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Author:

Leslie, Timothy William

Title:

Epigeal insect diversity and dynamics in agroecosystems adopting transgenic crops

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Carabidae
genetically modified crops
ordination
Bt crops
non-target effects
Staphylinidae

File:

Download LeslieTW_PhD_Thesis_07.pdf

Committee Members:

Shelby Jay Fleischer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member
David Biddinger, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member

Author:

Douglas, Margaret Rose

Title:

The influence of farming practices on slugs and their predators in reduced-tillage field crops in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

slugs
Deroceras reticulatum
conservation tillage
no-till
biological control
Carabidae
sustainable agriculture

File:

Download Margaret_Douglas_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

John Frazier Tooker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lewis, Margaret Theresa

Title:

Advancing ecologically based management for Acalymma vittatum, a key pest of cucurbits

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

cucurbits
Acalymma vittatum
reduced tillage
Carabidae
biological control
spinosad
cucurbitacin

File:

Download Final_Draft_Lewis.pdf

Committee Members:

Shelby Jay Fleischer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Frazier Tooker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elsa Selina Sanchez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Busch, Anna Katherine

Title:

Life history of Pterostichus melanarius (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and its importance for biological control in field crops

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Carabidae
Pterostichus melanarius
slugs
Deroceras reticulatum
conservation tillage
no-till
non-consumptive effects
biological control

File:

Download Busch_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

John Frazier Tooker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member

Author:

Regan, Karly

Title:

Arthropod Response to Cover Crop-Based Reduced-Tillage Organic Cropping Systems

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

agroecology
biological control
cover crops
tillage
organic agriculture
arthropod community composition
conservation biological control
pest management
Carabidae
Araneae
Opiliones
Staphylinidae
Delia
Lepidoptera
interseeding
intercropping

File:

Download Regan_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member
Armen R. Kemanian, Outside Member
William Curran, Outside Member