Mary Harris

515-294-9490
maharris@iastate.edu

B.A., Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977
M.S., Wildlife Biology, University of Montana, Missoula, 1982
M.S., Integrated Pest Management, University of California, Riverside, 1985
Ph.D., Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, 1995

Teaching

Ent 375/575, Plant Protection Using Natural Enemies.
Biol 394, International Field Trips in Biology.
For 416, Forest Insect and Disease Ecology.

Research

Dr. Harris' research interests involve plant-insect interactions as well as tritrophic interactions of plant-herbivore-natural enemy. Her research has concentrated on developing biological control methods for insect pests of horticultural plants. Her more recent work investigates the maintenance of insects providing ecological service in the landscape, as natural enemies of agricultural pests and pollinators of native and crop plants.

Publications

Gardner, C. A. C., M. A. Harris, R. W. Hellmich, H. T. Horner, J. C. Nason, R. G. Palmer, J. J. Tabke, R. W. Thornburg and M. P. Widrlechner, eds. 2007. 9th International Pollination Symposium on Plant-Pollinator Relationships-Diversity in Action: Program and Abstracts. Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. 212 pp.

Harris, Mary A., Michael J. Brewer, and Jeffery A. Meyer. 2000. Presence-Absence Sequential Sampling Plan for Northern Fowl Mite, Ornithonyssus sylviarum (Acari: Macronyssidae), on Caged-layer Hens J. Economic Entomol. 93(2): 544-549.

Harris, Mary A., Wayne A. Gardner and Ronald D. Oetting. 1996. A Review of the Scientific Literature on Fungus Gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) in the Genus Bradysia. J. of Entomological Science 31(3): 252-276.

Harris, M. A., W. A. Gardner and R. D. Oetting. 1995.Use of entomopathogenic nematodes and a new monitoring technique for control of fungus gnats, Bradysia coprophila (Diptera: Sciaridae), in floriculture. Biol. Control. 5: 412-418.