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Author:

Delphia, Casey Marie

Title:

Factors influencing the dynamics of plant-insect interactions in two solanaceous plants

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

inbreeding
plant volatiles
plant-insect interactions
Nicotiana tabacum
Solanum carolinense
genetic variation

File:

Download Delphia_Doctoral_Dissertation_041208.pdf

Committee Members:

Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Felton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark C Mescher, Committee Member
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member

Author:

Harris, Christina Marie

Title:

PARASITOID FORAGING IN A “VOLATILE” ENVIRONMENT: EFFECTS OF HOST AND HOST-PLANT SPECIES ON COTESIA MARGINIVENTRIS (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE) BEHAVIOR

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Spodoptera exigua
Cotesia marginiventris
plant volatiles
chemical ecology
Parasitoid
Trichoplusia ni
tritrophic interactions

File:

Download Christina_Harris_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Kuhns, Emily Hohlfeld

Title:

IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A LEPIDOPTERAN AMINOACYLASE, A HYDROLASE OF FATTY ACID AMINO ACID CONJUGATES

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Heliothis virescens
Heliothine
Protein Purification
Lepidoptera
Aminoacylase
Liquid Chromatography

File:

Download Kuhns_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member
Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Committee Member

Author:

Shoemaker, Erica Beth

Title:

Lepidopteran Larval Salivary Secretions and their Effect on Tomato Plant Defenses

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Lepidopteran Salivary Secretions
Tomato Plant Defenses

File:

Download Shoemaker_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Schwartzberg, Ezra

Title:

APHID ATTENUATION OF INDUCED PLANT DEFENSES IN BROAD BEAN

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Aphids
Chemical Ecology
Broad Beans

File:

Download SchwartzbergDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Tumlinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frederick Eugene Gildow Jr., Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Committee Member

Author:

Bosak, Elizabeth James

Title:

USING A DEVELOPMENTAL COMPARISON TO DECIPHER PRIMING OF INDUCED DEFENSES IN MAIZE AND ITS EFFECTS ON A GENERALIST HERBIVORE

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Spodoptera exigua
Zea mays
priming
ontogeny
induced defenses
herbivore-induced plant volatiles

File:

Download Bosak_Final_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Member
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Jinfang

Title:

FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A PUF FAMILY RNA-BINDING PROTEIN DURING SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE MALARIA PARASITE PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

RNA-binding
Puf
PfPuf1
PfPuf2
sexual development

File:

Download Jinfang_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Liwang Cui, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Felton, Committee Member
Diana Lynn Cox Foster, Committee Member
Paul Lee Babitzke, Committee Member

Author:

Szulewski, Katherine Roberta

Title:

BASE RECORDINGS FROM CATERPILLAR TASTE SENSILLA REVEAL NEW INSIGHTS INTO TASTE CODING MECHANISMS

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

base-recording
Spodoptera littoralis
gustatory receptor neurons
taste coding
aftertaste

File:

Download KRSzulewski_master_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Felton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Plymale, Ruth

Title:

PLANT-MEDIATED EFFECTS ON INSECT-VIRUS INTERACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Heliothis virescens
peritrophic matrix
tritrophic interactions
biological control
baculovirus
pathogenesis

File:

Download R_Plymale_thesis_20_July_06.pdf

Committee Members:

Kelli Hoover, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diana Lynn Cox Foster, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Committee Member
Kelly Johnson, Committee Member
A Daniel Jones, Committee Member

Author:

Geib, Scott Michael

Title:

LIGNOCELLULOSE DEGRADATION AND GUT MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION IN THE ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE (ANOPLOPHORA GLABRIPENNIS)

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Anoplophora glabripennis
lignocellulose
gut microbes
Asian longhorned beetle

File:

Download GEIB_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kelli Hoover, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ming Tien, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diana Lynn Cox Foster, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Committee Member
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Member

Author:

Schaeffer, Toni Marie

Title:

SUPPLY-SIDE REGULATION OF PHENOLIC PRODUCTION IN PLANTS: A COMPARISON OF TWO MODEL SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Plant Physiology

Keywords:

PAL
DAHP synthase
quinic acid
shikimate pathway
condensed tannins
phenolic glycosides
chlorogenic acid
phenolics
tobacco
Nicotiana
poplar
Populus

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John Charles Schultz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Felton, Committee Member
John Edward Carlson, Committee Member
Surinder Chopra, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Xinyi

Title:

HORMONAL PRODUCTS IN COCKROACH EMBRYOS; HOST SPECIFICITY OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES AND THE EFFECT OF SURFACE COAT PROTEINS FROM NEMATODES ON INSECT IMMUNITY

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

surface coat proteins
entomopathogenic nematodes
methyl farnesot
Juvenile hormone
cockroach embryos
insect immunity

File:

Download thesis.PDF

Committee Members:

Diana Lynn Cox Foster, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
A Daniel Jones, Committee Member
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member
Liwang Cui, Committee Member
Stephen L Rathbun, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Committee Member

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:

Download Donglans_thesis--_july.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Portman, Scott L

Title:

Variability in Host Plant Chemistry Effects Flight Muscle Development, Gene Expression, and Flight Capacity of Adult Lepidopteran Herbivores.

