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1. PERCEPTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS CONCERNING BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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Author:
Cassidy, Katherine
Title:
PERCEPTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS CONCERNING BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Graduate Program:
Agricultural and Extension Education
Keywords:
perceptions
environmental professionals
biological control
File:
Download Cassidy_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas Henry Bruening, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Henry Bruening, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. PLANT-MEDIATED EFFECTS ON INSECT-VIRUS INTERACTIONS

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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

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

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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

5. Verticillium nonalfalfae: A potential biological control of the invasive Ailanthus altissima in Pennsylvania

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Author:
Kasson, Matthew Thomas
Title:
Verticillium nonalfalfae: A potential biological control of the invasive Ailanthus altissima in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Plant Pathology
Keywords:
Verticillium nonalfalfae
Verticillium wilt
Tree-of-heaven
biological control
Ailanthus
invasive species
File:
Download Kasson_Dissertation_Fall_2012_formatted.pdf
Committee Members:
Donald Durwood Davis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frederick Eugene Gildow Jr., Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
Daniel J Royse, Committee Member
Michael Craig Saunders, Committee Member

6. Biological control of Ailanthus altissima: Transmission, formulation, and risk assessment of Verticillium nonalfalfae

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Author:
O'neal, Eric Scott
Title:
Biological control of Ailanthus altissima: Transmission, formulation, and risk assessment of Verticillium nonalfalfae
Graduate Program:
Plant Pathology
Keywords:
Tree-of-heaven
Ailanthus
root grafts
Verticillium wilt
Verticillium nonalfalfae
biological control
formulation
File:
Download ONeal_Thesis_Final_6.25.14.pdf
Committee Members:
Donald Durwood Davis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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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

8. Effects of Management on Arthropod Communities in Organic and Conservation Agricultural Systems in Pennsylvania and Mexico

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Author:
Rivers, Ariel N
Title:
Effects of Management on Arthropod Communities in Organic and Conservation Agricultural Systems in Pennsylvania and Mexico
Graduate Program:
Entomology
Keywords:
cover crops
arthropods
organic agriculture
conservation agriculture
biological control
Mexico
reduced tillage
corn
File:
Download Rivers_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Member
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
William Curran, Committee Member

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

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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

10. Ecological trade-offs associated with insecticide use, from Pennsylvania to Bangladesh

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Author:
Douglas, Margaret Rose
Title:
Ecological trade-offs associated with insecticide use, from Pennsylvania to Bangladesh
Graduate Program:
Entomology
Keywords:
predation
biological control
neonicotinoid
slug
ecosystem services
Bangladesh
Lablab purpureus
Zea mays
Glycine max
Deroceras
agroecology
File:
Download Douglas_dissertation_7.0-fixed.pdf
Committee Members:
John Tooker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Tooker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Barbercheck, Committee Member
Christopher Mullin, Committee Member
Armen Kemanian, Outside Member