Gibberella

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Gibberella is a genus of fungi in the family Nectriaceae.

In 1926, Japanese scientists observed that rice plants infected with Gibberella had abnormally long stems ("foolish seedling disease").[1]

A substance, gibberellin, was derived from this fungus. Gibberellin is a plant hormone that promotes cell elongation, flower formation, and seedling growth.[2]

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Gibberella fujikuroi on Gossypium hirsutum

Etymology

Pier Andrea Saccardo named the genus "Gibberella" because of the hump (Latin, gibbera) on the fungal perithecium.[3]

Species

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See also

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  3. GIBBERELLA FROM A (VENACEAE) TO Z (EAE) Template:Webarchive, by Anne E. Desjardins; originally published in Annual Review of Phytopathology, 2003. 41:177–98; doi:10.1146/annurev.phyto.41.011703.115501

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