This film dramatically portrays a struggle that is waged annually in wheat-growing areas - man against the wheat rust fungus. Views of the destruction caused during rust epidemics emphasize the urgency with which plant pathologists are endeavoring to breed resistant wheats and, eventually, to annihilate the blight. Animation, time-lapse photography and cinephotomicrography illustrate the life cycle of the fungus and the complex alternation of generations which poses one of the chief problems.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
006674
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Microcinematography
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Time lapse cinematography
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agricultural pests
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture - Canada
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Crops and soils
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Fungi in agriculture
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Fungus
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Pest control
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Wheat
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Fungus
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Life cycles (Biology)
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Pest control
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)