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Author:

Mckeand, Sage

Title:

Investigating baculovirus as a viral vector for delivery of Cas9 to the ovaries of disease vector Aedes aegypti for use in mosquito gene editing technologies

Area of Honors:

Elective Area of Honors - Entomology

Keywords:

entomology
vector control
disease
pathogen
baculovirus
AcMNPV
viral vector
vector
Aedes aegypti
gene editing
Cas9
ReMOT Control
mosquito
ovaries

File:

Download McKeand_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jason Laurence Rasgon, Thesis Supervisor
Gary Felton, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Ni Chochlain, Lasair Macha

Title:

The Role of Root-Mediated Kin Recognition in a Genotypically Diverse “Neighborhood” in Triticum aestivum Defense Against Rhopalosiphum padi Herbivory

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Biology and Entomology

Keywords:

R. padi
T. aestivum
herbivory
genotypic diversity
agriculture
entomology
wheat
aphid
plant-insect interaction
kin recognition

File:

Download NiChochlain-wheat-aphid.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

John Tooker, Thesis Supervisor
Benoit A Dayrat, Thesis Honors Advisor
Gary Felton, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Sava, Blaise

Title:

Observations on the Natural History of Purseweb Spiders (Sphodros spp.) in Pennsylvania and Specimen Digitization of the Genus Sphodros (Araneae, Atypidae)

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Plant Sciences and Entomology

Keywords:

Sphodros
entomology
arachnology
taxonomy
systematics
photography
natural history
ecology
radio telemetry

File:

Download Blaise_Sava_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Michael Joseph Skvarla, Thesis Supervisor
Dennis R Decoteau, Thesis Honors Advisor
Gary Felton, Thesis Honors Advisor