Q. The discovery of gibberellins is related with one of the following
A) Blast disease of rice
B) Rust disease of wheat
C) Bakane disease of rice
D) Early blight disease of potato
Explanation
Gibberellins are named after the fungus $Gibberella\ fujikurai$ which caused disease in rice plants. Japanese plant pathologist Elichi Kurosawa investigated it as the Bakane (foolish seedling) disease.
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