Assault on the Sepik

Synopsis

All species of pine trees are susceptible to attack by the wood wasp, ‘Sirex noctillio’. When Sirex was first discovered on the Australian mainland in 1961, the softwood plantations of Southern Australia were threatened with destruction. The film describes the essential phases of pest control - identification of the natural home of the pest and the search for identification of its natural parasites. Shows the research programme on the large scale harvesting and rearing of parasites and their release into infected areas.

Language

English

Country

Australia

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 19 min.

Year of production

1974

Availability

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

Uses

First-year ecology, third-year epidemiology and forest pathology, fourth-year forest entomology*

Subjects

Biology

Keywords

Australia; insect pests; parasitic animals; trees; wasps

Production Company

Name

Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation

Notes

use for CSIRO

Distributor

Name

Darvill Associates

Phone

01494 783643

Fax

01494 784873

Address

Chesham
Bucks
HP5 2SG

Notes

Closed down about 1998