Eminye yemibhalo emisha evela eLeningrad evinjezelwe isanda kudalulwa. Omunye wabo utshela ukuthi ososayensi ngaphambi kobusika bokuqala bezempi banquma kanjani ukunikeza izakhamizi inani elanele lamavithamini. UJohann Eichfeld, ngaleso sikhathi owayengumqondisi obambile we-All-Union Institute of Plant Industry, waphawula ukuthi ezimweni zokuvinjelwa, amazambane, izaqathe kanye neklabishi kungaba yimithombo eyinhloko yamavithamini. Wayephikisana kakhulu nokusetshenziswa kwezindawo zokugcina amazambane njengendawo yokukhosela ngamabhomu ngesikhathi sokuhlaselwa komoya kwesitha. Usosayensi uphinde waphakamisa ukuthi iKomidi Lezokuvikela Leningrad likhiqize i-concentrate kusuka kuzinaliti zikaphayini nezesihlahla sonwele ukuze kuvinjelwe umqubuko.
Amasampuli ayi-1200 avela eNingizimu Melika naseYurophu atshalwa entwasahlobo ka-1941 ePavlovsk. NgoJuni, amasosha ezitha ayesondelene, futhi iqoqo laliqukethe izinhlobo ezihlukile ezazingatholakali kwenye indawo emhlabeni. U-Abram Kameraz, osebenza esiteshini, ezinyangeni zokuqala zempi, wavula futhi wavala amakhethini, walingisa isikhathi sobusuku samazambane aseNingizimu Melika, wasebenzisa sonke isikhathi sakhe sokuphumula. Izilimo zavunwa ensimini esezivele zishiswa, amakhamera ahlupheka, kepha akazange awushiye umsebenzi wakhe.
NgoSeptemba, waya phambili, ehambisa amandla akhe ku-Olga Aleksandrovna Voskresenskaya noVadim Stepanovich Lekhnovich. Kuwo wonke amadolobha kulo lonke ubusika, ososayensi babefuna izinkuni zokubasa, banakekela ukuqoqwa ngangokunokwenzeka. UVadim Stepanovich uqoqe izindwangu nezidwedwe ukuvala izimbobo egumbini nokuvikela ukuthi amasampuli angafi ebusika obunzima. Abazange badle isilimo esisodwa samazambane, yize bekhathele.
Ngentwasahlobo yango-1942, kwase kuyisikhathi sokutshala okusemhlabathini.Ososayensi bafundisa abantu bendawo ukuthi bangasitshala kanjani isivuno esihle samazambane. Izindawo zokufika zabekwa emapaki nasezikweleni zedolobha, e-Field of Mars. NgoSepthemba, wonke umuntu wavuna isivuno ndawonye. Ososayensi bakhethe amasampula amaningi abalulekile ngezinhloso zesayensi, kanti abanye badluliselwa kumakhekhe amadolobha avinjezelwe.
Kwenye ingxoxo, uLekhnovich wake wathi: “Kwakungelula ukungalidli iqoqo. Lutho neze! Ngoba bekungenakwenzeka ukuyidla. Umsebenzi wempilo yakhe, umsebenzi wempilo yamaqabane akhe ... ”.