The hormone which was discovered through ' foolish seedling ' disease of rice is
Or
Bakane disease in paddy is caused by

Options

A. Indole–3–acetic acid
B. Ethylene
C. Gibberellic acid
D. Kinetin

Answer

C

Explanation

The effect of gibberellins had been known in Japan for over a century ago. Japanese farmers observed that certain rice seedlings in their fields grow excessively tall and become weak and sterile. It was found that it is a type of disease from which this seedling suffered known as bake or foolish seedling disease that was caused by a fungus gibberella fujikuroi.