• FOREST MICRO-HYMENOPTERA, INCLUDING THOSE ATTACKING TREES (CYNIPIDAE OAK GALL WASPS) AND THOSE POTENTIALLY DEFENDING THEM (PARASITIC PTEROMALIDAE) 

  Cooke, Crystal (2018)

  The first part of this dissertation details studies involving an important group of insects attacking oaks, the oak gall wasps (Cynipidae: Cynipini). The second part deals with pteromalid parasitoids involved in thousand ...

• The Effect of Plant Nutrition on the Reproductive Rate and Susceptibility to Malathion of Two Strains of the Two-Spotted Spider Mite, Tetranychus telarius (L.) 

  Henneberry, Thomas J. (1960)

  Studies were conducted to determine the effect of plant nutrition on the reproductive rate and susceptibility to malathion of two strains of the two-spotted spider mite. The two strains of mites used as test organisms are ...

• Effects of post-harvest management practices on the degradation of Bacillus thuringiensis proteins in genetically modified corn residue 

  Johnson, Veronica (2018)

  Most studies addressing the ecological effects of Bt crops have focused on non-target effects during the crop growing cycle. Less information is available on the fate of expressed toxins in crop residue after harvest in a ...

• HEMIPTERAN INSECTS AS MODELS FOR UNDERSTANDING SEGMENTATION 

  Chen, Mengyao (2018)

  Although segmentation is highly conserved in arthropods, diverse mechanisms underlie segmentation. Pair-rule genes (PRGs) are a group of genes controlling segmentation in Drosophila melanogaster, a holometabolous insect. ...

• NOVEL ADAPTATIONS IN MORPHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENT, AND NUTRIENT AQUISITION FOR HOST EXPLOITATION IN THE MESOSTIGMATID HONEY BEE PARASITE VARROA DESTRUCTOR 

  Ramsey, Samuel David (2018)

  The parasitic mite Varroa destructor is the most significant single driver of the global honey bee health decline. Better understanding of the association of this parasite and its host is critical to developing sustainable ...

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