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(D) The 'bakanae' or 'foolish seedling' disease in rice is caused by the fungus $Gibberella 	ext{ fujikuroi}$.In $1926$, $E$. Kurosawa reported the a

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(D) The 'bakanae' or 'foolish seedling' disease in rice is caused by the fungus $Gibberella 	ext{ fujikuroi}$.In $1926$, $E$. Kurosawa reported the appearance of symptoms of this disease in uninfected rice seedlings when they were treated with sterile filtrates of the fungus.The active substance responsible for this growth was later identified as Gibberellic Acid $(GA)$.Therefore, the discovery of the cause of this disease led to the identification of $GA$.

The 'bakanae' (foolish seedling) disease in rice was discovered by whom?

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Gibberellins were first discovered in Japan when rice plants were suffering from bakane (the foolish seedling disease) caused by a fungus $Gibberella$ $fujikuroi$.
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$(b)$ Which property of Gibberellin caused foolish seedling disease in rice?

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Which fungal pathogen is responsible for the 'foolish seedling' disease of rice?

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