Gibberella

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Gibberella
Macroconidia of "Gibberella zeae"
Macroconidia of Gibberella zeae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

Gibberella fujikuroi on Gossypium hirsutum

Etymology[edit]

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

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Kalra, Geetika; Bhatla, Satish C. "Chapter Gibberellins". Plant Physiology, Development and Metabolism. Singapore: Springer. pp. 617–628.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ GIBBERELLA FROM A (VENACEAE) TO Z' (EAE), 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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