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Author:: Harris, Christina Marie
Title:: PARASITOID FORAGING IN A “VOLATILE” ENVIRONMENT: EFFECTS OF HOST AND HOST-PLANT SPECIES ON COTESIA MARGINIVENTRIS (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE) BEHAVIOR
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: Spodoptera exigua
Cotesia marginiventris
plant volatiles
chemical ecology
Parasitoid
Trichoplusia ni
tritrophic interactions
File:: Download Christina_Harris_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Felton, Committee Member
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member

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Author:: Runyon, Justin Blake
Title:: Chemically-mediated interactions between the parasitic plant Cuscuta pentagona, its host plants, and insect herbivores
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: Cuscuta
parasitic plant
chemical ecology
plant volatiles
host-parasite interactions
defense signalling
File:: Download Runyon_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark C Mescher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Member
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member

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Author:: Halloran, Sean Thomas
Title:: Chemical Ecology of Co-occurring Lygus Bugs: Effects on Host Plants and Methods For Sustainable Control
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: Lygus feeding
plant-herbivore interactions
chemical ecology
herbivore induced volatiles
trap crops
File:: Download sth150_thesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelby Jay Fleischer, Committee Member
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Special Member

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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

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Author:: Smith, Jason Daniel
Title:: The role of host plant chemistry and light-spectral traits in host-finding and self-defense by parasitic plants in the genus Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae)
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: chemical ecology
parasitic plant
plant defense
Cuscuta
aphid
glucosinolate
Myzus persicae
epilinum
gronovii
Arabidopsis
File:: Download Dissertation_Smith_2014_final_2.pdf
Committee Members:: Consuelo M De Moraes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark C Mescher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Committee Member

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Author:: Bentley, Thomas Granville
Title:: Plant volatiles from an ecological perspective: Interactions with herbivores and pollinators in Solanum and Nicotiana
Graduate Program:: Ecology
Keywords:: Ecology
chemical ecology
plant volatiles
pollinator
herbivory
plant defenses
File:: Download TGBentleyDissertation2014.pdf
Committee Members:: Mark C Mescher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Member
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member

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Author:: Graves, Fern Briann
Title:: SENSORY ASPECTS OF TRAIL-FOLLOWING AND ASSOCIATED BEHAVIORS IN THE ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE, Anoplophora glabripennis
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: pheromone
invasive species
cerambycidae
behavior
mate-finding
sex trail pheromone
chemical ecology
tarsal setae
File:: Download GravesThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Kelli Hoover, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Committee Member

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Author:: Rivera Vega, Loren Jackeline
Title:: CHARACTERIZATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF HOST PLANT DRIVEN PLASTICITY OF THE CABBAGE LOOPER (TRICHOPLUSIA NI) SALIVA
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: entomology
chemical ecology
phenotypic plasticity
transcriptome
proteome
cabbage looper
caterpillar saliva
plant-insect interactions
host plant
File:: Download 2017_Loren_Rivera_Vega_Dissertation_final-2.pdf
Committee Members:: Gary Felton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Felton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Member
Christina M Grozinger, Committee Member
Dawn S Luthe, Outside Member
James Homer Tumlinson III, Committee Member

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Author:: Hall, Loyal Philip
Title:: Understanding the sensory basis for Anoplophora glabripennis odor-mediated behavior
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: Anoplophora glabripennis
Asian longhorned beetle
cerambycidae
chemical ecology
neurology
antennal lobe
glomeruli
electrophysiology
electropalpogram
electroantennogram
single sensillum recording
fly eagles fly
pheromone
olfaction
File:: Download Loyal_Hall_PhD_Dissertation_in_Entomology-2.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas Charles Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member
Michael Saunders, Committee Member
Laura P Leites, Outside Member
Melody Keena, Special Member

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Author:: Davidson-Lowe, Elizabeth
Title:: Cascading Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Direct and Indirect Plant Defenses - Trends and Applications
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: mycorrhizal fungi
plant resistance
chemical ecology
insect behavior
cover crops
tri-trophic interactions
plant defense
File:: Download DavidsonLowe2021.pdf
Committee Members:: Jared Ali, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Barbercheck, Major Field Member
John Tooker, Major Field Member
Jason Kaye, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Jared Ali, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

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