Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Epigenetic Regulation of Insect Development, Yaoyu Jiao
RNAi-Mediated Gene Silencing in the Exotic Redbay Ambrosia Beetle, Xyleborus glabratus, and Insect-Fungal Interactions within the Laurel Wilt Complex, Morgan Christine Knutsen
Landscape Influences and Preventive Management For Drosophila Suzukii In Small Fruit Crops, Ryan William Kuesel
Surveillance for Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in Kentucky, Anna Rosalee Pasternak
Ecological risk assessment of transgenic conditional lethality systems for genetic biocontrol strategies, Fernan Rodrigo Perez-Galvez
MANAGING DEATH IN TERMITES, Jizhe Shi
LINKING PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES TO BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH IN THE HONEY BEE (Apis mellifera), Rebecca R. Westwick
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Midgut metamorphosis in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, Najla Mohammed Albishi
NET EFFECTS OF WILD AND MANAGED BIRDS IN AGROECOSYSTEMS, Karina Garcia
GENE SILENCING PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO BARK BEETLE BIOLOGY AND CREATES POTENTIAL FOR BROAD SCALE FOREST PROTECTION, Beth R. Kyre
EFFECTS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL STAGE AND DIET ON DROSOPHILA SUZUKII OLFACTION, Aerianna Shindindowi Littler
A Functional Genomics Approach to Overwintering Mechanisms in Insects, Emily Allison Wheeler Nadeau
RNA INTERFERENCE FOR EMERALD ASH BORER SUPPRESSION: ECOTOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND DELIVERY METHODS, Flavia Pampolini
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE-SPECIFIC RNA INTERFERENCE DEMONSTRATES NO EFFECTS ON NONTARGET INSECTS, Hannah Marie Hollowell
DISTRIBUTION AND DIVERSITY OF HELIOTHINE AND OTHER LEPIDOPTERAN NUDIVIRUSES, Emrah Ozel
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
OPTIMIZING MONARCH BUTTERFLY AND BEE CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE, Adam M. Baker
Aggregation Behavior in the Bed Bug, Cimex lectularius L., Paul D. Baker
DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVE PRACTICES FOR MANAGEMENT OF FLEA BEETLES ATTACKING EGGPLANT AND LEAFY BRASSICACEOUS GREENS, Robert Brockman
IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF EPIGENETIC REGULATORS IN THE YELLOW FEVER MOSQUITO, AEDES AEGYPTI, Shankar C. R. R. Chereddy
EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF HORMONE ACTION IN THE RED FLOUR BEETLE, TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM (HERBST), Smitha George
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
