Theses/Dissertations from 2020
MANAGEMENT OF STINK BUGS (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE) ON SOYBEAN IN KENTUCKY, Yaziri Gonzalez
DYNAMIC BALANCING OF FORAGING AND DEFENSIVE EFFORT CONTRIBUTE TO THE OPTIMALITY OF THE HONEY BEE ROBBING STRATEGY, Grayson James Grume
MANAGEMENT OF SUGARCANE APHID (MELANAPHIS SACCHARI) USING BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL TACTICS IN KENTUCKY, Nathan Harriman Mercer
EMERALD ASH BORER DEVELOPMENT ACROSS A LATITUDINAL GRADIENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOCONTROL, Sarah Pellecchia
Physiological Ecology of Overwintering and Cold-Adapted Arthropods, Leslie Jean Potts
A Tangled Web: The Dynamics of Endosymbiotic Infections in a Linyphiid Spider, Laura Cecilia Rosenwald
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SOYBEAN STEM BORER, Dectes texanus LeConte, IN KENTUCKY, Izabela Gomes
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
IDENTIFYING MECHANISMS OF HOST PLANT SPECIALIZATION IN APHIS CRACCIVORA AND ITS BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS, Thorsten Hansen
BEE CONSERVATION IN URBAN LANDSCAPES: ASSESSING BEE ASSEMBLAGES, BEE–ATTRACTIVENESS, AND NUTRITRITIONAL VALUE OF WOODY LANDSCAPE PLANTS AND MITIGATING POTENTIAL BEE HAZARD FROM NEONICOTINOID INSECTICIDES, Bernadette Maria Mach
DNA BARCODING AS A TOOL FOR SPECIES DISCOVERY AND DOCUMENTATION IN THE SUPERFAMILY ICHNEUMONOIDEA, Sarah Meierotto
EMERALD ASH BORER (COLEOPTERA: BUPRESTIDAE) HOST EXPANSION; TRADING AN OPTIMAL HOST FOR ENEMY FREE SPACE?, David G. Olson
THE IMPACTS OF HONEY BEE QUEEN STRESS ON WORKER BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH, Sarah R. Preston
IMPACT OF SELECTED INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES ON ARTHROPODS IN CUCURBIT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, Amanda R. Skidmore
THE MECHANISM OF RNA INTERFERENCE IN ARTHROPODS, June-Sun Yoon
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Exploring Predator-Prey Interactions in Agroecosystems through Molecular Gut-Content Analysis, Kacie J. Athey
THE XENOBIOTIC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CAP N COLLAR C REGULATES EXPRESSION OF MULTIPLE INSECTICIDE RESISTANT GENES, Megha Kalsi
WHAT INDUCES FEMALE KICKING IN CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS? DISENTANGLING THE EFFECTS OF MALE TRAITS ON FEMALE MATING DECISIONS, William I. Licht
BINDING, PROTECTION, AND RNA DELIVERY PROPERTIES OF POROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLES IN SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA CELLS, Emily Nadeau
RISK PARAMETERS AND ASSESSMENT OF DIETARY dsRNA EXPOSURE IN FOLSOMIA CANDIDA, Jeffrey Edward Noland
A NON-NATIVE FOREST INVADER ALTERS FOREST STRUCTURE AND THE ASSOCIATED ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY, Matthew B. Savage
EVALUATION OF PYRIPROXYFEN APPLIED IN BARRIER SPRAYS FOR MOSQUITO SUPPRESSION, Andrea Glenn Skiles
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Influence of Structural Disturbance on Stream Function and Macroinvertebrate Communities in Upper Coastal Plain Headwater Streams, Richard Andrew Biemiller
THE CHEMICAL ECOLOGY OF BED BUGS (CIMEX LECTULARIUS, L.) AND THE IMPACT OF A NEUROTOXIC INSECTICIDE ON PHYSIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR, Sydney E. Crawley
Subacute Effects of Prallethrin on Behavior of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and Other Human Disease Vectors, Kyndall C. Dye
