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").<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
A substance, gibberellin, was derived from this fungus. Gibberellin is a plant hormone that promotes cell elongation, flower formation, and seedling growth.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Etymology
Pier Andrea Saccardo named the genus "Gibberella" because of the hump (Latin, gibbera) on the fungal perithecium.<ref name=Desjardins>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</ref>
Species
- Gibberella acerina
- Gibberella acervalis
- Gibberella africana
- Gibberella agglomerata
- Gibberella atrofuliginea
- Gibberella atrorufa
- Gibberella australis
- Gibberella avenacea
- Gibberella baccata
- Gibberella bambusae
- Gibberella bolusiellae
- Gibberella bresadolae
- Gibberella briosiana
- Gibberella butleri
- Gibberella buxi
- Gibberella cantareirensis
- Gibberella cicatrisata
- Gibberella circinata
- Gibberella coffeae
- Gibberella coronicola
- Gibberella creberrima
- Gibberella culmicola
- Gibberella cyanea
- Gibberella cyanogena
- Gibberella cyanospora
- Gibberella cylindrospora
- Gibberella effusa
- Gibberella engleriana
- Gibberella euonymi
- Gibberella ficina
- Gibberella flacca
- Gibberella fujikuroi
- Gibberella fusispora
- Gibberella gaditjirrii
- Gibberella gordonii
- Gibberella gossypina
- Gibberella heterochroma
- Gibberella hostae
- Gibberella imperatae
- Gibberella indica
- Gibberella intricans
- Gibberella juniperi
- Gibberella konza
- Gibberella lagerheimii
- Gibberella lateritia
- Gibberella longispora
- Gibberella macrolopha
- Gibberella malvacearum
- Gibberella mapaniae
- Gibberella maxima
- Gibberella nemorosa
- Gibberella nygamai
- Gibberella parasitica
- Gibberella passiflorae
- Gibberella phyllostachydicola
- Gibberella polycocca
- Gibberella pseudopulicaris
- Gibberella pulicaris
- Gibberella quinqueseptata
- Gibberella rhododendricola
- Gibberella rugosa
- Gibberella sacchari
- Gibberella spiraeae
- Gibberella stilboides
- Gibberella subtropica
- Gibberella thapsina
- Gibberella tilakii
- Gibberella tricincta
- Gibberella tritici
- Gibberella tropicalis
- Gibberella tumida
- Gibberella ulicis
- Gibberella venezuelana
- Gibberella violacea
- Gibberella vitis
- Gibberella xylarioides
- Gibberella zeae
