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Gibberellins were first discovered in japan when rice plants were suffering from bakeane (the foolish seedling disease) caused by a fungus Gibberella fujikuroi .
(a) Give two functions of this phytohormone
(b) which property of gibberellin caused foolish seedling disease in rice ?

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(a) The homone, gibberellin
(i) produce the phenomenon of bolting ui.e the growth of the internodal region of stem in rosette plants
(ii) Induces seed germination and break bud and seed dormancy
(b) The rice seediling/plant show excessive growth in their internaodal redion when get infected with fungus Gibberella fujkuroi .This fungus produces excessive amount of plant hormone GA which makes plants taller lthan the normal plant foolishy and many result in to death of the plant
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