Corporate Body

CSIRO Division of Entomology (1950 - )

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From
1950
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Functions
Veterinary or Animal Health Industries and Industrial or scientific research
Website
http://www.ento.csiro.au/
Reference No
CA 4467
Legal Status
Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Summary

Established in 1928, as the Division of Economic Entomology, its name was changed to the Division of Entomology in 1950. The Division provides ongoing work today in the area of insect research. CSIRO's Division of Entomology is Australia's largest organisation carrying out research into insects.

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From "CSIRO research for Australia" (1962) pdf page 15:

"In 1934 Dr. A. J. Nicholson became Chief of the Division, an office he held until 1960 when Dr. D. F. Waterhouse succeeded him. Under Dr. Nicholson the Division of Entomology broadened its field to include ecological studies and insect physiology and biochemistry.

One of the main aims of the ecological work of the Division has been to find more satisfactory means of insect control than by the use of large quantities of non-specific insecticides. Ways have been sought to control insect populations by making changes in their environment, for example, by varying agricultural practices. One instance of this new approach to insect pest control has been the discovery that multiplication of the cattle tick can be prevented by spelling (vacating) infested pastures for certain periods of the year. Recent ecological work using "natural control" methods promises greater control of orchard pests, grasshoppers and forest insects."

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 1928 - 1949 CSIR/O Division of Economic Entomology
       1950 - CSIRO Division of Entomology

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