Research Biologist, USDA, ARS, Grain Marketing & Production Research Center

Adjunct Professor, K-State Entomology

Education

Ph.D. (1984), M.S. (1981) Pennsylvania State University

B.S. University of Michigan 1977

Recent Funding

From 1987-1999, PI or CoPI of five research grants totaling $1,934,000 (all from USDA funding sources)

    Flinn works on the development and analysis of IPM systems through computer simulation of crop-pest agroecosystems and knowledge-based systems. Current research involves developing computer models that predict spatial population dynamics of stored-grain insect pests, and on models that predict the population dynamics of parasitic wasps that attack grain beetles. Flinn developed Stored Grain Advisor (SGA), an expert system for stored grain management.

Selected Publications

    Flinn, P. W. 1991. Temperature-dependent functional response of the parasitoid Cephalonomia waterstoni (Gahan) (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), attacking rusty grain beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Cucujidae). Environ. Entomol. 20:872-876.

    Flinn, P. W., Hagstrum, D. W., Muir, W. E. and Sudayappa, K. 1992. A spatial model for simulating changes in temperature and insect population dynamics in stored grain. Environ. Entomol. 21:1351-1356.

    Hagstrum, D. W. and P. W. Flinn. 1993. Comparison of acoustical detection of different species of stored-grain beetles. J. Econ. Entomol. 86: 1271-1278.

    Hagstrum, D. W. and P. W. Flinn. 1994. Survival of Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in stored wheat under fall and winter temperature conditions. Environ. Entomol. 23: 390-395.

    Flinn, P. W., and W. E. Muir. 1994. Expert system concept, Chapter 2, In D. S. Jayas, N.D.G. White, W.E. Muir, and R.N. Sinha [eds.], Stored-Grain Ecosystems, Marcel Decker, Inc. pp. 33-54.

    Flinn, P.W. and Hagstrum, D.W. 1995. Simulation model of Cephalonomia waterstoni (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) parasitizing the rusty grain beetle (Coleoptera: Cucujidae). Environ. Entomol. 24(6): 1608-1615.

    Flinn, P. W., D. W. Hagstrum. 1996. Suppression of beetles in stored wheat by augmentative releases of parasitic wasps. Environ. Entomol. 25: 505 - 511.

    Flinn, P. W., D. W. Hagstrum, and W. E. Muir. 1997. Effects of time of aeration, bin size, and latitude on insect populations in stored wheat: a simulation study. J. Econ. Entomol. 90(2): 646-651.

    Flinn, P. W. 1998. Temperature effects on Efficacy of Choetospila elegans (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) to Suppress Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in Stored Wheat. J. Econ. Entomol. 91: 320-323.