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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:

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Committee Members:

Thomas Henry Bruening, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Henry Bruening, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ward, Meredith Jo

Title:

ECOLOGICAL WEED MANAGEMENT: THE ROLE OF GROUND BEETLES IN WEED SEED PREDATION

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

biological control
beetle
management
weed
Ecological
seed predation

File:

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Committee Members:

William Curran, 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:

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:

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

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:

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Committee Members:

Donald Durwood Davis, 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:

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

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:

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

Author:

Conaway, Steven Andrew

Title:

THE ROLE OF HOST-PATHOGEN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS IN SUCCESSFUL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CIRSIUM ARVENSE WITH THE RUST FUNGUS PUCCINIA PUNCTIFORMIS

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

biological control
invasive weeds
canada thistle
rust fungus
cirsium arvense
puccinia puntiformis

File:

Download Conaway_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott Alan Isard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Alan Isard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Durwood Davis, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Outside Member
Gary W Moorman, Committee Member

Author:

Keller, Joseph

Title:

Timing matters: Climate change, phenology, demography, and management of the invasive weed Carduus nutans

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Carduus nutans
climate change
weed management
integral projection model
phenology
biological control

File:

Download Keller_Joseph_ecology_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Katriona Shea, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katriona Shea, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Michael Saunders, Committee Member
James Rosenberger, Outside 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

Author:

Rolon, Maria Laura

Title:

The role of environmental microbiota in the persistence of Listeria monocytogenes in food processing facilities

Graduate Program:

Food Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Listeria monocytogenes
food processing facilities
microbiome
lactic acid bacteria
biological control
cleaning and sanitizing
biofilm
microbiota
amplicon sequencing
environmental microbiota
food safety

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Committee Members:

Robert Roberts, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jasna Kovac, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Terrence Bell, Outside Unit & Field Member
Luke Laborde, Major Field Member
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Kerry Kaylegian, Major Field Member

Author:

Shah, Kabita

Title:

Efficacy of demethylation inhibitors fungicide, biocontrol strategies, and cultural practices on managing Clarireedia spp., in turfgrass

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

Dollar spot
Clarireedia jacksonii
Chemical control
Demethylation-inhibiting fungicides
Plant growth regulators (PGR)
invitrosensitivity assay
biological control
cultural control
management practices
turfgrass
Disease severity

File:

Download Shah_Kabita_Thesis_2023_F1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
John Edward Kaminski, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Landschoot, Committee Member
Fereshteh Shahoveisi, Committee Member