Theses/Dissertations from 2023
The Effect of Symbioses Between Mold Mites (Acaridae: Tyrophagus putrescentiae) and Aspergillus flavus on their Respective Populations in Stored Maize., Paige Pionke Cummins
Evaluation of Water Hardness and pH on Soybean and Cotton Insecticide Efficacy, Taylor Davis
The Effects of Pesticide Exposure and Diet on the Health, Reproduction, and Behavior of Mason Bees (Osmia spp.), Olivia Mae Kline
Evaluation of Bt Cotton Cultivar Efficacy and Economic Impact on Cotton Yield with and without a Foliar Insecticide Application, Zackary Murray
Evaluation of Rice Stink Bug, Oebalus pugnax (F.), Resistance to Lambda-cyhalothrin and the Economic Impact on Rice Grain Quality for Multiple Foliar Insecticides, Trevor Bradley Newkirk
Toxicity of Different Insecticides to Sitophilus oryzae, Tribolium castaeneum and Tribolium confusum Infesting Corn, Amina Twaibu
Evaluation of Thresholds, Control, and Behavioral Responses of Tobacco Thrips, Frankliniella fusca (Hitch), and Tarnished Plant Bugs, Lygus lineolaris (Beauvoris), in ThryvOn Cotton, Adam Young Whitfield
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Biology, Monitoring, Sampling, and Management of Rice Billbug, Sphenophorus pertinax, in Furrow-irrigated rice, Chase Alan Floyd
The Effect of Plant Elicitor Peptide on Nematode Infected Soybean, Siyang Liu
Evaluation of Chrysodeixis includens Nucleopolyhedrovirus (ChinNPV) formulations for Soybean Looper (Chrysodeixis includens) Control in Soybean, Caleb Robert Rice
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Survey of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens Associated with Feral Swine (sus scrofa) in Arkansas, Haylee Campbell
Systematics of Eastern North American Podothrombium (Parasitengona: Podothrombiidae), Kelsey Lynn Cline
The Influence of Singlet Oxygen and Loss of Function of Fatty Acid Desaturase 7 in the Chloroplast on Aphid Resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana, Hillary Donna Fischer
Habitat Assessment of Ozark Glades Using Selected Epigeal Predatory Arthropods, Austin Key Jones
Nocturnal Pollination in Fruit Agriculture, Stephen Robertson
Establishment of Pollinator Habitat within a Livestock Pasture Ecosystem, Roshani Sharma Acharya
Examining Risks to Honey Bee Pollinators Foraging in Agricultural Landscapes, Jon Zawislak
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
The Discovery of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metchnikoff) Sorokin Isolates from Arkansas and their Pathogenicity to Amblyomma americanum L., Austin Goldsmith
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Impact of Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), Feeding and Mechanical Defoliation on Growth and Yield of Rice, Oryza sativa (L.), Layton Denman McCullars
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Toxicity of Formulated Insecticide Mixtures to Apis and Non-Apis Bees, Joseph Edward Belsky
Evaluation of Rice Stink Bug, Oebalus pugnax (F.), Damage and Monitoring Techniques in Rice, Oryza sativa L., and Grain Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.), Aaron Joseph Cato
Impact of Roadside Maintenance Practices on Larinus minutus (Gyllenhal), a Biological Control Agent of Spotted Knapweed, Mary Elizabeth Ferguson
Spotted Wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) in Arkansas: Winter Morphs, Wild Hosts, and Fungal Control, Rosalee Knipp
Seasonal Phenology, Distribution and Treatments for Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) on Primocane-fruiting Blackberries (Rubus L. subgenus Rubus) in Arkansas, Jessica Anne LeFors
Revision of the Genus Monatractides (Parasitengona, Torrenticolidae) of the United States and Canada: New Species, Re-descriptions, Phylogenetics, and a Key to Species, Whitney Anne Nelson
Influence of Loss of Function of the Fatty Acid Desaturase 7 Gene on Photosynthetic Activity and Foliar Redox Status, Janithri Savindya Wickramanayake
Molecular Survey for the Honey Bee Trypanosome Parasites Crithidia mellificae and Lotmaria passim, Mary-Kate Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Horizontal Transmission of Helicoverpa armigera Nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) in Soybean Fields Infested with Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), Joseph Lee Black
A Molecular Diagnostic Survey of Pathogens and Parasites of Honey Bees, Apis mellifera L., From Arkansas and Oklahoma, Dylan Cleary
Seasonality and Management of Spotted Wing Drosophila on Berry Crops and Wild Hosts in Arkansas, Lizabeth Rubi Herrera
