Gibberellins are a large family of tetracyclic diterpenoid plant hormones that induce a wide range of plant growth responses including seed germination, stem elongation, leaf expansion, pollen maturation and induction of flowering. Gibberellins were first discovered by a Japanese plant pathologist, Eiichi Kurosawa, from the pathogenic fungus Gibberella fujikuroi in 1926 [1]. Kurosawa was workin...
