Person

Pegg, Kenneth Gerald

AM

Occupation
Plant pathologist

Summary

K. G. Pegg worked on the control and management of Phytophthora cinnamomi root disease in agriculture and forestry in the 1980s, developing principles on which rehabilitation of affected areas can be based. Other plant diseases on which he worked included bacterial wilt disease of ginger and Panama disease of bananas.

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Chronology

1956
Career event - Joined the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock as Cadet
1962 - 1973
Career position - Plant Pathologist, Queensland Department of Primary Insudtries II
1993
Award - Graham Gregory Medal, Horticulture Australia
1995 -
Award - Fellow, Australasian Plant Pathology Society
1998
Award - Pisang Rajah Award, International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain (INIBAP)
2001
Career event - Retired as Senior Principal Scientist from the Queensland Department of Prinary Industries II
2008
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to horticulture as a research scientist in the field of plant pathology, particularly disease management of tropical and subtropical fruit crops

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