Show black stem wheat rust Is being fought in ohio efforts of crews on the payroll of the public works administration have brought lit ohio one step closer to its goal of eliminating black stem rust of wheat workers under the direction of atwood state leader in charge of common barberry eradication destroyed of the bushes responsible for the spread of the disease since august 1933 spores that cause black stem rust are formed on the common barberry a plant distinct from the japanese species used in ornamental plantings practically all of the bushes destroyed were plants that had grown from seed scattered by birds that feed on barberry fruits such plants are the most difficult to find |