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Charles Alexander (Lex) Parker 1916–2001

Charles Alexander (Lex) Parker 1916–2001 Australasian Plant Pathology, 2002, 31, 195 Obituary Obiuatry 31/2 returned to study soil microbiology at UWA. He researched non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation, then legume rhizobial problems and later take-all, a serious root disease of cereal crops. In 1959 Lex was appointed to senior lecturer at UWA and by 1973 he was honoured with a personal chair, a professorial post awarded to academics of particular distinction. A Sri Lankan, Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam (Siva), was one of the many recipients of the professor’s generosity. Professor Parker invited him to UWA to pursue doctoral research, found him a house, taught his wife to drive and shared hot curries with them. Professor Siva, who has succeeded Professor Parker at UWA, described his mentor as ‘a great soul’. The development of the use of legumes to introduce nitrogen into the soil was just one of his Lex Parker was brought up on his fathers 1800 hectare contributions. ‘He was a man of ideas, which others took up wheat/sheep farm near Kulin, a small town in the Western and ran with’. Australian wheat belt. This personal experience with the land Former student Professor Mike Dilworth, of Murdoch and the hardships and problems faced by farmers gave Lex http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australasian Plant Pathology Springer Journals

Charles Alexander (Lex) Parker 1916–2001

Australasian Plant Pathology , Volume 31 (2) – Jun 1, 2002
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Charles Alexander (Lex) Parker 1916–2001

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Australasian Plant Pathology, 2002, 31, 195 Obituary Obiuatry 31/2 returned to study soil microbiology at UWA. He researched non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation, then legume rhizobial problems and later take-all, a serious root disease of cereal crops. In 1959 Lex was appointed to senior lecturer at UWA and by 1973 he was honoured with a personal chair, a professorial post awarded to academics of particular distinction. A Sri Lankan, Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam (Siva), was one of the many...
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Copyright © Australasian Plant Pathology Society 2002
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0815-3191
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1448-6032
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10.1071/ap02012
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Abstract

Australasian Plant Pathology, 2002, 31, 195 Obituary Obiuatry 31/2 returned to study soil microbiology at UWA. He researched non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation, then legume rhizobial problems and later take-all, a serious root disease of cereal crops. In 1959 Lex was appointed to senior lecturer at UWA and by 1973 he was honoured with a personal chair, a professorial post awarded to academics of particular distinction. A Sri Lankan, Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam (Siva), was one of the many recipients of the professor’s generosity. Professor Parker invited him to UWA to pursue doctoral research, found him a house, taught his wife to drive and shared hot curries with them. Professor Siva, who has succeeded Professor Parker at UWA, described his mentor as ‘a great soul’. The development of the use of legumes to introduce nitrogen into the soil was just one of his Lex Parker was brought up on his fathers 1800 hectare contributions. ‘He was a man of ideas, which others took up wheat/sheep farm near Kulin, a small town in the Western and ran with’. Australian wheat belt. This personal experience with the land Former student Professor Mike Dilworth, of Murdoch and the hardships and problems faced by farmers gave Lex

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