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NAME: Erich Fred Legner POSITION: Professor of Biological Control,
University of California ACADEMIC DEGREES: University of Illinois, Urbana / Champaign, B.S., 1954, Agronomy Utah State University, Logan, M.S., 1958, Entomology & Plant Pathology University of Wisconsin, Madison, Ph.D., 1961, Entomology & Plant Pathology |
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INVITATIONAL
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS |
PUBLIC SERVICE MILITARY
SERVICE |
1957-58:
Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan: Research Assistant 1961-62:
Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Research Associate 1962- 95: Department
of Entomology, University of California, Riverside: Professor 1995- Present:
Professor of Biological Control Emeritus, University of California PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES (Past &
Present) American Assoc. For the Advancement of Science American Mosquito Control Association (Honorary) Caribbean Science Society Entomological Society of America Entomological Society of Canada International Organization For Biological Control National Honor Society New York Academy of Sciences Sigma Xi Smithsonian Institution (081376980) Society of Vector Ecologists (Honorary) ADDITIONAL MEMBERSHIP American Legion (Post 1000, #204494596) Riverside Municipal
Museum Sierra Club (42626655) Zoological Society of San Diego (P188800) INVITATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS SINCE
1980: 1995. 13
International Plant Protection Congress, The Hague, The Netherlands. 2-7 July 1995 1992. 9th
International Entomophagous Insects Workshop, Institute of Food &
Agricultural Sciences, Univ. of Florida.
3-7 May 1992. 1991.
Department of Entomology, Texas A. & M. University, College
Station, TX. Seminar. Novel Phenomena in Insect Polygenic Systems. 18 Jun. 1991. 1990. 2nd
Intern. Cong. Dipterology, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, Aug 27 - Sept. 1,
Increasing parasitism and mortality of Synanthropic Muscidae. 28 Aug. 1990. 1990.
Department of Entomological Sciences, University of California,
Berkeley, CA. Seminar. Extra nuclear
Ignition of Polygenic Loci in Hymenoptera.
5 Mar. 1990. 1989. Sacramento Valley Regional Seminar,
Sacramento, CA. Biological Control of
Mosquitoes. 7 Mar. 1989. 1988. 18th
International Congress of Entomology, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Symposium on Genetic Manipulation of
Arthropod Natural Enemies. Heterosis
and Thelytoky in the Genus Muscidifurax, Problems and Progress in
Genetic Improvement. 3-9 Jul. 1988. 1987.
Department of Biology, Loyola/Marymount University, Westminster,
CA. Seminar. Behavior of Imported Cichlids in Natural
Waterways of the Southwestern United States.
Feb. 1987. 1986. Annual
Meeting Entomological Society of America, Reno, Nevada. Symposium. Environmental Impact of Introduced Biological Control
Agents. Arthropods Introduced For
Control of Other Arthropods. Dec.
1986. 1986. 2nd Intern. Conf. des Entomologistes de
'expression Francaise, University of Quebec, Trois-Rivieres, Canada. Symposium on Ecologie et Controle
Biologique des moustiques et mouches noires.
Predators as Agents of Control Against Biting Flies. 15-18 Jul. 1986. 1985.
Minnesota Mosquito Research & Control, Working Group Seminar. Natural Enemies Effective in Mosquito
Population Regulation. Nov. 1985. 1984. 17th
Intern. Congress of Entomology, Hamburg, Fed. Rep. Germany. Symposium Biocontrol Agents to Control
Livestock Pests. The requirement For
Expanded Scientific Study Into Interactions Between Dung Beetles and
Symbovine Flies. 20-26 Aug. 1984. 1984.
International Symposium Biological Plant & Health Protection,
Academy of Science & Literature, Mainz, Fed. Rep. Germany. Importation of Exotic Natural
Enemies. 15-17 Nov. 1984. 1983.
International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture. Nazareth, Israel. Imported Cichlid Behavior in
California. 8-13 May 1983. 1982.
Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis,
Seminar. Biological Control of Navel
Orangeworm. 21 Apr. 1982. 1982.
University of California Cooperative Extension Seminar, Bakersfield,
CA. Biological Control of Navel
Orangeworm. 13 May 1982. 1981.
California State College, San Bernardino, CA. Graduate Seminar. Biological Control of Insects. 12 Oct. 1981. 1980. Academy
of Aquatic Ecosystems, Seminar.
University of California, Riverside.
Biological Control of Aquatic Weeds.
1 Mar. 1980. 1980. 16th International
Congress of Entomology, Kyoto, Japan.
Biological Control Symposium.
