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What is a gibberellin?

What is a gibberellin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of diterpene plant growth hormones first isolated from the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi.
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The third study used gibberellin as an assay for a gender influencing pheromone.
Previous research showed that a growth regulating plant hormone called gibberellin could increase yam dormancy time for food storage purposes.
The percentage of bottles is, just like for the young trees, the highest for trees which were not treated with gibberellin.
As well, phytosterol and gibberellin biosynthesis may be inhibited, which can lead to stunting of treated plants.
Some dwarf plants can be stimulated to grow to normal size simply by applying gibberellin.
The gibberellin sprayings improve fruit setting and result in a higher production.

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