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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:

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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

Author:

Reed, Colbie Justine

Title:

The Physiological Ecology of an Entomopathogenic Fungus: Examining Host-niche Through Metabolic Footprinting of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis s.l.

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

fungi
microbial ecology
ecophysiology
metabolomics
host-parasite interactions

File:

Download Thesis_C.J.REED.pdf

Committee Members:

David Peter Hughes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Committee Member

Author:

Tiffin, Hannah

Title:

“Scratching” the Surface: Ticks and Sarcoptic Mange (Sarcoptes scabiei) in American Black Bears

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

black bear
ursus americanus
mange
sarcoptic mange
parasite
host-parasite interactions
carnivores
red fox
grey fox
coyote
ticks
Ixodes scapularis
backlegged tick
Sarcoptes scabiei
scabies
neglected diseases
zoonotic disease
zoonoses
One Health
Pennsylvania
wildlife
disease spillover
disease ecology
emerging disease

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Edwin Rajotte, Major Field Member
Erika Machtinger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Justin Brown, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jennifer Mullinax, Special Member
Mark Ternent, Special Member
Joyce Sakamoto, Major Field Member