Location is an important characteristic in the spread of wheat rust. He is mainly known as a researcher of fungi and wheat rust. The practitioners observing Robigalia asked Robigus for protection of their crops from wheat rust. The Roman agricultural festival Robigalia (April 25) has ancient origins in combating wheat rust. This crop was short-lived as the disease "wheat rust" infected the area. Some places wheat rust can easily flourish and spread. Early in the 1860s, wheat rust devastated the wheat industry.