacco blue mold ⓘ |
| class |
Oomycetes
ⓘ
linked to:
Oomycota
|
| diseaseManagement |
canopy ventilation
ⓘ
fungicide application ⓘ reduction of leaf wetness duration ⓘ use of resistant cultivars ⓘ |
| diseaseType | foliar disease ⓘ |
| dispersal | water-dispersed spores ⓘ |
| family | Peronosporaceae ⓘ |
| firstDescribedAsGenusBy |
Anton de Bary
ⓘ
linked to:
Heinrich Anton de Bary
|
| habitat |
humid environments
ⓘ
leaf surfaces ⓘ |
| impact |
significant economic losses in viticulture
ⓘ
yield reduction in affected crops ⓘ |
| infectionMode | stomatal penetration ⓘ |
| isA |
obligate biotroph
ⓘ
plant pathogen ⓘ |
| kingdom |
Stramenopila
ⓘ
linked to:
Chromista
|
| morphology |
branched sporangiophores
ⓘ
coenocytic mycelium ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Plasmopara halstedii
ⓘ
linked to:
Plasmopara
Plasmopara tabacina ⓘ
linked to:
Plasmopara
Plasmopara viticola ⓘ
linked to:
Plasmopara
|
| optimalCondition |
high humidity
ⓘ
moderate temperatures ⓘ |
| order |
Peronosporales
ⓘ
linked to:
Peronosporaceae
|
| parentTaxon | Peronosporaceae ⓘ |
| pathogenicOn | dicotyledonous plants ⓘ |
| phylum | Oomycota ⓘ |
| reproduction |
asexual reproduction by sporangia
ⓘ
sexual reproduction by oospores ⓘ |
| requires | free water for infection ⓘ |
| sporeType |
oospore
ⓘ
sporangium ⓘ zoospore ⓘ |
| 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: Plasmopara Description of subject: Plasmopara is a genus of water mold pathogens best known for causing downy mildew diseases on various plants, including grapes and other crops.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Plasmopara
linked to: Plasmopara
linked to: Plasmopara