North Carolina is the second largest producer of organic sweetpotatoes (Ipomoea batatus L.) behind California. In 2016, there were 3,200 acres of organic sweetpotatoes produced in the state, a 42% increase from 2014. Despite an increase in acreage, organic sweetpotato yields con…
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Successful management of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys Stål (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), relies upon an accurate understanding of its biology and ecology. I examined aspects of the host plant suitability, management, and parasitoid interactions of H. h…
This study is primarily concerned with assessing the influence of the sex determination genes, transformer (tra), doublesex (dsx) and fruitless (fru) on three sexually dimorphic traits within Drosophila; pheromone blend, courtship song and sex comb tooth number. The sex determin…
Bringing together for the first time prominent researchers in social insect pheromone communication, including nestmate recognition, this book looks at ants, wasps, bees, and termites, highlighting areas of convergence and divergence among these groups, and identifying areas tha…
Characteristically, social insects rely heavily on behavioral mechanisms and associated pheromonal chemistry to maintain their sociality and to successfully function as a colony unit. Bringing together for the first time prominent researchers in social insect pheromone communica…
Bringing together for the first time prominent researchers in social insect pheromone communication, including nestmate recognition, this book looks at ants, wasps, bees, and termites, highlighting areas of convergence and divergence among these groups, and identifying areas tha…
Prepubertal animals differ vastly from adults in their social behaviors. These behavioral changes during puberty must be mediated by changes in the structure and/or function of the central nervous system. In the present dissertation, the male Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus…
Liasis mackloti is currently recognized as three subspecies (L. m. savuensis, L. m. dunni and L. m. mackloti ) inhabiting several islands of the Outer and Inner Banda Arc of islands of Indonesia's Lesser Sundas Archipelago. We used partial mitochondrial cytbchrome b sequences an…
This book focuses on chemicals that effect aggregation for mating and elicit sexual behavior in insects, mites, and ticks, mainly on "sex pheromonal" or "mating" activity. These pheromones are useful to both agriculture science and industry because of their potential as detectio…