Biographical entry Podger, Francis Denis

Summary

Francis Denis (Frank) Podger was one of a team of people in 1964 who identified the root-rot fungus, Phytopthora cinnamomi, as the cause of crown die-back in Western Australian forests. In 1996 he was chair of the Western Australian Dieback Review Panel, reporting on dieback in Western Australia.

Published resources

Conference Papers

• Podger, F. D.; Bird, T. and Brown, M. J., 'Human Activity, Fire and Change in the Forest at Hogsback Plain, Southern Tasmania', in Kevin J. Frawley and Noel M. Semple (eds), Australia's Ever Changing Forests: Proceedings of the 1^st National Conference on Australian Forest History, Canberra 1988, Australian Defence Force Academy, Department of Georgraphy and Oceanography, Canberra, 1988. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Podger, Frank', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-520794. 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/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003864. Details