Agricultural Entomology

Entomology.

Entomology.

Program and Application Information Director: Dr. Frank Casey, School of Natural Resource Sciences Program Leader:: Dr. Jason Harmon Email: [email protected] Department Location: 202 Hultz Hall Department Phone: (701) 231-7582 Department Web Site: www.ndsu.edu/entomology/ Application Deadline: International applications are due May 1 for fall semester and August 1 for spring and summer seme...

ISSUES IN AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY Mycorrhizal fungi as mediators of defence against insect pests in agricultural systems

1 Below-ground organisms influence above-ground interactions in both natural and agricultural ecosystems. Among the most important below-ground organisms are mycorrhizal fungi, comprising ubiquitous and ancient plant mutualists that have significant effects on plant growth and fitness mediated by resource exchange with plants. In the present study, we focus on the effects of arbuscular mycorrhi...

Applied Entomology

Neotropical Entomology

The many other insects with a restricted diet, the citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, the vector Causing Which agent of the HLB , the bacterium Candidatus spp Liberibacter., is intimately Associated with symbiotic microorganisms. These mutualistic symbionts play a key role on Their host nutritional ecology, and are vertically Transmitted to the progeny. However, Despite The role symbiont...