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]

  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. ^ 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.