The role of the wheat Reduced height (Rht)-DELLA mutants and associated hormones in infection by Claviceps purpurea, the causal agent of ergot.

Partial resistance to the biotrophic fungal pathogen Claviceps purpurea, causal agent of ergot, has been found that co-locates with mutant alleles of the wheat Reduced height (Rht) loci on chromoso...