bakanae

== English == === Etymology === From Japanese 馬鹿苗病 (baka-nae-byō, literally “foolish seedling disease”). === Noun === bakanae (uncountable) A disease of rice plants, caused by the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi, whose metabolism produces a surplus of gibberellic acid that causes hypertrophy in the plant. ==== Related terms ==== baka