Ray Fred Smith (1919 to 1999) was an American agronomist and entomologist whose research focused on biological methods of arthropod pest management. He chaired the Entomology Department at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1959 to 1973 and edited the Annual Review of Entomology from 1960 to 1977.
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Defining ContributionCo-developed breakthrough techniques of Integrated Pest Management with Perry L. Adkisson through the Huffaker Project while chairing the Entomology Department at UC Berkeley; awarded the World Food Prize in 1997. 1 Connections
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Perry Adkisson, Figures Collaborators on the Huffaker Project whose joint integrated pest management research was jointly awarded the 1997 World Food Prize.
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Ray Fred Smith (20 January 1919, Los Angeles, 23 August 1999, Lafayette) was an American agronomist and entomologist whose research focused on biological methods of arthropod pest management.
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It was through this endeavor that Smith met and developed breakthrough techniques of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) with Perry L. Adkisson.
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Adkisson and Smith were jointly awarded the World Food Prize in 1997 for this achievement.
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