Reduction of Pectinophora gossypiella in Cotton by Imported Parasitic
Hymenoptera. 3-9 Aug. 1980. |
RESEARCH GRANTS (Chronological)
National Institutes of Health, Natural Enemies of Synanthropic
Diptera grants GM12699 & GM12496) (10) 1967-75. $200,000. National Science Foundation, grant to attend 13th International Congress
of Entomology, Moscow, U.S.S.R. Aug
1968. $800.00. National Science Foundation, Hydra Species as Mosquito
Predators. Grants GB-31068 (2). 1971-73.
$88,870 (jointly with U.C.
Irvine). Coachella Valley Mosquito Abatement Dist., Biological Hippelates
eye gnat control grants (5) 1962-67.
$25,000. Goldman Poultry Industries (1).
1968. $1,200. Orange County Mosquito Abatement Dist. Biological Mosquito &
Midge Control grants (3) 1971-73.
$15,000. Southeast Los Angeles Mosquito Abatement Dist. Biological
Mosquito & Midge Control grants (5).
1971-75. $25,000. U. S. Army, Trust Territory of the Pacific, Biological Control of
Synanthropic Diptera in Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. 1971-73 (3)
ca. $10,000 Occidental Petroleum
Corp. Biological Aquatic Weed & Midge Control. 1974-75.
$12,164. Northwest Mosquito Abatement District, Biological Control Studies
of Lepidoptera on Poultry Ranches.
1972-73 (2). $10,000. Imperial, Coachella & Palo Verde Irrigation Districts,
Biological Aquatic Weed & Mosquito Control grants (5). 1974-78.
$200,000. California State Legislature Mosquito Control Grants. Planaria and Hydra Predators of
Mosquitoes. 1974-77 (4). $38,750. California Dept. of Food & Agriculture, Pink Bollworm
Research Grants. 1975-85 (10). $229,577. California Almond Growers Assoc., Biological Control of Navel
Orangeworm grants. 1978-88 (10) $185,532. North Carolina State University, Travel grant to participate in
Deptal. Seminar. 1976. $568.00. University of California, Biological Control of Navel Orangeworm
in Walnuts, IPM Grants 1983-85 (2).
$22,040. California Dept. of Food & Agriculture, Western Grapeleaf
Skeletonizer Natural Enemy Acquisition grants. 1979-80 (2). $54,057. California Raisin Advisory Board, Biological Control of Western
Grapeleaf Skeletonizer. 1978. $16,600. Academic Senate Award to Participate in International Congress of
Entomology, Kyoto, Japan. 1980. $500.00 California Tablegrape Growers, Biological Control of Grape
Mealybug. 1987-90 (3). $9,000. Rincon-Vitova Corporation, Biological Control of Synanthropic
Flies. 1980-89 (9) $20,000.00. Academic Senate Award to participate in International Symposium
on Tilapia in Aquaculture, Nazareth, Israel.
1983. $500.00. Academic Senate Award to Participate in International Congress of
Entomology, Hamburg, Fed. Rep. Germany.
1984. $800.00 Entomological Society of America grant to participate in
symposium at the International Congress of Entomology, Hamburg, Fed. Rep.
Germany. 1984. $900.00 Entomological Society of America grant to participate in
International Congress of Entomology, Vancouver, Canada. 1988. $300. Beneficial Insectaries,
Inc. Biological Control of Medically Important Flies. 1988.
$1,000. Spalding Laboratories.
Parasitoids for Medically Important Diptera. 1984. $3,000. Rincon-Vitova Insectaries,
Inc. Parasitoids for Grape Mealybug.
1989-90. $2,000. Akademie der Wissenschaften u. Lirteratur,
Mainz, Fed. Rep. Germany. 1984.
$2,800. University of California, Intramural Research Fund--1984-90,
research grants (6) $10,000. University of California, Renewable Resources Extension Act
Program. Biological Dung & Dung
Fly Control on Rangeland. 1990-91. $5,000.00 Walnut Marketing Board, research grant. Increasing Parasitism of Codling Moth in Walnuts. 1990-95.
$85,986.00 (with Nicholas Mills, UC,
Berkeley) Bo-Biotrol Corporation, grant.
Research on Navel Orangeworm Parasitoids. 1990-91. $14,000.00 Consortium for International Crop Protection, research
grant. Insect Cotton Pest
Management. 1990-94. $1,500,000.00 (jointly with Texas A. &
M. Univ. and New Mexico State Univ.). Beneficial Insectaries,
Inc. Biological Control of Medically Important Flies. 1994.
