The gibberellins are plant growth hormones. They cause elongation of stem. Gibberellin was first isolated by Japanese workers from .........

Endosperm of barley

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Sporophyte of moss

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A parasitic fungus

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Scutellum of rice

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The correct option is C A parasitic fungus
Japanese workers first isolated the fungal pathogen causing foolish seedling disease in rice seedlings from an ascomycota fungi called as Gibberella fujikori. It is a plant pathogen. It acts by producing GA as the side product of metabolism and thus overloading the same.

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Assertion (A): Genetically dwarf plants on treatment with gibberellins attain the size of normal plants

Reason(R): Gibberellins cause enormous cell elongation and intermodal length

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