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Author:

Richards, Jessica Yung

Title:

Chemical communication and genomics of swarming behavior in honey bees (apis mellifera L.)

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

honey bee
Apis mellifera
swarming
chemical communication
genomics

File:

Download JYR_Thesis_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Christina M Grozinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edwin George Rajotte, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anita Collins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Schmehl, Daniel Robert

Title:

Genomic, physiological, and chemical analysis of the impacts of environmental stressors on honey bee (apis mellifera L.)workers and queens.

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

honey bee
pesticide
nutrition

File:

Download DRS_Dissertation_Final_02_01_2013_with_vita.pdf

Committee Members:

James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Lewis Frazier, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christina M Grozinger, Committee Member
Christopher Albert Mullin, Committee Member
Tracy Lee Langkilde, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Jinwon

Title:

Oviposition-mediated interactions of tomato fruitworm moth Helicoverpa zea (lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with its host plant tomato Solanum lycopersicum and the egg parasitoid Trichogramma pretiosum (hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Plant-insect interactions
antiherbivore plant defenses
oviposition
defense priming
egg defense against egg parasitoids

File:

Download Jinwon_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Member
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Wanyi

Title:

ASSESSING IMPACTS OF PESTICIDES AND OTHER STRESSORS ON HONEY BEE COLONY HEALTH: EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING APPROACHES

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Honey bee
Pesticide
Toxicity
Synergism
Population dynamics
Nurse-to-forager transition

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_WanyiZhu.pdf

Committee Members:

James Lewis Frazier, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Craig Saunders, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Albert Mullin, Committee Member
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
Timothy Reluga, Committee Member

Author:

Kung, Wing-yi

Title:

Long-term effects of a systemic insecticide on canopy arthropod biodiversity in hemlock trees

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Hemlock woolly adelgid
Adelges tsugae
imidacloprid
systemic insecticide
Tsuga canadensis
Eastern hemlock
long term

File:

Download Kung_Wingyi_-_Masters_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Kelli Hoover, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Robert Deans, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David A Mortensen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Paudel, Sulav

Title:

Plant defense elicitors as seed treatment against insects and implications for smallholder farmers.

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Plant defense elicitors
Methyl Jasmonate
Integrated pest management

File:

Download Sulav_Paudel_Master_Thesis-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Edwin George Rajotte, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Felton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chung, Seung Ho

Title:

Manipulation of induced defenses in tomato by Colorado potato beetle: the effects of oral secretions and herbivore-associated microbes

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Plant-microbe-herbivore interactions
Oral secretions
Induced defenses
Tomato
Crosstalk
Colorado potato beetles

File:

Download Dissertation_Seung_Ho_Chung_Final_02.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Felton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Member
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
Cristina Rosa, Special Member

Author:

Johnson, Beth Irwin

Title:

Ecological factors that influence host acquisition by the parasitic plant Cuscuta campestris

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Cuscuta spp.
dodder
environmental factors
light spectral quality
parasitic plants
temperature

File:

Download BJohnsonDissertation2013Submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark C Mescher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Consuelo M De Moraes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member

Author:

Sidhu, Chanpreet Sheena

Title:

Farmscape and landscape-level effects on Cucurbit pollinators on small farms in a diversified agroecosystem

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

wild bees
Cucurbit
pollinators
pollination services
floral enhancement
bumble bee

File:

Download Dissertation_Sidhu2013_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Shelby Jay Fleischer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Member
David Biddinger, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member