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Author:

Lewis, Margaret Theresa

Title:

Advancing ecologically based management for Acalymma vittatum, a key pest of cucurbits

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

cucurbits
Acalymma vittatum
reduced tillage
Carabidae
biological control
spinosad
cucurbitacin

File:

Download Final_Draft_Lewis.pdf

Committee Members:

Shelby Jay Fleischer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Frazier Tooker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elsa Selina Sanchez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rivers, Ariel N

Title:

Effects of Management on Arthropod Communities in Organic and Conservation Agricultural Systems in Pennsylvania and Mexico

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

cover crops
arthropods
organic agriculture
conservation agriculture
biological control
Mexico
reduced tillage
corn

File:

Download Rivers_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Member
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
William Curran, Committee Member

Author:

Hunter, Mitchell Clayton

Title:

Sustainable Intensification and Climate Resilience: Cover Crops, Soil Improvement, and Drought

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

sustainable intensification
cover crops
drought
climate change
food demand
soil health
reduced tillage
climate resilience
cover crop mixtures
agriculture
agronomy
greenhouse gas emissions
Mississippi River Phosphorus
maize
soybean
wheat
cereal rye
red clover
no-till
soil improvement
plant-available water
infiltration rate
available water capacity

File:

Download Hunter_-_Dissertation_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. David Mortensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. David Mortensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Dr. Armen Kemanian, Committee Member
Dr. Jason Kaye, Outside Member
Dr. Meagan Schipanski, Special Member