$2,000. Misc. foreign exploration grants from the Special Fund for
Foreign Exploration, University of California, Berkeley, to Central America,
West Indies and Mexico. |
Behavioral Studies of Four
Hymenopterous Parasites of Pectinophora
gossypiella in Relation
to Host-seeking Kaironomes.
Doctor of
Philosophy in Entomology, March 1980.
143 p.
Doctor of
Philosophy in Entomology (completed at The University of
Mississippi).
Behavior of Solitary and Gregarious
Populations of the Fly Parasitoid, Muscidifurax
raptorellus
(Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae): Effects of Host Density and Temperature on
Parasitization Rate,
Multiple Oviposition and Host
Destruction.
Master of
Science in Entomology, September 1988.
71 p.
Bioecological Studies of Niditinea fuscipunctella (Haworth) (Lepidoptera:
Tineidae) in Poultry
Manure and Interactions with Natural
Enemies and Musca domestica L.
Doctor of
Philosophy in Entomology, June 1974. 88
p.
Gary Stanley Olton
Biology of Tachinaephagus zealandicus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), parasitoid of synanthropic
Diptera
Doctor of
Philosophy in Entomology, June 1973
William Bartlett Peet,
Jr.
Bionomics and Predaceous Habits of
Three Lyctocorines (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae).
Doctor of
Philosophy in Entomology, December 1975.
117 p.
Comparative Effects of the Desert
Pupfish, Cyprinodon macularius Baird
& Girard, and the
Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis-affinis
(Baird & Girard) on Pond Ecosystems; and Mass Rearing
Feasibility of C. macularius
Master of
Science in Entomology, October 1976. 249 p.
Bioecological Studies of Freshwater Hydra and
Planaria (Invertebrata), and Field Evaluations
of Their Predation Effectiveness for
Biological Control of Immatue Mosquitoes and Chironomids
in Southern California.
Doctor of
Philosophy in Entomology, March 1976.
152 p.
POST-DOCTORAL STUDENTS DIRECTED
Dr. Dan Gerling, Tel-Aviv University,
Israel
Dr. William Hauser, University of Maine,
Bangor
Dr. Marcos Kogan, Oswaldo Cruz Institute,
Rio de Janeiro
Dr. Shan-Ching Tsai, Taiwan
subject
WEBSITE
TOPICS CREATED & MANAGED
Riverside Municipal Museum (Insect Collection)
Sherman Indian School, Riverside, California (Historical
Records section)
United States Army: 1954-1956: National Defense Service Medal,
Army of Occupation Medal (Germany), Good Conduct Medal
INTERNATION CONGRESS / SYMPOSIA
PROCEEDINGS
1.
Legner, E. F. 1980. Biological Control of
Synanthropic Diptera. Proc. 13th
International Congress of Entomology, Moscow,
Russia, Aug 2-9
1968
2. Legner, E. F. 1980.
Reduction of Pectinophora gossypiella in cotton by imported
parasitic Hymenoptera. Proc. 16th
Intern. Cong. of
Entomology, 3-9 Aug
1980, Kyoto, Japan . p. 360.
3.
Legner, E. F. 1984. The requirement for
expanded scientific study into interactions between dung beetles and Symbovine
flies.
Proc. 17th
Intern. Cong. of Entomology, Aug 20-26, Hamburg, Germany. P. 704.
4.
Legner, E. F. 1984. Biological control of
mosquitoes and chironomids by habitat reduction and predation by cichlids. Proc. 17th Intern.
Cong. Entomology, Aug
20-26, Hamburg, Germany. P 768.
5.
Legner, E. F. 1984. Biological control of
phycitids in soft-shelled almonds.
Proc. 17th Intern. Cong. Entomology, Aug 20-26, Hamburg,
Germany. P. 773.
6. Legner, E. F. 1990.
Increasing parasitism and mortality of Synanthropic Muscidae. Proc. 2nd International Congress
of Dipterology,
Aug. 27-Sept. 1,
1990. Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. P. 131.
RECENT AWARDS
2004. Association of Natural Bio-control
Producers, Award of Excellence. For
outstanding contributions
to Commercial Biological
Control
2004. Riverside Pride, Neighborhood Pride
Award. The City of Riverside and the
Riverside Neighborhood
Partnership Award for our appreciation
for your contribution to the beautification of our city. [Includes
energy-efficient &
minimal water landscaping].
2006. The City of Riverside Certificate of
Appreciation.
2006 Municipal Museum Volunteer Recognition. Ronald O. Loveridge, Mayor,
Bradley J. Hudson, City Manager: “In recognition of your valuable contribution
and distinguished service to the City of Riverside.