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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

Author:

Zhu, Lixue

Title:

Study of Defense Genes Expression Induced by Leaf Herbivory in Roots of Insect-resistant Maize

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

expression
defense gene
herbivory
maize

File:

Download master_thesis_by_Lixue_Zhu.pdf

Committee Members:

Dawn S Luthe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn S Luthe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ramirez Carvalho, Monica

Title:

TROPICAL CANOPY INSECTS LINK LEAF DAMAGE IN FOSSIL AND LIVING FORESTS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

herbivory
fossil
canopy crane
paleoherbivory
panama

File:

Download Carvalho-MS_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Donovan, Michael Philip

Title:

Novel insect leaf-mining at Mexican Hat, Montana (early Paleocene) and the demise of Cretaceous leaf miners

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

plant-insect interactions
Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction
herbivory
paleoecology
Fort Union Formation
Powder River Basin

File:

Download Donovan_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor