Mary Louise Flint

Mary Louise Flint, Ph.D. --Associate Director for Urban and Community IPM, UC Statewide IPM Program; and Extension Entomologist

Prof. Flint's Lab Research

Education:

B.S. Plant Science, University of California, Davis

Ph.D. Entomology, University of California, Berkeley

Appointment:

100% Cooperative Extension

Research Interests:

Integrated pest management of landscape, agricultural and garden pests; biological control of arthropod pests; alternatives to pesticides; adoption of alternative practices by practitioners; innovative delivery of pest management information.

Go to http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu for pest management information for agricultural crops, homes, gardens, and landscapes.

Selected Publications:

1. Flint, M.L. and S.H. Dreistadt. 2005. Interactions Among Convergent Lady Beetle (Hippodamia convergens) Releases, Aphid Populations, and Rose Cultivar Biological Control 34 (2005): 38-46.
2. Strand, J.F. and M.L. Flint. 2005. Decision-Making Tools for Pest Management: Additions to the UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines to Help Growers Consider Water Quality Issues UC Plant Protection Quarterly 15 (1): 1-5.
3. Flint, M.L. and S. H. Dreistadt. 2004. Pyrethroid-Impregnated Trunk Bands compared with arsenic bait for excluding argentine ants from olive infested with black scale, 2001-2002 Arthropod Management Tests 29: G 38.
4. Reynolds, C.A. and M.L. Flint.. 2003. The UC Guide to Healthy Lawns. A comprehensive interactive tool on the UC IPM Web page. (http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/TOOLS/TURF/).
5. Flint, M.L., S. Daar, and R. Molinar. 2003. Establishing Integrated Pest Management Policies and Programs: A Guide for Public Agencies. Univ. Calif. ANR Publication 8093. 11pp. (http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8093.pdf).
6. Flint, M.L., and Cheryl Reynolds. 2001. The UC Interactive Tutorial for Biological Control of Insects and Mites. (An interactive CD-ROM) Univ. Calif, Pub. 3412. .
7. Flint, M.L. and P. Gouveia. 2001. IPM in Practice: Principles and Methods of Integrated Pest Management Univ Calif DANR Pub 3418. 344 pages. (http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/IPMPROJECT/ADS/manual_ipminpractice.html).
8. Flint, M.L., P. Geisel and J.F. Strand. 2000. The UC Guide to Solving Garden and Landscape Problems: An Interactive CD-ROM. (C. Reynolds, programmer/editor) Univ. Calif. UC ANR Pub 3400. (http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/IPMPROJECT/ADS/cd_solvinggarden.html).
9. Cullen, E.M.; F.G. Zalom, M.L. Flint, and E.E. Zilbert. 2000. Quantifying trade-offs between pest sampling time and precision in commercial IPM sampling programs Agricultural Systems 66 (2000). 99-113.
10. Flint, M.L. and J. F. Karlik. 2000. Healthy Roses: Environmentally Friendly Ways to Manage Pests and Disorders in Your Garden and Landscape Univ. Calif. ANR Publication 21589. 32 pp.
11. Flint, M.L. and S.H. Dreistadt. 1998. Natural Enemies Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to Biological Pest Control . Calif. Press, (also UCANR Pub 3389). 160 pp. (http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/IPMPROJECT/ADS/manual_naturalenemies.html).
12. Flint, M.L.; E. Cullen, E. Zilbert, F.G. Zalom, G. Miyao, R. Coviello. 1998. Pest management record keeping duties shift with computerization California Agriculture. 52(4): 27-31.
13. Flint, M.L.. 1998. Pests of the Garden and Small Farm: A Grower's Guide to Using Less Pesticides. Second Edition Univ. Calif. Press, (also UCANR Pub. 3332). 276 pp. (http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/IPMPROJECT/ADS/manual_gardenfarms.html).
14. Dreistadt, S.H. and M.L. Flint. 1996. Melon aphid control by inundative convergent lady beetle release on Chrysanthemum Environmental Entomology. 25(3):688-697.