The Effect of Insects on Seed Set of Ozark Chinquapin, Castanea ozarkensis, Colton Zirkle
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Integrative taxonomy of North American torrent mites (Parasitengona: Torrenticolidae: Torrenticola), Jon Ray Fisher
Emergence Phenology and Nematode Associates of the Woodwasp, Sirex nigricornis F. (Hymenoptera: Siricidae), in Arkansas and Mississippi forests, Jessica Ann Hartshorn
Survey of Nasal Mites (Acari: Rhinonyssidae, Ereynetidae, Turbinoptidae) in Birds from Three States in the United States, Alexis Danel Hilario Perez
Influence of Fatty Acids and their Derivatives on Aphid Resistance in Arabidopsis and Tomato, Jiamei Li
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Monitoring Abundance of Ips Bark Beetles and Determining Related Tree Mortality in Arkansas and Texas, Chandler Stefan Barton
Stink Bugs: Spatial Distribution, Pecan Phenological Susceptibility and Sampling Program, Brian Cowell
Southeastern Monochamus and Their Interactions with Healthy Shortleaf Pine Trees and Associated Ips grandicollis Bark Beetles, Matthew Walker Ethington
Phenology and Diversity of Arthropod Communities in Leaf Litter, Fredericka Hamilton
An Inventory of Endemic Leaf Litter Arthropods of Arkansas with Emphasis on Certain Insect Groups and Diplopoda, Derek Alan Hennen
Genetic Variation and Species Distribution of Subterranean Termites in the Southeastern U.S. Focusing on Family Structure and the Invasive Formosan Subterranean Termite, Mark Allan Janowiecki
Systematics of Testudacarine Torrent Mites (Parasitengona: Torrenticolidae), Joseph Charles O'Neill
Monochamus titillator Oviposition and Intraspecific Competition in Shortleaf Pine Bolts, Ryan Patrick Rastok
Sampling Terrestrial Arthropod Biodiversity: A Case Study in Arkansas, Michael Joseph Skvarla
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Biological Control of Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) Using Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae) in Central Arkansas, Sim Mckague Barrow
Potential Interactions of Early Season Herbicides and Insecticides in Cotton: Thrips Control and Plant Health, Derek Lane Clarkson
Nitrogen Management Practices and Colored Plastic Mulch Films Affecting Spider Mites and Aphids on Winter Strawberry in a High Tunnel, Kevin Philip Durden
Efficacy of Rice Insecticide Seed Treatments at Selected Nitrogen Rates for Control of the Rice Water Weevil, Lissorhoptrus Oryzophilus Kuschel, Mallory Elise Everett
Impact of Early Infestation of Two-Spotted Spider Mites (Tetranychus urticae) on Cotton Growth and Yield, Luis Orellana Jimenez
Evaluating Green Stink Bug Damage and Insect Abundance in Edamame, Benjamin Carroll Thrash
Population Genetics, Distributions and Phenology of Bombus Latreille, 1802 and Xylocopa Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Amber Dawn Tripodi
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The Life History of Larinus Minutus, a Biological Control Agent of Invasive Knapweeds, and its Dispersal from Release Sites in Arkansas, Adam M. Alford
Abiotic and Biotic Factors Affecting the Japanese Beetle in Arkansas, Bryan Mathew Petty
Studies on the Structure and Pathogens of the Small Hive Beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), Natasha A. Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Role of Ascorbic Acid in the Plant-Herbivore Interaction, Kelly Ann Carruthers
Effects of Felled Shortleaf Pine (Pinus Echinata Mill.) Moisture Loss on Oviposition Preferences and Survival of Sirex Nigricornis F. (Hymenoptera: Siricidae), Jessica Hartshorn
Flight Period and Species Composition of Sirex (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) and Associated Deladenus (Nematoda: Neotylenchidae) within Arkansas Pine Forests, Danielle Keeler
Effects of Associated Subcortical Beetles on Oviposition Behavior and Early-stage Survival of Sirex Nigricornis F. (Hymenoptera: Siricidae), Ace J. Lynn-Miller
Early Season Population Dynamics and Residual Insecticide Effects on Bird Cherry-oat Aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi in Arkansas Winter Wheat, Beven McWilliams
The Biological Control of Spotted Knapweed in the Southeastern United States, Carey R. Minteer
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Chemical Ecology, Population Dynamics and Insecticide Susceptibility of lesser Mealworm Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), Narinderpal Singh
Ozark Highland Cunaxidae (Acari: Prostigmata): Descriptions and keys to genera found to occur in the region and a new phylogenetic hypothesis for the family, Michael Joseph Skvarla