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Author:

Delphia, Casey Marie

Title:

Factors influencing the dynamics of plant-insect interactions in two solanaceous plants

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

inbreeding
plant volatiles
plant-insect interactions
Nicotiana tabacum
Solanum carolinense
genetic variation

File:

Download Delphia_Doctoral_Dissertation_041208.pdf

Committee Members:

Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Felton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark C Mescher, Committee Member
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member

Author:

Kuhns, Emily Hohlfeld

Title:

IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A LEPIDOPTERAN AMINOACYLASE, A HYDROLASE OF FATTY ACID AMINO ACID CONJUGATES

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Heliothis virescens
Heliothine
Protein Purification
Lepidoptera
Aminoacylase
Liquid Chromatography

File:

Download Kuhns_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member
Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Committee Member

Author:

Bosak, Elizabeth James

Title:

USING A DEVELOPMENTAL COMPARISON TO DECIPHER PRIMING OF INDUCED DEFENSES IN MAIZE AND ITS EFFECTS ON A GENERALIST HERBIVORE

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Spodoptera exigua
Zea mays
priming
ontogeny
induced defenses
herbivore-induced plant volatiles

File:

Download Bosak_Final_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Member
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
Gary Felton, 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:

Dean, Jennifer Mae

Title:

Chemical ecology of plant-microbe interactions and effects on insect herbivores

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

insects
genetic modification
plant defenses
legumes
rhizobia
Plant-herbivore interactions
Helicoverpa zea
Aphis glycines

File:

Download Dean-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member
Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Committee Member
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Member
Mark C Mescher, Committee Member

Author:

McNeil, James Robert

Title:

MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENTAL RESISTANCE TO BACULOVIRUS IN GYPSY MOTH (LYMANTRIA DISPAR)

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

immunity
hemocyte
developmental resistance
baculovirus
gypsy moth
pathogenesis

File:

Download Thesis-JMcNeil.pdf

Committee Members:

Kelli Hoover, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kelli Hoover, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diana Lynn Cox Foster, Committee Member
Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Member
Frederick Eugene Gildow Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Sezen, Zeynep

Title:

Interactions of the invasive thistle <i>Carduus nutans</i> and its biocontrol agent <i>Rhinocyllus conicus</i> in heterogeneous environments

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

host location
mark-release-resight
<i>Carduus nutans</i>
<i>Rhinocyllus conicus</i>
host choice
invasion management

File:

Download ZeynepSezen.pdf

Committee Members:

Katriona Shea, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David A Mortensen, Committee Member
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member
Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Member

Author:

Mauck, Kerry Elizabeth

Title:

Chemical ecology of interactions among plants, non-persistently transmitted viruses, and insects

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

aphids
Cucumber mosaic virus
non-persistent transmission
vector behavior
plant volatiles
plant virus
insect nutrition

File:

Download Kerry_Mauck_-_Dissertation_Final_6-2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark C Mescher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Member
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member
Frederick Eugene Gildow Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Kariyat Ramachandran, Rupesh Ram

Title:

Effects Of Inbreeding On Fitness And Plant- Insect Interactions In Horsenettle (solanum carolinense L).

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Inbreeding
horse nettle
Fitness
Volatiles
Herbivory
Plant defenses
Transcriptome

File:

Download Rupesh_Dissertation_final-july_31.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew George Stephenson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark C Mescher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Member
Surinder Chopra, Committee Member

Author:

Shapiro, Lori Rachel

Title:

A to Zymv Guide to Erwinia tracheiphila transmission: A molecular and ecological study

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Plant volatiles
Erwinia tracheiphila
Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus
Acalymma vittatum
Chrysomelidae
disease ecology

File:

Download LRShapiro_Thesis111612.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark C Mescher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Member
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member
Shelby Jay Fleischer, Committee Member
Eric Thomas Harvill, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Beth Irwin

Title:

Ecological factors that influence host acquisition by the parasitic plant Cuscuta campestris

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Cuscuta spp.
dodder
environmental factors
light spectral quality
parasitic plants
temperature

File:

Download BJohnsonDissertation2013Submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark C Mescher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Consuelo M De Moraes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member

Author:

Adams, Thomas

Title:

The controls and constraints of fine-root lifespan

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

root lifespan
minirhizotron
phenolics
herbivory
13C

File:

Download Tom_Adams_-_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger Tai Koide, Committee Member
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Member

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

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

Author:

Helms, Anjel M

Title:

Eavesdropping plants: Plants perceive and respond to insect odors by priming their anti-herbivore defenses

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Priming
Plant defense
Chemical ecology
gall insect

File:

Download Anjel_Helms_Dissertation_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

John Frazier Tooker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark C Mescher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Member
Debashis Gosh, Committee Member