Nectria
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nectria canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6307156 — 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: Nectria Context triple: [Hypocreales, hasMember, Nectria]
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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.
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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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: Nectria Target entity description: 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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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.
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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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 (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fungus genus
ⓘ
fungus species ⓘ genus ⓘ |
| affects |
agricultural crops
ⓘ
apple trees ⓘ broadleaf trees ⓘ pear trees ⓘ trees ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | Ascomycota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causesDisease |
European canker
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cankers ⓘ coral spot disease ⓘ dieback diseases ⓘ stem cankers ⓘ twig cankers ⓘ |
| causesSymptom |
cankers on stems and branches
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dieback of shoots ⓘ reduced vigor of host plants ⓘ |
| commonName | coral spot fungus ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of fungi in the order Hypocreales ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide in temperate regions ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| habitat |
bark of woody plants
ⓘ
dead or dying plant tissue ⓘ |
| hasEcologicalRole | plant pathogen ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | perithecial ascomycete ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Nectria cinnabarina
NERFINISHED
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Nectria galligena NERFINISHED ⓘ Nectria haematococca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact |
economic losses in forestry
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economic losses in fruit production ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| knownFor |
causing cankers on trees
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causing diseases on crops ⓘ containing plant pathogenic species ⓘ |
| order | Hypocreales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Nectriaceae ⓘ |
| pathogenicity | necrotrophic ⓘ |
| reproduction |
produces ascospores
ⓘ
produces conidia ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
mycology
ⓘ
plant pathology ⓘ |
| synonymOf | Fusarium solani species complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Nectria cinnabarina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Nectria Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.