Learning on ScreenWheat Rust
- Synopsis
- Every year millions of acres of wheatland on the North American continent become a battlefield, with man competing for one of his chief sources of food against a microscopic organism. Stem rust of wheat, an air-borne scourge, annually lays waste to hundreds of acres. This film documents what plant pathologists have discovered about the wheat rust fungus and their attempts to produce rust-resistant varieties of wheat to withstand the hybridizing tendencies of the parasite.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2012
- Year of production
- 1958
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Keywords
- crop management; wheat; wheat rust
Credits
- Director
- Maurice Constant
- Producer
- JV Duden
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 1 NTSC
- Price
- Canadian $ 19.95
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 17 minutes
- Year
- 2012
Distributor
- Name
National Film Board of Canada
- customerservice@nfb.ca
- Web
- http://www.nfb.ca External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (514) 283 9000
- Fax
- (514) 283-7564
- Address
- Sales and Customer Service (D-10)
PO Box 6100
Station Centre-Ville
Montreal
QC H3C 3HS
Canada
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