Cabbage Root Fly Bites The Dust

Series

Series Name

Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

7

Date Released

1969

Length of issue (in feet)

486

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Silver Into Gold
2. 2Cabbage Root Fly Bites The Dust
3. 3SAMI To The Rescue
4. 4Music In Miniature

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: As insects develop immunity - insecticides have to be made more and more powerful threatening all forms of wildlife. Now experiments with a sterilising agent in food successfully used on the cabbage root fly point the way to a new form of insect control.

Keywords

Agriculture; Horticulture; Science and technology; Insects

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/7

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Presenter

Howard Williams

Presenter

Ian Morrison

Presenter

Marion Foster

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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