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Author:

Douglas, Margaret Rose

Title:

The influence of farming practices on slugs and their predators in reduced-tillage field crops in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

slugs
Deroceras reticulatum
conservation tillage
no-till
biological control
Carabidae
sustainable agriculture

File:

Download Margaret_Douglas_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

John Frazier Tooker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Busch, Anna Katherine

Title:

Life history of Pterostichus melanarius (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and its importance for biological control in field crops

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Carabidae
Pterostichus melanarius
slugs
Deroceras reticulatum
conservation tillage
no-till
non-consumptive effects
biological control

File:

Download Busch_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

John Frazier Tooker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member