“…The main carotenoid accumulated by Gibberella is neurosporaxanthin, an acidic xantophyll responsible for the pale orange colour of the fungus when grown in the light or the deep orange colour of deregulated mutant strains (Avalos & Cerda-Olmedo, 1987). Other terpenoids in Gibberella include cyclonerodiol (Cross eta/., 1971 ), derived from famesyl pyrophosphate, and kaurenolides (Beale eta/., 1982), fujenal (Cross et a/., 1963;A lam et a/., 1991 ), and gibelactol (Barrero et a/., 1992), derived from various intermediates of the specific section of the gibberellin pathway.…”