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Author:

Mischler, Ruth

Title:

ROLLER/CRIMPER TECHNOLOGY TO MANAGE COVER CROPS FOR WEED SUPPRESSION

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

rye
no-till
cover crops
roller/crimper
reduced input systems
hairy vetch
weed suppression
residue management

File:

Download Ruth_Mischler_thesis3.pdf

Committee Members:

Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mirsky, Steven Brian

Title:

EVALUATING CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN MANAGING WEED POPULATIONS WITH COVER CROPS

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

cover crops
population dynamics
weed seedbanks
no till
sustainable agriculture

File:

Download Final_DISSERTATION111.pdf

Committee Members:

William Curran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David A Mortensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Paul Gallagher Iii, Committee Member
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member

Author:

Snyder, Elina Miriam

Title:

Evaluating Strategies for Reducing Herbicide Use in a No-till Dairy Cropping System

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

no-till
herbicide banding
high-residue cultivation
corn
soybean
cover crops
cereal rye
red clover
hairy vetch
cropping systems

File:

Download Snyder_MSThesis_Agron_Aug2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Heather D Karsten, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Curran, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Hyde, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ellis, Katherine Elizabeth

Title:

Flowering cover crops as an early-season floral resource for native bees in Pennsylvania agroecosystems

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

pollinators
native bees
cover crops
conservation
agriculture

File:

Download K_Ellis_MSThesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Klodd, Anne Elise

Title:

The belowground ecophysiological responses of grapevines to competition by cover crops

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Grapevine
cover crops
competition
roots
ecophysiology
plasticity
carbon partitioning

File:

Download 1-Anne_Klodd_Masters_thesis_Plant_Biology1.pdf

Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michela Centinari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Finney, Denise Mckinney

Title:

Diversity, disturbance, and nitrogen: using ecologically-based nutrient management to design multifunctional agroecosystems

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

cover crops
agroecology
ecosystem services
nutrient management
sustainable argiculture
nitrogen
multifunctionality

File:

Download Finney_dissertation_2015_1_April.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Philip Kaye, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member
Debashis Ghosh, Committee Member

Author:

Dillon, Corey

Title:

Investigating Opportunities For Increased Cover Crop Adoption In Pennsylvania Corn

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

cover crops
interseeder
interseeding
residual herbicides
sustainable farming

File:

Download 1-Dillon_Thesis_Final_3_31__15.pdf

Committee Members:

William Curran, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory Wayne Roth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jayson Kennedy Harper, 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:

Randhawa, Puneet Kaur

Title:

EFFECT OF COVER CROPS AND SOIL CHARACTERISTICS ON THE OCCURRENCE OF METARHIZIUM ROBERTSII IN AN ORGANIC CROPPING SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

cover crops
soil characteristics
Metarhizium robertsii
organic feed grain system

File:

Download Puneet-Thesis-May-21-2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Member
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
Nina Ellen Jenkins, Committee Member

Author:

Myer, Heidi Kaye

Title:

EFFECT OF DELAYED COVER CROP TERMINATION ON NO-TILL CORN AND SOYBEAN PRODUCTION

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

planting green
cover crops
termination timing
mid-Atlantic
rye
crimson clover
kill date
delayed termination

File:

Download H_Myer_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Heather D Karsten, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William S Curran, Committee Member
Sjoerd W Duiker, Committee Member
John F Tooker, Outside Member

Author:

Hunter, Mitchell Clayton

Title:

Sustainable Intensification and Climate Resilience: Cover Crops, Soil Improvement, and Drought

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

sustainable intensification
cover crops
drought
climate change
food demand
soil health
reduced tillage
climate resilience
cover crop mixtures
agriculture
agronomy
greenhouse gas emissions
Mississippi River Phosphorus
maize
soybean
wheat
cereal rye
red clover
no-till
soil improvement
plant-available water
infiltration rate
available water capacity

File:

Download Hunter_-_Dissertation_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. David Mortensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. David Mortensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Dr. Armen Kemanian, Committee Member
Dr. Jason Kaye, Outside Member
Dr. Meagan Schipanski, Special Member

Author:

Amsili, Joseph Pierre

Title:

ROOT TRAITS OF COVER CROPS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SOIL ORGANIC CARBON STABILIZATION

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

cover crops
root traits
root biomass
root distribution
carbon inputs
organic agriculture
rhizodeposition
SOC stabilization

File:

Download Fall_2018_Joseph_Amsili_MS_thesis-Cover_crop_root_traits_and_SOC.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Philip Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Armen R. Kemanian, Committee Member
Charles Macaulay White, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member

Author:

Bunchek, Jess Marie

Title:

Integrating Cover Crops in No-till Corn and Soybean to Diversify Herbicide-Resistant Weed Management in the Mid-Atlantic

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

weed science
weed management
integrated weed management
cover crops
herbicide resistance
agroecology
conservation tillage
glyphosate
horseweed
pigweed

File:

Download Jess_Bunchek_Thesis_Formatted.pdf

Committee Members:

William Curran, PhD, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Mortensen, PhD, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Wallace, PhD, Committee Member
John Tooker, PhD, Committee Member
Charles White, PhD, 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

Author:

Summers, Haleigh

Title:

Evaluating Integrated Weed Management Tactics to Reduce Herbicides and Control Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

weed
integrated weed management
pigweed
horseweed
marestail
herbicide
glyphosate
dairy
cropping systems
cover crops

File:

Download Summers_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Heather D Karsten, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John M Wallace, Committee Member
Claudia Schmidt, Committee Member
Erin L Connolly, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mazzone, Tosh

Title:

QUANTIFYING RELATIVE SENSITIVITIES OF COVER CROPS TO CORN HERBICIDES TO REFINE COVER CROP INTERSEEDING PRACTICES

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

cover crops
interseeding
herbicide

File:

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
John Wallace, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member

Author:

Davidson-Lowe, Elizabeth

Title:

Cascading Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Direct and Indirect Plant Defenses - Trends and Applications

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

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