Greg I Johnson Email & Phone Number

Canberra, Australia

2018 - ACIAR project review - Towards more profitable and sustainable vegetable production systems in north-western Vietnam2017 - ACIAR project reviews - ICM of vegetables and postharvest management of vegetables in the southern Philippines; review of ACIAR Horticulture in southern Philippines program.2016 - ACIAR project "Improved postharvest management of fruit and vegetables in the Southern Philippines and Australia" postharvest disease management advice and project visit2015-19 - Australian Garden History Society- Lectures - 'Write to Garden in Australia 1889-1938' (2015, Canberra; 2018, Bowral and Melbourne; 2019, Sydney); 'Write On Gardening in Australia 1938-1988' (2016, Canberra); 'Gardening Write Now 1989-2038' (2018, Canberra).2015 - ACIAR PNG Cocoa project development inputs2015 - U Sydney Australia Award Fellows field visit mentoring;2015 - ACIAR Cocoa Project Review Sulawesi, Indonesia;2010-2014 - Agriculture Sector Linkages Program Implementation Manager ACIAR, Pakistan;2012-2014 Mango disease specialist Queensland DAFF- ACIAR mango project Pakistan;2014-2015 Tasmanian Alkaloids PTY Limited - Disease management advice;2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018,2019 - Africa Fellowship Selection Panel - GRM International; Palladium Group2014 ACIAR Vanuatu Cocoa Project Review; 2014 - 2015 - 'By Quill and Spade - Garden Writing for Australia 1788-1888' (i) Australian Garden History Society- Friends of NLA Lecture 2014 (ii) AGHS Southern Highlands June 2015 (iii) Huntington Botanic Gardens August 2015. (iv) AGHS Victorian Branch March 2016 and (v) Friends National Botanic Gardens, September 2016 (vi) Horticulture Society of Canberra March 2017 (vii) AGHS Sydney, May 2018

Canberra, Australia

2011 ACIAR – Bhutan Citrus Industry Strategic Planning;2011-present Australian Mango Industry Association R & D, quarantine & mango malformation disease;FAO (Nov 2010-Aug 2012) Lead Consultant TCP/CPR/3301 Actinidia Root Rot, Guangxi, China;2008-2009 Horticulture Australia review & report on mango postharvest diseases & options for control;2007-2008 World Vegetable Center Consultancy for overview on vegetable farming in tropical Asia & participate in a vegetable research workshop;2006-2008 ASEAN-Australia Development Co-operation Plant Health Capacity Building - mango disease surveying (esp Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar & Vietnam);2006-2008 GTZ Thailand expert adviser on intervention strategies for the longan & tangerine sub-sectors Thai-German Programme for Enterprise Competitiveness;2006 ACIAR project development adviser for citrus & mango projects in Pakistan - scoping, workshop planning & facilitation citrus team leadership; 2006 Expert adviser in mango & pomelo crop protection - European Union-Thailand Project Enabling the Export of Thai Exotic Fresh Fruit to EU Markets (Chiang Mai University);2006 United Nations Commission for Trade & Development Review of Pakistan regulation of sanitary & phytosanitary risks over imports (with Dr AU Malik of UAF).

Canberra, Australia

President of the International Society for Plant Pathology 2013-2018;Secretary General of the International Society for Plant Pathology (August 2005-August 2013;Member of the Executive Committee of ISPP - helping to foster the world-wide development of plant pathology and the dissemination of knowledge about plant diseases and plant health management through involvement in:Liaison with ISPP Council and associated societies and the ISPP Subject Matter Committees;Liaison with ISPP Taskforce on Global Food Security and the establishment of the international journal, Food Security, in partnership with Springer;Co-Chair ISPP Food Security Journal Trust; Assistance in planning of ICPP2008 in Torino, Italy and ICPP2013 in Beijing, China, ICPP2018 in Boston USA and overseeing bidding process for ICPP2018 and ICPP 2023 won by SFP for Lyon, France);Revision and updating of ISPP Statutes and Rules of Procedure and assistance to Treasurer in incorporation of ISPP in USA; Appointment of the ISPP Business Manager who is responsible for ongoing improvement of the ISPP website and the maintenance of the World Directory of Plant Pathologists;Establishment of ISPP Twitter - www.twitter.com/Food_Security;

Canberra, Australia

Oversaw development of 10-Year Plan for APPS, move of APPS journals from CSIRO to Springer, establishment of the Advancing Plant Pathology Australia Fund, establishment of links with the Phytopathology Society of Japan, ongoing development of website, initiation of APPS Twitter www.twitter.com/plant_pathogens and the review and revision of APPS constitution and by-laws.

Canberra, Australia

Managed the ACIAR Postharvest Technology Program with collaborative projects in China, the Philippines, Vietnam, India, Samoa,Tonga, Thailand, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Cambodia. Led the development of the ACIAR Linking Farmers to Markets theme;Convenor 12th Australasian Plant Pathology Conference, Canberra, 1999; Co-convenor of ACIAR workshops on Supply Chain Management (Bali, 2003); Postharvest Handling of Vegetables (Beijing, 2001), Pesticide residues risk reduction (Yogyakarta,1997), Disease Control and Storage Life Extension (Thailand 1997); Fruit Resistance to Disease (Thailand, 1997) and the 19th ASEAN Postharvest Technology Seminar (Quality Assurance - Vietnam, 1999);Represented ACIAR on the Group for Assistance on Systems relating to Grain After harvest (GASGA) (Chair 1997-1999), subsequently PhAction, The Global Postharvest Forum;2000-2005 Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), project adviser;Oversaw (with Mr Ed Highley of Clarus Design) publication of the ACIAR Postharvest Newsletter (1995-2003) and the web-bulletin Electronic bulletin 2004-2005 Linking Farmers with Markets www.lfwm.net .

St Lucia, Queensland

Established a plant pathology laboratory and led the development of ACIAR collaborative research on control of diseases of tropical fruit (mango, lychee, longan, mangosteen, durian, rambutan) with Thailand.Organised ACIAR Conference on Postharvest Handling of Tropical Fruit, Chiang Mai, Thailand in 1993.

Brisbane, Queensland

Wrote a monthly column on gardening in the sub-tropics for Australia's most popular gardening magazine and occasional articles on specialised gardening topics.

Indooroopilly

Postharvest plant pathologist specialising in diseases of tropical fruit, especially mango, disease control in fruit disinfestation systems. Leader of ACIAR collaborative research projects on postharvest handling and disease control in tropical fruit with Thailand

Mareeba

District plant pathologist specialising in disease management of tobacco and peanuts, plant disease diagnostic services,quarantine surveys

Indooroopilly

Vegetable pathologist specialising in diseases of french beans, butternut pumpkins, diagnostic services

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Plant Pathology/Phytopathology

Thesis Topic: Biology and Control of Stem End Rot of Mango

Master Of Agricultural Science, Blue Mould Of Tobacco

Thesis Topic: The germination of conidia of the tobacco blue mould pathogen (Peronospora hyocyami).

Bachelor Of Agricultural Science, Plant Pathology And Plant Breeding And Genetics, Hons

Union College 1970-1974 (High Distinction in Genetics and Plant Breeding III, Distinctions in Plant Pathology III, Microbiology III.

Senior Certificate, Science, 3 High Distinctions, 2 Distinctions, 1 Credit

Society of St Andrew Bursary 1969, QDPI University scholarship 1970-1973