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Gibberella fujikuroi

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

References

References

de:Fusarium verticillioides

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