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

plant
insect
flight
metabolism
gene expression
dispersal
inbreeding
defense
endophyte

File:

Download Portman_Dissertation_Final2.pdf

Committee Members:

James Harold Marden, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Special 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:

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:

Ayayee, Paul Akwettey

Title:

Gut microbial nutrient provisioning of the xylophagous beetle Anoplophora glabripennis

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

wood-feeding
gut microbe
nitrogen fixation
stable isotope

File:

Download JAN_30_AYAYEE_DISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Kelli Hoover, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kelli Hoover, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Felton, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Member
Dr Mike Saunders, Committee Member
Cristina Rosa, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Jason Daniel

Title:

The role of host plant chemistry and light-spectral traits in host-finding and self-defense by parasitic plants in the genus Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae)

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

chemical ecology
parasitic plant
plant defense
Cuscuta
aphid
glucosinolate
Myzus persicae
epilinum
gronovii
Arabidopsis

File:

Download Dissertation_Smith_2014_final_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Consuelo M De Moraes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark C Mescher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Committee Member

Author:

Ray, Swayamjit

Title:

Frass Happens: Caterpillar Frass Induced Defense Responses In Plants

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Frass
herbivore defense
pathogen defense
caterpillar
plants.

File:

Download Ray_thesis_final_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Dawn S Luthe, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member
Surinder Chopra, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Committee Member
Benjamin A Mcgraw, Committee Member

Author:

Acevedo, Flor Edith

Title:

THE WEAR AND TEAR OF FEEDING: INDUCED PLANT DEFENSES BY FALL ARMYWORM HERBIVORY AND COUNTER INSECT ADAPTATION MECHANISMS

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

plant defenses
fall armyworm
insect saliva
insect salivary proteome
herbivore-induced defenses
maize defenses
induced plant resistance
silicon
insect mandibles
trichomes

File:

Download Acevedo_FE_Thesis_Sep_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Felton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Outside Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Special Member

Author:

Liang, Xiaoying

Title:

Functional characterization of a Puf protein family member in malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Puf
RNA-binding protein
malaria
translational regulation

File:

Download Dissertation-xiaoying.pdf

Committee Members:

Liwang Cui, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Liwang Cui, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Felton, Committee Member
Diana Cox-Foster, Committee Member
Scott E. Lindner, Outside Member
Channe Gowda, Committee Member

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:

Download Competitionandfacilitationtoleranceaphidsflies_Porras_Co-Chair_of_Committee.pdf

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:

Nihranz, Chad T

Title:

STRESSFUL MEMORIES: CONSEQUENCES OF HERBIVORY AND INBREEDING IN SOLANUM CAROLINENSE

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Solanum carolinense
Manduca sexta
herbivory
induced defenses
inbreeding
transgenerational induction

File:

Download Nihranz_-_Dissertation_in_Ecology.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew George Stephenson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
James Homer Tumlinson III, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Outside Member
Mark C. Mescher, Special Member

Author:

Walls, Joseph Thaddeus

Title:

VIRUS EVOLUTION AND MANAGEMENT UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

Virus evolution
Tospovirus
Closterovirus
Disease management
Climate change

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Cristina Rosa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Member
Kari Anne Peter, Committee Member
Edwin Rajotte, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Committee Member

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:

Download Jones_Dissertation.pdf

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:

Jones, Anne

Title:

The Effects of Caterpillar Oral Secretions on Green Leaf Volatile (GLV) Emission

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

green leaf volatiles
effectors
Manduca sexta
caterpillar
oral secretions

File:

Download Jones_Anne_C_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Homer Tumlinson, III, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Homer Tumlinson, III, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Felton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
Andrew George Stephenson, Outside Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Golinski, Julianne

Title:

Plants as Illegitimate Receivers of Insect Signals: Insight from Maize and Teosinte

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Illegitimate receivers
Maize
Teosinte
Insect pheromones
Plant defenses

