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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:

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

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

Author:

Rolon, Maria Laura

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Food Science

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:

Tillotson, Shea

Title:

The Effects of Tillage Intensities on Biological Control Potential in Organic Cropping Systems

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Reduced-tillage
agroecology
tillage
entomopathogenic fungi
insect pest
biological control
predation

File:

Download Tillotson_final_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sara Hermann, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
John M Wallace, Committee Member