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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

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

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