File:

Download Julianne_Golinski_Thesis_Final_Updated.pdf

Committee Members:

John Frazier Tooker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jared Gregory Ali, Committee Member
Benjamin A Mc Graw, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pagac, Alexandra

Title:

Bioassay of Collected Strains of Beauveria bassiana for use against House Flies, Musca domestica, including a survey of Natural Parasitoids to Improve Biocontrol Strategies in Northeastern Poultry Facilities

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

house flies
parasitoids
pteromalidae
beauveria bassiana
poultry
biocontrol

File:

Download FINALThesisAPagacnumber.pdf

Committee Members:

Erika Theresa Machtinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher J. Geden, Special Signatory
Nina Ellen Jenkins, Committee Member
Gregory P Martin, Committee Member
Paul H Patterson, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Roman Echevarria, Ginamaria

Title:

Assessing the effects of pesticide and pathogen infections on bee behavior

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Pollinators
Bumble bees
Crithidia
Insecticides

File:

Download Thesis_Roman-Echevarria_G5.pdf

Committee Members:

Margarita Maria Lopez-Uribe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelby Jay Fleischer, Committee Member
Heather M Hines, Committee Member
Tomas A Carlo-Joglar, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lin, Po An

Title:

IMPACT OF WATER AVAILABILITY ON MULTIPLE ASPECTS OF PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS AND INSECT-INDUCED DROUGHT RESPONSES IN PLANTS

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

drought
antiherbivore defense
water availability
tritrophic interactions
stomata
herbivore-induced plant volatiles
CRISPR-Cas9
oral secretion
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
resistance
tolerance
abiotic stress
biotic stress

File:

Download Dissertation_Lin_PA_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jared Ali, Major Field Member
Jonathan Lynch, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Edwin Rajotte, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gary Felton, Chair & Major Field Represnt
Jared Ali, Major Field Member

Author:

Phan, Ngoc

Title:

Bioassay development, pesticide risk assessment for Integrated Pest & Pollinator Management of the solitary bee <i>Osmia cornifrons</i> in Eastern U.S. apple orchards and the international pesticide regulation

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management
IPPM
pesticide risk assessment
pollinator health
Osmia cornifrons
Apis mellifera
pesticide residue
pesticide application
pesticide toxicity
pesticide sublethal effects
pesticide lethal effects
ingestion toxicity
pesticide exposure
field-realistic exposure

File:

Download Ngoc_Phan_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edwin Rajotte, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Margarita Lopez-Uribe, Major Field Member
Kari Peter, Outside Unit & Field Member
Neelendra Joshi, Special Member
David Biddinger, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mejia, Austin

Title:

Wolbachia densities in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

Wolbachia
density
Aedes aegypti
mosquito
symbiont
Wolbachia
density
Aedes aegypti
mosquito
symbiont
artificial selection
inbreeding
biocontrol

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Austin.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Ann Mcgraw, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Laurence Rasgon, Committee Member
Todd C Lajeunesse, Committee Member

Author:

Novelo Canto, Mario

Title:

ARBOVIRUS INFECTION DYNAMICS IN THE MOSQUITO AEDES AEGYPTI

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

DENV
CHIKV
dengue
chikungunya
mosquito
Aedes aegypti
infection dynamics
within-vector infection
EIP
intra-host
viral kinetics
co-infection
serotype
DENV-2
DENV-3
Wolbachia
TEP3
CECH
heritability
genetic correlation
mosquito immunity

File:

Download Mario_Novelo-Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Mcgraw, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Rasgon, Major Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Margarita Lopez-Uribe, Outside Unit Member
David Kennedy, Outside Field Member

Author:

Barie, Katherine

Title:

Environmental and social factors affecting gyne and brood physiology in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

Bombus
Carbon dioxide
Social environment
Physiology
Bumble bee

File:

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Etya Amsalem, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christina M Grozinger, Committee Member
Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather M Hines, Committee Member

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

Author:

Hameed, Asifa

Title:

Tripartite interactions among soybean vein necrosis orthotospovirus, vector thrips and soybean plants

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Soybean vein necrosis virus
N. variabilis
thrips
CLSM
Ovipositor
Chemical ecology
life table
virus infection
Pakistan
Soybean plant physiology

File:

Download Thesis__Asifa_Hameed__March_19__2021_.pdf

Committee Members:

Edwin G. Rajotte, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edwin G. Rajotte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cristina Rosa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ruud Schilder, Committee Member
Surrinder Chopra, Outside Member
Cheryle A. O’ Donnell, Special Member
Cristina Rosa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Imirzian, Natalie Simone

