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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:

Han, Yang

Title:

Roles Of Chitinases And Jaz Genes In Maize Herbivore Defense

Graduate Program:

Genetics

Keywords:

maize
fall armyworm
herbivore-induced plant defense
chitinase
jasmonic acid
JAZ genes
peritrophic matrix

File:

Download Yang_Han_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dawn S Luthe, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Surinder Chopra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Majid R Foolad, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Special Member

Author:

Acevedo, Flor Edith

Title:

THE WEAR AND TEAR OF FEEDING: INDUCED PLANT DEFENSES BY FALL ARMYWORM HERBIVORY AND COUNTER INSECT ADAPTATION MECHANISMS

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

plant defenses
fall armyworm
insect saliva
insect salivary proteome
herbivore-induced defenses
maize defenses
induced plant resistance
silicon
insect mandibles
trichomes

File:

Download Acevedo_FE_Thesis_Sep_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Felton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Outside Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Special Member

Author:

Jin, Shan

Title:

Maize Defense Responses to Caterpillars at the Molecular, Phenotypic and Ecological Scales

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

maize-insect interaction
maize NAM founder lines
fall armyworm
cover crop
black cutworm
maize insect resistance 1

File:

Download Shan_Jin_999087405_Dissertation_07102017.pdf

Committee Members:

Dawn S. Luthe, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn S. Luthe, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Surinder Chopra, Committee Member
Claude dePamphilis, Committee Member
Gary W. Felton, Outside Member

Author:

Lesko, Tyler

Title:

Effectiveness of Sorghum and Maize Flavonoids Against Pests

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

fall armyworm
maize
sorghum
flavonoids
plant defense
secondary metabolites
mushrooms

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Committee Members:

Surinder Chopra, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Felton, Committee Member
Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Ruairidh James Hay Sawers, Committee Member
Michael S. Wolfin, Committee Member