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Toxicity and Repellency of Essential Oils to the German Cockroach (Dictyoptera:Blattellidae) 

Phillips, Alicia K. (2009-11-18)
The topical toxicity of 12 essential oil components (carvacrol, 1,8-cineole, trans-cinnamaldehyde, citronellic acid, eugenol, geraniol, S-(-)-limonene, (-)-linalool, (-)-menthone, (+)-α-pinene, (-)-β-pinene, and thymol) ...

Toxicity and repellency of essential oils to the house fly (Musca domestica) 

Tian, Yuexun (2017-07-27)
The house fly, Musca domestica (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae) is a worldwide agricultural and public health pest. Using essential oils is one method for controlling the house fly. This study assessed the toxicity and repellency ...

Transcriptional rearrangement by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in priming drought tolerance in plants 

Liu, Wenshan (2017-08-01)
In recent decades, the scarcity of water, referred to as drought, has become one of the most main problems in agriculture throughout the world. Especially since recent increases in human population, and the global climate ...

Transcriptomic analysis to identify candidate genes conferring gossypol tolerance in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum 

Pokhrel, Ambika (2018-11-27)
Fusarium oxysporium f.sp vasinfectum (Fov) is a soilborne filamentous fungus that causes vascular wilt on cotton. In response to pathogens such as Fov, cotton plants produce the phytoalexin gossypol as a defense mechanism. ...

TRI-TROPHIC INTERACTIONS IN SOYBEAN AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS: MECHANISMS, ECOLOGICAL RELEVANCE, AND APPLICATION POTENTIAL OF NATURAL ENEMIES OF KUDZU BUGS 

Warsi, Sanower (2023-07-16)  ETD File Embargoed
A series of studies were conducted to evaluate herbivore-herbivore and herbivore-parasitoid interactions that may impact the kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria F. (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) population in soybean. Experiments on ...

Unveiling the Dynamics of Plant-Microbe Interactions: From Phyllosphere to Rhizosphere and Beyond 

Bhandari, Rishi (2023-12-05)  ETD File Embargoed
Bacterial leaf spot (BLS) is a recurring agricultural issue affecting tomatoes and peppers around the globe. Traditionally, Xanthomonas perforans was considered the primary pathogen of tomatoes, while X. euvesicatoria ...

The use of Anaerobic Fermentation Acids and Aldehydes to Control Nematodes and Improve Soil Health 

Alexander, Klapp (2012-04-19)
There is increasing effort to develop cropping systems utilizing soil amendments, flooding, and tarping to control nematodes. The decrease in nematode populations under such anaerobic conditions is attributed to the ...

A valine to leucine mutation in hypomorphic Wolbachia CidB reduces both deubiquitylation and cytoplasmic incompatibility 

Akwa, Daniel (2021-07-23)
Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) remains one of the most highly researched and applied phenotype conferred by the bacterium, Wolbachia on the host organisms it infects. For programs that rely on the CI phenomenon, the ...

Visual, Acoustic, and Volatile Cues to Improve Performance of Trapping Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) 

Gorzlancyk, Austin (2013-11-11)
Three widely distributed species of ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Xylosandrus germanus Blandford, Xylosandrus crassiusculus Motschulsky, and Cnestus mutilatus Blandford are introduced pests that ...