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Author:

Tian, Donglan

Title:

Tomato Plant Defenses against Helicoverpa zea

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Helicoverpa zea
Saliva
Glucose oxidase
Solanum lycopersicum
Induced defense
trichome

File:

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Member
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Committee Member

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:

Rivera Vega, Loren Jackeline

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF HOST PLANT DRIVEN PLASTICITY OF THE CABBAGE LOOPER (TRICHOPLUSIA NI) SALIVA

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

entomology
chemical ecology
phenotypic plasticity
transcriptome
proteome
cabbage looper
caterpillar saliva
plant-insect interactions
host plant

File:

Download 2017_Loren_Rivera_Vega_Dissertation_final-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Felton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Member
Christina M Grozinger, Committee Member
Dawn S Luthe, Outside Member
James Homer Tumlinson III, Committee Member

Author:

Porras Becerra, Mitzy Fernanda

Title:

VIRUS MEDIATED COMPETITION AND FACILITATION IN APHIDS

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Positive interactions
stress tolerance
thermal tolerance
coexistence

File:

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Committee Members:

Edwin George Rajotte, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tomas A Carlo-Joglar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Harold Marden, Outside Member
Gary Felton, Committee Member
Frederic Marion-Poll, Special Member
James Homer Tumlinson III, Committee Member
Tomas A Carlo-Joglar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Paudel, Sulav

Title:

INSECT-PLANT INTERACTIONS IN A WARMING WORLD: EFFECTS OF ELEVATED TEMPERATURE ON TOMATOES AND THEIR INSECT HERBIVORES

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

climate change
elevation
insect-plant interactions
global warming
glucose oxidase
salivary defense elicitors
polyphenol oxidase
trypsin protease inhibitors
induced plant defense
leaf trichomes
domestication
inducibility

File:

Download Sulav_Paudel_2019_PhD_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Edwin George Rajotte, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Majid R Foolad, Outside Member
Gary Felton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jones, Amanda

Title:

Validation Standardization for Vector-borne Disease Surveillance Lateral Flow Assays

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Vector diagnostics
lateral flow assays

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas Charles Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Member
Erika Theresa Machtinger, Committee Member
Joyce Jose, Outside Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lawrence, Brooke

Title:

The Role of Beekeeping Management Systems on Microbes, Pathogens, and Immunity in Honey Bees

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

honey bees
microbiome
bee bread
virus
beekeeping
immune genes

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Committee Members:

Margarita Maria Lopez-Uribe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell William Cockburn, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Member