Ophiostoma novo-ulmi
Dutch elm disease
- Category
- fungi
- Primary role
- pathogen fungal
- Class
- Sordariomycetes
- Order
- Ophiostomatales
- Family
- Ophiostomataceae
- Genus
- Ophiostoma
Fungi | Ascomycota | Sordariomycetes | Microascales | Ceratocystidaceae | Ophiostoma
External: GBIF #5254231
3 AI-consensus-verified claims across 1 interaction category.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Ophiostoma novo-ulmi.
pathogen pressure 3 claims
- This entity is the subject of pathogen pressure on Ulmus spp. · effect: harmful
“susceptibility of elm to Dutch elm disease caused by the fungus Ophiostoma novo-ulni”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUnknown (Unknown) · History of Plant Pathology and Early Significant Plant Diseases (Chapter 1 Introduction) · p. 211 #6493774 - This entity is the subject of pathogen pressure on Ulmus spp. · effect: harmful
“Ophiostoma, O. novo-ulmi, causing the Dutch elm disease”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUnknown (Unknown) · History of Plant Pathology and Early Significant Plant Diseases (Chapter 1 Introduction) · p. 395 #6494240 - This entity is the subject of pathogen pressure on Ulmus americana (American Elm) · effect: harmful
“Hundreds of thousands of elm trees in towns across the country die”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUnknown (Unknown) · History of Plant Pathology and Early Significant Plant Diseases (Chapter 1 Introduction) · p. 528 #6494370
Genus-level evidence
1 claim where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Ophiostoma sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Ophiostoma novo-ulmi.
- biocontrol · Melanospora spp. (anamorphs Phialophora and Gonatobotrys) → Ophiostoma spp. · effect: beneficial
“Melanospora, whose anamorphs Phialophora and Gonatobotrys parasitize the mycelium of many fungi, including the important plant pathogens Ophiostoma, Ceratocystis, Fusarium, and Verticillium”
Unknown (Unknown) · History of Plant Pathology and Early Significant Plant Diseases (Chapter 1 Introduction) · p. 394 #6494265