Marjorie Hoy

Marjorie A. Hoy
BornMay 19, 1941
Kansas City, Kansas
DiedJune 19, 2020 (aged 79)
Colorado
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology, Acarology
Institutions
Thesis Diapause in the predaceous mite, Metaseiulus occidentalis (Nesbitt) (Acarina: Phytoseiidae)  (1972)

Marjorie Ann Hoy (19 May 1941[1] – 19 June 2020) was an American entomologist and geneticist known for her work using integrated pest management (IPM) and biological control in agriculture. She was Professor and Eminent Scholar at the University of Florida, Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Entomological Society of America.[2] In 2004, she was awarded the Charles A. Black Award by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST).[3]

Hoy was known as a pioneer in using genetic engineering to reduce the impact of agricultural pests, including developing pesticide resistant predators to control populations of destructive pests in areas where pesticides are applied.[2][4] Her books include the textbook Insect Molecular Genetics, the third edition of which was published in 2013.[5]

Education and career

Hoy was born in Kansas City, Kansas, in 1941. She earned her BA at the University of Kansas in 1963, and completed her M.S. (1966) and PhD (1972) at the University of California, Berkeley. She was Research Entomologist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (1973–1974) and U.S. Forest Service Northeast Forest Experiment Station (1974–1976) before joining the faculty at University of California, Berkeley, where she worked from 1976 to 1992. She joined the University of Florida in 1992.[4] She died in Colorado on June 19, 2020, aged 79.[6]

Books

  • Hoy, M.A.; J.J. McKelvey Jr., eds. (1979). Genetics in Relation to Insect Management. New York: Rockefeller Foundation Press. 179 pp.
  • Hoy, M.A.; G.L. Cunningham; L. Knutson, eds. (1983). Biological Control of Pests by Mites. University of California Division of Agriculture Special Publications. Berkeley.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) 185 pp.
  • Hoy, M.A.; D.C. Herzog, eds. (1985). Biological Control in Agricultural IPM Systems. Orlando: Academic Press. 589 pp.
  • Hoy, M.A. (1994). Insect Molecular Genetics. San Diego: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-357490-9. 540 pp. (2nd edition, 2003; 3rd edition, 2013)
  • Hoy, M.A. (2011). Agricultural Acarology: Introduction to Integrated Mite Management. CRC Press. 430 pp.

References

  1. ^ Evans, J. M. (1989). Two Thousand Notable American Women. American Biographical Institute. ISBN 978-0-934544-45-0.
  2. ^ a b Stanley, Autumn (1995). Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Technology. Rutgers University Press. p. 558. ISBN 978-0-8135-2197-8.
  3. ^ "Charles A. Black Award Recipients". Council for Agricultural Science and Technology.
  4. ^ a b Wayne, Tiffany K. (2011). "Hoy, Marjorie Ann (Wolf)". American Women of Science Since 1900. ABC-CLIO. pp. 526–527. ISBN 978-1-59884-158-9.
  5. ^ "Marjorie Hoy, ESA Fellow (1996)". Entomological Society of America. November 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  6. ^ "Obituary: Marjorie Hoy". Our Environment at Berkeley. June 22, 2020.
  • Faculty profile, Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida


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