Gibberella

Gibberella is a genus of fungi in the family Nectriaceae.

In 1926, Japanese scientists observed that rice plants infected with Gibberella had abnormally long stems ("foolish seedling disease").

A substance, gibberellin, was derived from this fungus. Gibberellin is a plant hormone that promotes cell elongation, flower formation, and seedling growth.

Etymology
Pier Andrea Saccardo named the genus "Gibberella" because of the hump (Latin, gibbera) on the fungal perithecium.

Species

 * Gibberella acerina
 * Gibberella acervalis
 * Gibberella africana
 * Gibberella agglomerata
 * Gibberella atrofuliginea
 * Gibberella atrorufa
 * Gibberella australis
 * Gibberella avenacea
 * Gibberella baccata
 * Gibberella bambusae
 * Gibberella bolusiellae
 * Gibberella bresadolae
 * Gibberella briosiana
 * Gibberella butleri
 * Gibberella buxi
 * Gibberella cantareirensis
 * Gibberella cicatrisata
 * Gibberella circinata
 * Gibberella coffeae
 * Gibberella coronicola
 * Gibberella creberrima
 * Gibberella culmicola
 * Gibberella cyanea
 * Gibberella cyanogena
 * Gibberella cyanospora
 * Gibberella cylindrospora
 * Gibberella effusa
 * Gibberella engleriana
 * Gibberella euonymi
 * Gibberella ficina
 * Gibberella flacca
 * Gibberella fujikuroi
 * G. fujikuroi var. subglutinans
 * Gibberella fusispora
 * Gibberella gaditjirrii
 * Gibberella gordonii
 * Gibberella gossypina
 * Gibberella heterochroma
 * Gibberella hostae
 * Gibberella imperatae
 * Gibberella indica
 * Gibberella intricans
 * Gibberella juniperi
 * Gibberella konza
 * Gibberella lagerheimii
 * Gibberella lateritia
 * Gibberella longispora
 * Gibberella macrolopha
 * Gibberella malvacearum
 * Gibberella mapaniae
 * Gibberella maxima
 * Gibberella nemorosa
 * Gibberella nygamai
 * Gibberella parasitica
 * Gibberella passiflorae
 * Gibberella phyllostachydicola
 * Gibberella polycocca
 * Gibberella pseudopulicaris
 * Gibberella pulicaris
 * Gibberella quinqueseptata
 * Gibberella rhododendricola
 * Gibberella rugosa
 * Gibberella sacchari
 * Gibberella spiraeae
 * Gibberella stilboides
 * Gibberella subtropica
 * Gibberella thapsina
 * Gibberella tilakii
 * Gibberella tricincta
 * Gibberella tritici
 * Gibberella tropicalis
 * Gibberella tumida
 * Gibberella ulicis
 * Gibberella venezuelana
 * Gibberella violacea
 * Gibberella vitis
 * Gibberella xylarioides
 * Gibberella zeae