Gibberella fujikuroi

Gibberella fujikuroi
	Gibberella fujikuroi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Subclass:	Hypocreomycetidae
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Nectriaceae
Genus:	Gibberella
Species:	G. fujikuroi
Binomial name
	Gibberella fujikuroi; (Sawada) Wollenw., (1931)
Synonyms
	Fusarium moniliforme J. Sheld., (1904); Fusarium verticillioides (Sacc.) Nirenberg, (1976); Gibberella fujikuroi var. moniliformis (Wineland) Kuhlman, (1982); Gibberella moniliformis Wineland, (1924); Lisea fujikuroi Sawada, (1919); Oospora verticillioides Sacc., (1882)

Gibberella fujikuroi is a fungal plant pathogen. It causes bakanae disease in rice seedlings, by overloading them with the phytohormone gibberellin as its own metabolic byproduct.

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