Blue mould of tobacco

Australia, 1961

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Recommended methods of controlling the Blue Mould disease which is a fungus living on tobacco plants. The disease is widespread in the Australian tobacco industry. Samples of infected plants; how it is spread; the use of benzol vapour as recommended by Research Officers; fertilizing the soil; irrigation by furrow and boom spray methods; helicopter and plane spraying; the work of the Research Laboratories which test suspected plants; and work towards breeding a blue mould resistant strain of tobacco.

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Credits

producer

Eric Thompson

production company

Australian Commonwealth Film Unit

Duration

00:23:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1961

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

001341

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agricultural pests

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture - Australia

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Fungi in agriculture

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Fungus

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Tobacco industry

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Botany

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Botany - Australia

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Fungus

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Plant diseases - Australia

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Plant diseases - Research - Australia

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Plants - Disease and pest resistance

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Research

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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