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Stem Rust: Airborne enemy of grain, 1950

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Scope and Contents

Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:13:30 This is the story of stem rust, a fungus disease that destroys wheat, oats, barley, and rye, and its control. It show how barberry bushes spread the disease to grain crops, the importance of these crops and dependent industries in the Nation's economy, the nature of the disease and how it damages the grain. Covered in detail is the story of ridding grain areas of barberry bushes which spread the disease.

Dates

  • Creation: 1950

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Spanish; Castilian

Repository Details

Part of the National Agricultural Library Special Collections Repository

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