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.
Category: Plant pathogens and diseases
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