Many discoveries in science have been accidental .This is true for plant hormones also .Can you jutify this stement by giving an example? Also what terms is used for such accidental finding

Explanation

Discovery of plant hromone gibberellins was made by chance. It happened by chance in rice fileds .A few plants of rice weree observed which were unsually taller than the norma ones. Scientific investigation revealed, that these were inflected with a fungus known as Gibberella fufikuroi.
The term used for accidental finding is serendipity which means fortunate phappenstance It was coined by Horace walpole in 1754 .He explanined it as making discoveries , by accident and sagacity of things which were hot in quest of.