Survey of some Fusarium moniliforme strains from different host plants for compounds possessing gibberellin-like activity.

Fifty cultures of Fusarium moniliforme were isolated from different hosts and were studied morphologically and physiologically for gibberellin production. Gibberellin production is not limited to rice isolates, since isolates from other host plants revealed also production. These isolates were highly utilizing sucrose, fructose, glucose, sorbose, maltose, mannose, xylose, and arabinose, more than lactose; also ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulphate, and ammonium tartrate were better utilized as nitrogen source than soybean, dry yeast, and corn steep liquor.