CSIR/O Division of Plant Industry (1929 - c. 2014)

Summary

The CSIR/O Division of Plant Industry took the place of the Division of Economic Botany in 1929. Although sections of the Division have broken away to form new Divisions, the Division of Plant Industry continued to operate at the start of the 21st century. When the CSIRO restructure c.2014 occurred the activities of the Division were transferred to the Flagship / Business Unit: "Agriculture and Food".

Details

In 2014 the Plant Industry website stated:
"Plant Industry promotes profitable and sustainable agrifood, fibre and horticultural industries, developing new plant products and improving how plants use natural resources through world-leading research."

Related entries

Timeline

 1920 - 1962 Commonwealth Research Station, Merbein Victoria - CSIR/O
       1962 - 1967 CSIRO Horticultural Research Section
             1967 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Horticultural Research
                   1927 - 1929 CSIR Division of Economic Botany
                   1988 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Horticulture
                         1929 - c. 2014 CSIR/O Division of Plant Industry
                               1959 - 1973 CSIRO Division of Tropical Pastures
                                     1973 - 1976 CSIRO Division of Tropical Agronomy
                                           1976 - c. 1995 CSIRO Division of Tropical Crops and Pastures
                                                 1996 - 2000 CSIRO Division of Tropical Agriculture
                                                       2000 - CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
                                                       2000 - CSIRO Livestock Industries

Published resources

Books

• Schedvin, C.B; Trace, K., Historical Directory of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, 1926-1976 (Canberra: CSIRO, 1978), 101 pp. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/csiro_historical_directory_1926_1976.pdf. Details

Journal Articles

• Bergersen, F. J., 'Research on Biological Nitrogen Fixation in CSIRO Plant Industry, 1952-1998', Historical Records of Australian Science, 13 (3) (2001), 255-300. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR0011330255. Details

Resources

• Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-491374. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Primary description of agency CA 4464; CSIRO, Division of Plant Industry, Canberra. Registration of entity: 7 December 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204464. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_c.html. Details
• Brockwell, John; Sprent, Janet I.; and Day, David A., 'Fraser John Bergersen AM FAA. 26 May 1929 - 3 October 2011', Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 59 (2013), 33-58, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2013.0004. Details
• Brockwell, John; Sprent, Janet I.; and Day, David A., 'Fraser John Bergersen 1929-2011', Historical Records of Australian Science, 24 (1) (2013), 53-79, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR12019. Details
• Denton, Derek, 'Kenneth Baillieu Myer 1921-1992', Historical Records of Australian Science, 18 (1) (2007), 97-111, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR07005. Details
• Foley, Paul, 'Duboisia myoporoides: the Medical Career of a Native Australian Plant', Historical Records of Australian Science, 17 (1) (2006), 31-69, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR06001. Details
• Peacock, W. J. and Dennis, Elizabeth S., 'Frankel, Sir Otto Herzberg (1900 - 1998), plant scientist', in Australian dictionary of biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Canberra, 2023, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/frankel-sir-otto-herzberg-32204. Details