Corporate Body

CSIR/O Division of Economic Entomology (1928 - 1949)

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

From
1928
Black Mountain, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
To
1949
Functions
Veterinary or Animal Health Industries, Social or Economic Research and Industrial or scientific research
Reference No
CA 4467
Legal Status
Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location
Black Mountain, Australian Capital Territory

Summary

The CSIR's Division of Economic Entomology was established in 1928 and precedes the current Division of Entomology, which was formed in 1950.

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

"C.S.I.R.O. inherited an interest in entomological research from its early predecessor, the Institute of Science and Industry. The Division of Economic Entomology was set up in Canberra under Dr. R. J. Tillyard, F.R.S., soon after the Council was established.

Early work in the Division was concerned largely with the sheep blowfly and with biological control of plant and insect pests by the importation of beneficial insects. Both projects are still continuing. A great deal has been learned about the sheep blowfly. Efficient control is now possible by a simple surgical technique involving the removal of the loose skin from around the sheep's crutch (the Mules operation) and by fleece sprays which can give good protection for several months.

The pest-status of a number of insects has been reduced substantially as a result of biological control. These insects include the greenhouse white fly, the woolly aphid, mealy bugs, the green vegetable bug, and various scale insects. An intensive effort to control the Queensland fruit fly by biological control methods is now in progress.

In 1934 Dr. A. J. Nicholson became Chief of the Division,
an office he held until 1960 when Dr. D. F. Waterhouse
succeeded him."

Timeline

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

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  • Deveson, E. D., 'The Search for a Solution to Australian Locust Outbreaks: how developments in Ecology and Government Responses Influenced Scientific Research', Historical Records of Australian Science, 22 (1) (2011), 1-31, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR11003. Details

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