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dc.contributor.authorEichele, Jaclyn Lee
dc.description.abstractMany environmental factors, including soil characteristics, are critically important for plants, herbivorous arthropods, and their interactions. Despite increasing evidence that soil salinity can drastically impact plants, little is known about how salinity affects the herbivorous arthropod pests feeding on those plants we investigated how soil salinity affects two major crop pests: the two spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) feeding on corn and soybean and the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines) on soybean. We quantified the impact of salinity by measuring demographic characteristics and behavior of pests on plants grown in soil with various levels of salinity. Overall, both crop pests performed better as salinity increased. These studies suggest that salinity can be just as important for herbivores as it is for plants. Moreover, the negative effects of soil salinity on crop plants in agroecosystems may be further compounded by a greater risk of pest problems.en_US
dc.publisherNorth Dakota State Universityen_US
dc.rightsNDSU policy 190.6.2
dc.titleThe Effects of Salinity on Herbivorous Pests of Corn and Soybeanen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-07T21:12:05Z
dc.date.available2018-06-07T21:12:05Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10365/28233
dc.description.sponsorshipNorth Dakota Soybean Council; North Dakota Corn Growers Association; USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Hatch Project number ND02391en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
ndsu.degreeMaster of Science (MS)en_US
ndsu.collegeAgriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resourcesen_US
ndsu.departmentEntomologyen_US
ndsu.departmentSchool of Natural Resource Sciencesen_US
ndsu.programEntomologyen_US
ndsu.advisorHarmon, Jason P.


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