Gibberella fujikuroi
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style="background:#Template:Taxobox colour;"|Gibberella fujikuroi | ||||||||||||||||
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style="background:#Template:Taxobox colour;" | Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||||
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Binomial name | ||||||||||||||||
Gibberella fujikuroi (Sawada) Wollenw., (1931) | ||||||||||||||||
Synonyms | ||||||||||||||||
Fusarium moniliforme J. Sheld., (1904) |
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.
External links
Index Fungorum
USDA ARS Fungal Database