Browsing by Author "Beckmann, John"

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Developing and Optimizing Micro-resolution Mosquito Bite Blocking Textiles

Holt, John (2022-04-25)

Textiles have been applied in the context of entomological applications since the primitive inventions of clothing and shelter. In many cases insects are injurious to humans. Mosquitos kill over a million people each year ...

Engineering Comfort for Micro-resolution Mosquito Bite Blocking Textiles

England, Alexa (2023-04-24) ETD File Embargoed

Over a million people die yearly from diseases spread by biting insects, especially mosquitos. Pesticides are currently used to control harmful insect populations although there are often negative side effects from pesticides. ...

Exploratory Study of Ectoparasites of Medical & Veterinary Importance in Alabama

Wong, Natalie (2023-08-21) ETD File Embargoed

Ectoparasites play a critical role in affecting the health and economic prosperity of both human and animal populations. This thesis presents a study focusing on two prominent ectoparasites within Auburn, Alabama: horn ...

Functional Analysis of an Orientia tsutsugamushi Ankyrin Effector Protein in a Model Eukaryote

Bartlett, Dylan (2019-04-18)

Orientia tsutsugamushi is an understudied, gram negative, obligate intracellular bacterium that is transmitted by mites within the genus Leptotrombidium. This bacterium has an epidemic area called the Tsutsugamushi ...

An Investigation of the Coevolutionary Relationship Between Aprostocetus hagenowii (Ratzburg) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and its Cockroach (Blattodea) Hosts

Smith, Chelsea (2023-08-02) ETD File Embargoed

Oothecal parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera) parasitize the egg cases (oothecae) of cockroaches (Blattodea). Oothecal parasitoids must have developed numerous adaptations to locate, parasitize, and develop within their hosts, ...

Mechanisms of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Operon Horizontal Gene Transfer

Oswalt, Kyle (2023-07-27) ETD File Embargoed

Transposable elements are responsible for vast genetic changes within the global ecosystem. It is observed that transposons can change the genetic makeup of an organism through the modification of the genome; such as the ...

Subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes, colony behavior and population dynamic changes under conditions of exposure to chitin synthesis inhibitor bait

Murphy, Richard (2021-04-21)

This thesis entitled, “Subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes, colony behavior and population dynamic changes under conditions of exposure to chitin synthesis inhibitor bait”, explores key components involved in ...

Suppression of Wolbachia mediated Cytoplasmic Incompatibility

Sharma, Gagan Deep (2020-07-17)

Insect biocontrol applications often hinge upon insect reproduction. Wolbachia are maternally inherited intracellular bacteria that infect insects. Wolbachia sterilizes a mosquito sperm resulting in a lethal embryonic ...