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Author:

Jabbour, Randa

Title:

Management effects on epigeal arthropods and soil-dwelling communities during the transition to organic agriculture

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

cover cropping
tillage
organic agriculture
entomopathogenic fungi
entomopathogenic nematodes
refuges
habitat complexity
dispersal
soil ecology

File:

Download dissertation_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shelby Jay Fleischer, Committee Member
Nancy M Ostiguy, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member

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:

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:

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:

Koehle, Allison

Title:

Smart Tillage and the Regulation of Nitrous Oxide Emission in Organic Agriculture

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

nitrous oxide
cover crop
manure
organic agriculture
denitrification
tillage

File:

Download AlliKoehle_AEPSMastersThesis_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Armen R. Kemanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Liana T Burghardt, Committee Member