Show GET DATA FOR FIGHT ON WHEAT STEM RUST government expert in europe searching for information doctor minnesota Pa tholo gift visiting various european countries making detailed study of tile the disease prepared by the united states department 0 I 1 agriculture in the hope of finding pacts facts that will be of value la in fighting tile the stem stein rust of wheat in this country ir dr C E H Sta Staka killan ian agent of tile the united states department of re and pathologist of the 04 minnesota atit A agricultural experiment station Is spending the hie summer in various countries of if europe making detailed studies of tile occurrence and severity of the llie disease especially with reference to its 01 ap pear atice on barberry bushes lie he Is also collecting much information on rusts in general go in france franc e and spain where he via visited the principal wheat growing regions lie he found no stem stein rust on wheat oats bar barley i ley or rye although there were many bur berries few faw of them showed any signs of tills this rust but in spain plant pathologists informed him thit hat the lie common barberry and on an indigenous di genaus species are responsible for tile early appearance of stem stein rust in tho the spring doctor nian reports great interest estin in breeding tind selection of wheat varieties resistant to this disease and emphasizes particularly the work of several eminent french investigators while traveling through france spain and italy he found little ste stein rust but this little was always associated with barberry bushes the consensus of opinion in these countries Is tivit hint fil though tem rust does docs occur remote from the burberry it develops in tile lie crop season aad causes very much less damage lhnn in those sections where the th shrub Is common |