Sclerospora
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Sclerospora is a genus of oomycete plant pathogens best known for causing downy mildew diseases in grasses and cereal crops.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peronosclerospora | 1 |
| Sclerospora canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8355217 — 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: Sclerospora Context triple: [Peronosporaceae, includesGenus, Sclerospora]
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A.
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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B.
Pseudoperonospora
Pseudoperonospora is a genus of water mold pathogens known for causing downy mildew diseases on various plants, including important agricultural crops.
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C.
Hyaloperonospora
Hyaloperonospora is a genus of oomycete plant pathogens best known for causing downy mildew diseases on various cruciferous and other host plants.
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D.
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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E.
Plectosphaerella
Plectosphaerella is a genus of ascomycete fungi that includes several plant-associated species, some of which are known as soilborne pathogens of crops.
- 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: Sclerospora Target entity description: Sclerospora is a genus of oomycete plant pathogens best known for causing downy mildew diseases in grasses and cereal crops.
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A.
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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B.
Pseudoperonospora
Pseudoperonospora is a genus of water mold pathogens known for causing downy mildew diseases on various plants, including important agricultural crops.
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C.
Hyaloperonospora
Hyaloperonospora is a genus of oomycete plant pathogens best known for causing downy mildew diseases on various cruciferous and other host plants.
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D.
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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E.
Plectosphaerella
Plectosphaerella is a genus of ascomycete fungi that includes several plant-associated species, some of which are known as soilborne pathogens of crops.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
oomycete ⓘ plant pathogen ⓘ |
| class |
Oomycetes
ⓘ
linked to:
Oomycota
|
| controlMethod |
crop rotation
ⓘ
fungicide seed treatment ⓘ host plant resistance ⓘ sanitation of infected residues ⓘ |
| diseaseType | downy mildew ⓘ |
| environmentalPreference |
high humidity
ⓘ
moderate temperatures ⓘ |
| family | Peronosporaceae ⓘ |
| hostRange |
cereal crops
ⓘ
grasses ⓘ |
| impact |
reduces crop yield
ⓘ
reduces grain quality ⓘ |
| kingdom |
Stramenopila
ⓘ
linked to:
Chromista
|
| knownFor |
causing downy mildew diseases
ⓘ
infecting cereal crops ⓘ infecting grasses ⓘ |
| order | Peronosporales ⓘ |
| pathogenicOn | Poaceae ⓘ |
| phylum | Oomycota ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual and asexual ⓘ |
| sporeType |
oospore
ⓘ
sporangium ⓘ zoospore ⓘ |
| transmission |
seedborne inoculum
ⓘ
soilborne inoculum ⓘ |
| trophicMode | obligate biotroph ⓘ |
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: Sclerospora Description of subject: Sclerospora is a genus of oomycete plant pathogens best known for causing downy mildew diseases in grasses and cereal crops.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sclerospora