Growth regulating metabolites: Gibberellin compounds derived from rice disease-producing fungus exhibit powerful plant growth regulating properties

Rappaport, L

Growth regulating metabolites: Gibberellin compounds derived from rice disease-producing fungus exhibit powerful plant growth regulating properties

Author

Lawrence Rappaport

Author Affiliations

Lawrence Rappaport is Junior Olericdturist in Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 10(12):4-11. DOI:10.3733/ca.v010n12p4. December 1956.

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Abstract

The gibberellins, chemical compounds exhibiting a variety of remarkable growth regulating properties, are metabolites—products of metabolism—of Gibberella fujikuroi, a fungus which causes a disease of rice characterized by pronounced stem elongation and, ultimately, death of the plant.

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