Title:

Fungal Solutions to Parasitizing Ant Societies

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

social insects
parasite manipulation
entomopathogens
fungi
ophiocordyceps
ants

File:

Download Imirzian_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Peter Hughes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Peter Hughes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christina M Grozinger, Committee Member
Etya Amsalem, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Outside Member
Corrie Moreau, Special Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Derstine, Nathan

Title:

The role and evolution of reproductive signals in bees

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

chemical ecology
signal evolution
Dufour's gland

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen Schaeffer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Etya Amsalem, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tanya Renner, Major Field Member
Gary Felton, Major Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bliss, Daniel

Title:

Leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): Presence and Control in Dairy Cropping Systems

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

Leafhopper
Dairy Cropping
IPM
Biological Control

File:

Download Leafhoppers__Hemiptera_Cicadellidae__Presence_and_Control_in_Dairy_Cropping_Systems.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
John Tooker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member
Andrew R Deans, Committee Member

Author:

Manzano Alvarez, Jaime

Title:

Dehydration stress and Mayaro virus vector competence in Aedes aegypti

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

Aedes aegypti
Mayaro virus
Relative humidity
Dehydration stress
Vector competence

File:

Download JM_thesis_2023_corrected.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Jason Laurence Rasgon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Ann Mcgraw, Committee Member
Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Committee Member

Author:

Stenger, Logan

Title:

Water mites as bioindicators of water quality conditions in Pennsylvania streams

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

Water Mites
Water Quality
Biomonitoring
Bioindicator
Hydrachnidia
Acariformes

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Stenger_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Michael Joseph Skvarla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Tooker, Committee Member
Tyler Wagner, Committee Member

Author:

Price, Garrett

Title:

Bacterial Communities and Resistance Mechanisms in Listronotus maculicollis Kirby

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

annual bluegrass weevil
turfgrass pest management
insecticide resistance
bacterial symbionts
cytochrome p450 enzymes
surfactants as synergistic agents

File:

Download GYP_Dissertation_-_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Kelli Hoover, Major Field Member
Benjamin McGraw, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julie Urban, Major Field Member
Darrell Cockburn, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Cibotti, Staci

Title:

Assessing the Impacts of Neonicotinoid Insecticides on the North American Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) in Comparative Frameworks Across Species, Time, and Trophic Levels

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

monarch butterfly
milkweed
neonicotinoid
pesticide
painted lady butterfly
Danaus plexippus
Vanessa cardui
Asclepias syriaca
pollinator conservation
ecophysiology
chemical ecology

File:

Download Staci_Cibotti_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Rudolf Schilder, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Tooker, Major Field Member
Carolyn Lowry, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jared Ali, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Ware-Gilmore, Fhallon

Title:

Exploring the role of thermal performance in shaping dengue virus transmission and its implication for human health under a changing climate

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

Thermal tolerance
evolution
aedes aegypti
heat waves
wolbachaia
thermal sensitivity
arboviruses
adaptation
climate change
flaviviruses
aedes albopictus
dengue virus
dengue fever
thermal tolerance
mosquitoes
insect physiology

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Mcgraw, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Katriona Shea, Outside Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Rudolf Schilder, Major Field Member
Matthew Thomas, Special Member
Ganesh Anand, Outside Unit Member
Moriah Szpara, Outside Field Member

Author:

Lesko, Tyler

Title:

Effectiveness of Sorghum and Maize Flavonoids Against Pests

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

fall armyworm
maize
sorghum
flavonoids
plant defense
secondary metabolites
mushrooms

File:

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Committee Members:

Surinder Chopra, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Felton, Committee Member
Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Ruairidh James Hay Sawers, Committee Member
Michael S. Wolfin, Committee Member

Author:

Gratton, Elena

Title:

LOCAL TO LANDSCAPES: THE INFLUENCE OF LANDSCAPES ACROSS SPATIAL SCALES ON BUMBLE BEE COMMUNITIES AND THEIR PATHOGENS

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

Bumble Bee
Conservation
Disease Ecology
Community Ecology

File:

Download Egratton_localtolandscapes_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Heather M Hines, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frances E Buderman, Committee Member
Christina M Grozinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Deecher, Elizabeth

Title:

Monitoring and Cold Tolerance of the Invasive Spotted Lanternfly, Lycorma Delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae)

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

Spotted Lanternfly
Lycorma delicatula
Cold Tolerance
Insect Pest Management
Monitoring

File:

Download Thesis_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Julie Marie Urban, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michela Centinari, Committee Member
Sara Hermann, Committee Member
Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Committee Member