Peter Gregg
Associate Professor, Agronomy & Soil Science
School of Rural Science and Agriculture, University of New England
Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia.
Phone: Office (61)-2-6773 2665, Lab. (61)-2-6773 3021,
Home (61)-2-6772 7931, Fax: (61)-2-6773 3238
E-mail: pgregg@une.edu.au
Brief Curriculum Vitae (Last update 1/6/05)
Current position (since 1994)
Associate Professor (Pest Biology and Crop Protection), Agronomy and Soil Science, School of Rural Science and Natural Resources, University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W. Responsible for undergraduate courses for third and fourth year Rural Science students, conducting research and supervision of honours and postgraduate research students in insect pest management.
Previous positions
1980-1993 Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, Agronomy and Soil Science, UNE.
1977-1980 Postgraduate student, Department of Population Biology, Australian National University, Canberra.
1975-77 Director and Pest Control Manager, Morcott Pty. Ltd., Moree, N.S.W.
1972-75 Experimental Officer, CSIRO Division of Animal Health, McMaster Laboratory, Sydney
Academic qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (Australian National University, 1981).
Master of Rural Science (University of New England, 1976).
Bachelor of Rural Science Honours (II-I) (University of New England, 1972).
Other positions and activities
Head of Division and Convenor, Agronomy and Soil Science, 1998-2000
Program Leader (Innovative Technologies), and member of the Management Committee, Australian Cotton Cooperative Research Centre, 1999-
Scientific Committee member, XXII International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, 2004, First Asia-Pacific Association for Chemical Ecology Conference, Shanghai 1999, Sixth Australasian Applied Entomological Research Conference, Brisbane 1998, First World Cotton Research Conference, Brisbane 1993-4.
Scientific referee for many publications in Australian and international journals in entomology, zoology, ecology and agricultural science, and grant proposals to the Australian Research Council, Australian Dept. of Science and Dept. of Industry, Technology and Commerce and Australian National Institute of Forensic Science
Consultant to Stahmann Farms Ltd., Moree (improved pest management methods for pecan nuts, 1990); AgriSense BCS Ltd. (pheromones for mating disruption in Helicoverpa spp., 1991-2); Australian Plague Locust Commission (1995, 1997), locust control research and operations, SP Exports Ltd. (mating disruption of Helicoverpa spp. in tomatoes), Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (GM crops and insecticide use), Australian Department of Environment and Heritage (GM canola) and Land and Water Australia (impacts of GM crops).
Examiner of postgraduate theses for numerous Australian and overseas Universities.
Teaching experience
Undergraduate teaching: over 20 years, including the designing and implementing of new courses in Pest Biology, Crop Protection and Agricultural Ecology in the Bachelor of Rural Science program at the University of New England, and distance education courses for Graduate Diplomas in Sustainable Cotton Production and Sustainable Agriculture. Currently coordinator of AGRO 420 (Crop Protection) and contributor to AGRO 311 (Plant Protection) and AGRO 223 (Agricultural Ecology).
Postgraduate teaching: Supervisor of 25 students at the honours level in the Bachelor of Rural Science and Bachelor of Science programs, 5 at the postgraduate Diploma (coursework/ research) level, 8 at the research Master of Rural Science level and 18 at Ph.D. level.
Current and past research interests
Chemical ecology of noctuid moths (especially Helicoverpa spp.) in relation to host plants, ecology of Helicoverpa spp. in non-cropping areas, especially semi-arid inland Australia; insect phenology and development in relation to the environment; methods for monitoring migration and local movement of moths, including the use of tower mounted light traps, mark-recapture techniques and pollen as a marker of origin; alternatives to insecticides for pest management in cotton, including biological control and mating disruption by pheromones in Helicoverpa spp.; reproductive behaviour and pheromone biology of noctuid moths; diapause and development, especially the endocrine aspects of embryonic development in grasshoppers and locusts in relation to temperature and photoperiod.
Publications
41 Book chapters and refereed journal papers
2 Patents
91 Conference papers
23 Other publications
Silberbauer,L, Yee,M , Del Socorro,A, Bowie,M, Gregg,P. & Wratten,S. (2004) Pollen as a marker to track movement of predatory insects in agroecosystems. International Journal of Pest Management 50, 165-171.
Gregg,PC & Del Socorro,AP. (2002) Attractants for moths. Australian & International Patent No. WO02089577 A9 , 85 pp. Accessible on the web site of the World Intellectual Property Organisation, http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/IPDL-IMAGES/PCTI2C-PDF/2003/012003/ AU0200554_03012003/AU0200554 _03012003_pf_000001.pdf
Gregg,P.C., Del Socorro,A.P. and Rochester,W.A. (2001) A field test of a model of migration of moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in inland Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 40, 249-256.
Del Socorro,A.P. and Gregg,P.C. (2001) Sunflower (Helianthius annuus L.) pollen as a marker for studies of local movement in Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 40, 257-263.
Kvedaras,O.L., Gregg,P.C. and Del Socorro,A.P. (2000) Techniques used to determine the mating behaviour of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in relation to host plants. Australian Journal of Entomology 39, 188-194.
Gregg,P.C., Del Socorro,A.P., Henderson,G.S., Forrester,N.W. and Moore,C. (1998) Plant-based attractants for adult Helicoverpa spp. In Zalucki,M.P., Drew,R.A.I. and White,G.G. (eds.) Pest management - future challenges. University of Queensland, Brisbane. pp. 342-348.
Del Socorro,A.P. and Gregg,P.C. (1997) Calling behaviour in Mythimna convecta females under different temperature and photoperiodic conditions. Physiological Entomology 22, 20-28.
Gregg, P.C., Fitt, G.P., Zalucki, M.P. and Murray, D.A.H. (1995). Insect migration in an arid continent. II. Helicoverpa spp. in eastern Australia. In Drake, V.A. and Gatehouse, A.G. (eds.) Insect migration: tracking resources through time and space. Cambridge University Press, pp. 151-172.
Gregg,P.C. (1995) Migration in cotton pests: implications for management. In Constable,G.A. and Forrester, N.W. (eds) Challenging the Future: Proceedings of the First World Cotton Research Conference, Brisbane, February 13-17. CSIRO, Canberra, pp. 423-433.
Zalucki,M.P., Murray,D.A.H., Gregg,P.C., Fitt,G.P., Twine,P.H. and Jones,C. (1994) Ecology of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) and H. punctigera (Wallengren) in the inland of Australia: larval sampling and host plant relationships during winter and spring. Australian Journal of Zoology 42, 329-346.
Gregg,P.C., Fitt,G.P., Coombs,M. and Henderson,G.S. (1994) Migrating moths collected in tower-mounted light traps in northern New South Wales, Australia: influence of local and synoptic weather. Bulletin of Entomological Research 84, 17-30.
Betts,M.D. and Gregg,P.C. (1993) A field trial of mating disruption for Helicoverpa spp. in cotton. In Corey,S.A., Dall,D.J. and Milne,W.M. (eds.) Pest control and Sustainable Agriculture. CSIRO, Canberra, pp. 298-300.
Gregg, P.C. (1993) Pollen as a marker for Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) and H. punctigera Wallengren (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) emigrating from western Queensland. Australian Journal of Ecology 18, 209-219.