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Author:

Schwarz, Dietmar

Title:

Natural Hybridization and Speciation in Rhagoletis (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

speciation via hybridization in a diploid and bise
sympatric speciation
introgressive hybridization
population genetics
host choice and acceptance behavior
Rhagoletis pomonella species group

File:

Download schwarz_complete_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce A Mc Pheron, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
Warren G Abrahamson Ii, Committee Member
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Member
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Member

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

Author:

Ellis, Katherine Ave

Title:

Farm-, Field-, and Plant-scale Effects on European Corn Borer Oviposition

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

European corn borer
Ostrinia nubilalis
field corn
dispersal
oviposition
preference
optimal oviposition

File:

Download Ellis_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis D Calvin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis D Calvin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Member
Shelby Jay Fleischer, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Committee Member

Author:

Nehme, Maya E.

Title:

Developing monitoring traps for the Asian longhorned beetle

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Asian longhorned beetle
monitoring traps

File:

Download Thesis_Maya_E._Nehme.pdf

Committee Members:

Kelli Hoover, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kelli Hoover, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Member
Melody Ann Keena, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Member

Author:

Ellis, Nicolas H

Title:

FLIGHT PHENOLOGY AND DISPERSAL OF GRAPHOLITA MOLESTA (BUSCK) AS AFFECTED BY RUBIDIUM ENRICHMENT AND ORCHARD HOSTS

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Grapholita molesta
dispersal
tree fruits
mark-release-recapture
flight phenology

File:

Download EllisPhDeTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Larry Allen Hull, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Member
Shelby Jay Fleischer, Committee Member
Dennis D Calvin, Committee Member

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

Author:

Hall, Loyal Philip

Title:

Species-specificity of three commonly used and two novel mosquito field-sampling devices

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

mosquito
culicidae
trap
trapping
sampling
species specificity

File:

Download Hall-_Species_specificity_of_common_and_novel_mosquito_traps.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Charles Baker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Harold Marden, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Craig Saunders, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Brian Thomas, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Barbarin, Alexis Marie

Title:

Ecology and Management of the Bed Bug Cimex lectularius L. (heteroptera: Cimicidae): Life Tables, Nutrition, Entomopathogen Susceptibility and Public Education

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Cimex lectularius
life table
survival
fecundity
entomopathogen
public education

File:

Download Barbarin_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Edwin George Rajotte, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Member
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member
Nicole Sheree Webster, Committee Member
Steven Bradley Jacobs, Special Member
Dt Stephen Kells, Special Member

Author:

George, Justin

Title:

Altered behavioral and olfactory receptor neuron response in the mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, due to infection with the fungus Beauveria bassiana, and the malaria parasite Plasmodium yoelii

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Anopheles stephensi
Malaria
Fungal biopesticides
Electrophysiology
olfaction
Electropalpogram

File:

Download JGeorge_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Charles Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Brian Thomas, Committee Member
James Lewis Frazier, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Special Member

Author:

Meng, Peter Shun-long

Title:

Where's that smell? Trapping and sensory biology of the Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Trapping
pheromone
kairomone
plant volatile
invasive species
cerambycidae
sensilla
sensory biology
chemical ecology

File:

Download Meng_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kelli Hoover, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Charles Baker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor