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| Macroconidia of Gibberella zeae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Nectriaceae |
| Genus: | 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]
- ^ Kalra, Geetika; Bhatla, Satish C. "Chapter Gibberellins". Plant Physiology, Development and Metabolism. Singapore: Springer. pp. 617–628.
- ^ Hu, Yilong; Zhou, Limeng; Huang, Mingkun; He, Xuemei; Yang, Yuhua; Liu, Xu; Li, Yuge; Hou, Xingliang (2018). "Gibberellins play an essential role in late embryogenesis of Arabidopsis". Nature Plants. 4 (5): 289–298. doi:10.1038/s41477-018-0143-8. PMID 29725104. S2CID 19164479.