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Faust, Robert McNeer was born on March 25, 1939 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Ralph Leroy and Mattie Shipley (McNeer) Faust.
(Written by experts in the fields of insect pest genetics,...)
Written by experts in the fields of insect pest genetics, the genetics of biological control organisms, and the application of biological control, this book provides the first up-to-date summary of the genetic literature on the genetics of arthropod biological control agents. It identifies successful programs and also gaps and needs in research, research constraints, and possible research approaches in this important field of pest control. The power and applicability of new genetic and molecular biology methods have created new and exciting possibilities to greatly improve the effectiveness of traditional biological control programs. This book provides essential information about the state-of-the-art application of these new methods. It explains how biological control procedures can be improved, covers methods for selecting pesticide-resistant strains of natural enemies, and looks at methods for maintaining genetic diversity and quality control during the rearing of biological control agents in the laboratory. The book also provides information regarding the application of powerful PCR methods for taxonomic identification of strains and species of biocontrol agents.
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Faust, Robert McNeer was born on March 25, 1939 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Ralph Leroy and Mattie Shipley (McNeer) Faust.
Bachelor of Science, University Maryland, 1963. Master of Science, University Maryland, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, University Maryland, 1970.
Member staff Market Quality Research Laboratory, Department Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, 1959—1960, Bioenviron. Bee Laboratory, 1960—1961. Research molecular biology Insect Pathology Laboratory, 1961—1988, chairman biosafety committee, 1977—1989, national program leader, national program staff, since 1988.
Member part-time faculty Prince Georges Community College, Largo, Maryland, 1964—1984. Visiting scientist Armenian Academy of Sciences, Institute Microbiology, Russia, 1976. President SCH Corporation, since 1977.
Executive board Center Biological Control Mosquitoes, Ben Gurion University, Israel, since 1981. Visiting scientist Korean Institute of Science & Technology, Seoul, 1985.
(Written by experts in the fields of insect pest genetics,...)
Member staff Market Quality Research Laboratory, Department Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland., 1959-1960, Bioenviron. Bee Laboratory, 1960-1961, research molecular biology Insect PathologyLab., 1961-1988, chairman biosafety committee, 1977-1989, national program leader, national program staff, 1988. Member part-time faculty Prince Georges Community College, Largo, Maryland., 1964-1984.
Member Society Invertebrate Pathology (founding.
Member editorial board Journal Invertebrate Pathology, 1980-1985.
Married Cheryl Davis Faust, December 24, 1975. Children: Dawn, Tammy, Barbara, Sean, Michael, David 1 stepchild John.