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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

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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

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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

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Author:: Runyon, Justin Blake
Title:: Chemically-mediated interactions between the parasitic plant Cuscuta pentagona, its host plants, and insect herbivores
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: Cuscuta
parasitic plant
chemical ecology
plant volatiles
host-parasite interactions
defense signalling
File:: Download Runyon_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark C Mescher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Member
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member

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Author:: Dean, Jennifer Mae
Title:: Chemical ecology of plant-microbe interactions and effects on insect herbivores
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: insects
genetic modification
plant defenses
legumes
rhizobia
Plant-herbivore interactions
Helicoverpa zea
Aphis glycines
File:: Download Dean-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member
Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Committee Member
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Member
Mark C Mescher, Committee Member

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Author:: Lelito, Jonathan Peter
Title:: The Mating Systems of the Emerald Ash Borer and Related Buprestid Beetles
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: invasive insect
mating system
Fraxinus
Agrilus
ash
Buprestidae
File:: Download Lelito_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas Charles Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Lewis Frazier, Committee Member
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Committee Member

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Author:: Lee, Seong-Gyu
Title:: PHEROMONE-RELATED OLFACTORY NEURONAL PATHWAYS OF MALE HELIOTHINE MOTHS
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: Helicoverpa zea
Heliothis virescens
Insect olfaction
Single-sensillum recording
Olfactory receptor neuron
File:: Download seonggyuLee.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Member
James Lewis Frazier, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Committee Member

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Author:: Niño, Elina Lastro
Title:: Multi-level analysis of reproductive changes in honey bee queens (Apis mellifera L.)
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: honey bee queen
mating
reproduction
pheromone
semen
instrumental insemination
File:: Download ElinaLastroNino_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Christina M Grozinger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diana Lynn Cox Foster, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Committee Member
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Member
Anita Collins, Special Member

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Author:: Conklin, Tracy Miranda
Title:: Investigations of small hive beetle-yeast associations
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: Aethina tumida
Apis mellifera
Kodamaea ohmeri
attraction
specificity
mating
oviposition
File:: Download conklin-diss-final.pdf
Committee Members:: James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
Christina M Grozinger, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Special Member

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Author:: Halloran, Sean Thomas
Title:: Chemical Ecology of Co-occurring Lygus Bugs: Effects on Host Plants and Methods For Sustainable Control
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: Lygus feeding
plant-herbivore interactions
chemical ecology
herbivore induced volatiles
trap crops
File:: Download sth150_thesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelby Jay Fleischer, Committee Member
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Special Member

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