Peter Gregg
Assoc.Prof, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences
Contact
| Email: | pgregg@une.edu.au |
| Room: | W23 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3021 (or +61 2 6773 3021 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3238 |
Additional:
Lecturer - Agronomy and Soil Science
Member (Plant protection - insects) - Centre for Sustainable Farming Systems
Phone: (02) 6773 2665 or (02) 6773 3021
Fax: (02) 6773 3238
Research interests
An agricultural entomologist with interests in biological control and other alternatives to pesticides, integrated pest management, ecology of major agricultural pests, especially in cotton, and the applications and environmental impacts of GM crops. Program Leader (innovative Technologies) in the Cotton CRC, and UNE’s representative on its Management Committee. Research funding (~$300k annually) comes mostly from the CRC and from CRDC.
Other Interests:
1996-98: Immunological techniques for detecting insect predation
1997-99: Insect migration and habitat heterogeneity in inland subtropical Australia
Cotton R. & D. Corp.:
1995-1998: Effectiveness of predators of Helicoverpa
1996: Travel grant (attend International Palynological Conference, Houston)
1998-2001: Management of resistance in Bemuse tabaci
1999-2002: Attractant and kill technology for Helicoverpa armigera
2000: Ecology of beneficial insects in cotton systems
CRC for Sustainable Cotton Production:
1994-1997: Ecology and management of mirids
1994-1997: Integration of parasites into pest management
1994-1997: Movement of mated female Helicoverpa spp.
1997-2000: Attractants for adult Helicoverpa spp.
1997-2000: Influence of host plants on mating behaviour in Helicoverpa spp.
1997: Summer Scholarships program (2 Honours students)
1998-2000: Sources of beneficial insects colonising cotton fields
Australian Cotton CRC
2000-2003: Semiochemical approaches to management of Helicoverpa spp.,
2000: Summer Scholarships program (2 Honours students)
Consultancies:
Academy of Technology, Science and Engineering,2001: Impact of GM crops on pesticide use Environment Australia
2001: Environmental assessment of GM canola