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1. Phenotypic Evaluation and Genetic Basis of Anatomical and Architectural Root Traits in the Genus Zea

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Author:
Burton, Amy L.
Title:
Phenotypic Evaluation and Genetic Basis of Anatomical and Architectural Root Traits in the Genus Zea
Graduate Program:
Horticulture
Keywords:
root
plant architecture
aerenchyma
maize
File:
Download Burton_dissertation2010.pdf
Committee Members:
Jonathan M Brown, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
David Robert Huff, Committee Member

2. Parasitic castration by a stinking smut regulates sex determination and inflorescence architecture in dioecious buffalograss

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Author:
Chandra, Ambika
Title:
Parasitic castration by a stinking smut regulates sex determination and inflorescence architecture in dioecious buffalograss
Graduate Program:
Agronomy
Keywords:
Sexual reproductive allocation
nLSU-rDNA
Tasselseed2
Salmacisia
Buchloe
File:
Download A_-Chandra_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
David Robert Huff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
Paula Mc Steen, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Christ, Committee Member

3. PARASITOID FORAGING IN A “VOLATILE” ENVIRONMENT: EFFECTS OF HOST AND HOST-PLANT SPECIES ON COTESIA MARGINIVENTRIS (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE) BEHAVIOR

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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

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

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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

5. Genomic Analysis of Life History Traits, Disease Resistance, and Evolutionary Origins of the Greens-type Poa annua L.

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Author:
La Mantia, Jonathan
Title:
Genomic Analysis of Life History Traits, Disease Resistance, and Evolutionary Origins of the Greens-type Poa annua L.
Graduate Program:
Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:
phenotypic instability
Auxin F-Box
greens-type
Poa annua
File:
Download JL_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
David Robert Huff, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Robert Huff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Surinder Chopra, Committee Member
Majid R Foolad, Committee Member
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
Scott Warnke, Committee Member

6. Characterization of caffeoyl coenzyme A O-methyltransferase genes in maize AND The role of maysin in maize as a defense response to herbivory

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Author:
Marchinchin, Joseph Robert
Title:
Characterization of caffeoyl coenzyme A O-methyltransferase genes in maize AND The role of maysin in maize as a defense response to herbivory
Graduate Program:
Agronomy
Keywords:
herbivory
maysin
predicted protein structure
allelic differences
S:G ratio
lignin modification
CCoAOMT
antibiosis
bioassays
corn earworm
fall armyworm
maize
File:
Download Joseph_R_Marchinchin_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Dawn S Luthe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn S Luthe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. Molecular Genetic Analysis of Development and Pathogenicity in the Filamentous Fungus Fusarium verticillioides

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Author:
Guo, Li
Title:
Molecular Genetic Analysis of Development and Pathogenicity in the Filamentous Fungus Fusarium verticillioides
Graduate Program:
Plant Pathology
Keywords:
Fusarium verticillioides
fumonisins
reactive oxygen species
hyphal fusion
genomics
maize
ear rot
File:
Download Li_Guo_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seogchan Kang, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Committee Member
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
Anthony Glenn, Committee Member

10. Proteomic Analysis Of Maize Leaf Tissues From Inbred Lines Resistant And Susceptible To Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)

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Author:
Kooner, Ramneek
Title:
Proteomic Analysis Of Maize Leaf Tissues From Inbred Lines Resistant And Susceptible To Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)
Graduate Program:
Plant Biology
Keywords:
Proteomics
Maize
Fall Armyworm
2-D DIGE
File:
Download The_Pennsylvania_State_University.pdf
Committee Members:
Dawn S Luthe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn S Luthe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor