Report of the Conference to Discuss Proposals for Field Tests Submitted by the Operations Research Office

Report of the Conference to Discuss Proposals for Field Tests Submitted by the Operations Research Office

Provides details regarding the use of stem and leaf rusts as BW agents in the United States and the U.S.S.R. The report takes a deep dive into the conditions that are optimal for these rusts to be the most effective when disseminated on a given plot of crops.

1954

The report concludes that pure dry crop agents such as stem and leaf rusts are most effective as BW agents when massive, long-distance dissemination is utilized. Using data from stem and lead rust growths in the U.S. and U.S.S.R., the report shares that factors that allow the agent to most effectively blanket a given plot of land include time needed for agent to spread, winds/meteorology conditions, and a spore load of around 1,000 spores per sq ft.