Gibberella
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| Gibberella | |
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| Macroconidia of Gibberella zeae | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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"). A substance, gibberellin, was derived from this fungus. Gibberellin is a plant hormone that promotes cell elongation, flower formation, and seedling growth.
Species[]
- Gibberella acuminata
- Gibberella avenacea
- Gibberella baccata
- Gibberella circinata
- Gibberella cyanogena
- Gibberella fujikuroi
- G. fujikuroi var. subglutinans
- Gibberella intricans
- Gibberella pulicaris
- Gibberella stilboides
- Gibberella tricincta
- Gibberella xylarioides
- Gibberella zeae
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