Chhattisgarh PMT Chhattisgarh PMT Solved Paper-2006

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    Gibberellins were first discovered in fungal genus                                                           

    A)  Mucor                                 

    B)  Khizopus

    C)  Agaricus                             

    D)  Fusarium

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Gibberellin was discovered by Kurosawa. In 1926, Kurosawa, a plant pathologist working on formosa found that cell free filterate of the medium, in which the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi (Fusarium moniliforme) had been growing had unusual physiological properties. This fungus was responsible for the "bakanae" (foolish seedling) disease of rice in Japan.


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