Nationality American | Fields Entomology, Acarology | |
Thesis Diapause in the predaceous mite, Metaseiulus occidentalis (Nesbitt) (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) (1972) Books Agricultural Acarology: Introduction to Integrated Mite Management Alma maters University of California, Berkeley, University of Kansas Institutions University of Florida, University of California, Berkeley | ||
Marjorie Ann Hoy (born 1941) is an American entomologist and geneticist known for her work using integrated pest management (IPM) and biological control in agriculture. She is currently Professor and Eminent Scholar at the University of Florida. She is Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Entomological Society of America. She is 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. Her books include the textbook Insect Molecular Genetics, the third edition of which was published in 2013.
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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.