Gibberella

Taxobox
name = "Gibberella"
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Ascomycota
subdivisio = Pezizomycotina
classis = Sordariomycetes
ordo = Hypocreales
familia = Hypocreaceae
genus = "Gibberella"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Gibberella" is a genus of fungus. In 1926, Japanese scientists observed that rice plants infected with "Gibberella" had abnormally long stems. A substance, gibberellin, was derived from this fungus. Gibberellin is a plant hormone that promotes cell elongation, flower formation, and seedling growth.

pecies

*"Gibberella avenacea"
*"Gibberella baccata"
*"Gibberella carcinata"
*"Gibberella coronicola"
*"Gibberella fujikuroi"
**"G. fujikuroi subglutinans"
*"Gibberella intermedia"
*"Gibberella lagerheimii"
*"Gibberella moniliformis"
*"Gibberella nygamai"
*"Gibberella pulicaris"
*"Gibberella subglutinans"
*"Gibberella thapsina"
*"Gibberella zeae"

ee also

*Auxin
*Ethylene

External links

* [http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/Type/gib_prim.htm A "Gibberella" primer]
* [http://www.ent.iastate.edu/images/plantpath/corn/gibberella/gibberella_ear.jpg"Gibberella" on an ear of corn]