Recent Theses

Masters
De La Pava, N. 2016. The effect of Bt resistance on the response of fall armyworm males to the female sex pheromone. Vicosa, Brazil (Co-directed with E. Lima).
Rehermann, G. 2016. Pheromone biology of
Mythimna adultera. (co-directed with Dr.
A. Gonzales at University of the Republic, Uruguay)
Simkovic, V. 2016. Nestmate recognition in termites from different geographic sites (Co-directed with G. Thompson).
Bohorquez Ruiz, Y. L. 2016. Evaluating the interaction between buckwheat,
Fagopyrum esculentum (Polygonaceae) and wireworm
Agriotes sputator (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Elateridae). (Co-directed with I. Scott).
Favell, G. 2016. RNAi approaches to study pesticide resistance in Colorado potato beetle. (Co-directed with C. Donly).
Chen, E. 2017. Effects of diet on susceptibility of cabbage looper caterpillars to viral infection. (Co-directed with Cam Donly).
Laur, W. 2017. Relative attraction of the cabbage looper moth (
Trichoplusia ni (Hübner)) to wild-type and transgenic tomato (
Solanum lycopersicum L.). (Co-directed with I. Scott).
Doward, K. 2018.Using stable isotopes to study migration in armyworm (Co-direction with K. Hobson).
Parvizi, A. 2019. The relative importance of larval and adult nutrition in the isotopic profile of the spermatophore produced by the male true armyworm moth (
Mythimna unipuncta) (Haworth).
PhD
Konopka, J. 2019. Competition in parasitoids of the brown marmorated stink bug. (Co-direction with T. Gariepy, Ag. Canada).