Honors students Yasmine Helbling, Katherine Siniuk, and Maya Hensley (left to right) graduated from the Entomology Honors Program in May. They borrowed insects from UMD's Insect Zoo to take graduation photos to celebrate their success.
Maya's honors thesis was titled "Response of leafhoppers and their relatives (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) to an alfalfa cultivar with glandular trichomes for resistance to potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae". Her study compared the leafhopper biodiversity between resistant alfalfa cultivars with glandular trichomes and susceptible alfalfa cultivars without glandular trichomes.
Katherine's honors thesis was titled "A comparison of native and invasive leaf decomposition and its impact on macroinvertebrate assemblages in Maryland streams". Her study compared the decomposition rates and macroinvertebrates assemblages of the invasive tree of heaven and native tulip poplar trees.
Yasmine's honors thesis was titled "Do glandular trichomes indirectly foster aphid populations in alfalfa by suppressing biological control?". Her study compared the abundance of pea aphids, mummies, and Aphidius ervi wasps in resistant alfalfa cultivars with glandular trichomes and susceptible alfalfa cultivars without glandular trichomes.
Maya's honors thesis was titled "Response of leafhoppers and their relatives (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) to an alfalfa cultivar with glandular trichomes for resistance to potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae". Her study compared the leafhopper biodiversity between resistant alfalfa cultivars with glandular trichomes and susceptible alfalfa cultivars without glandular trichomes.
Katherine's honors thesis was titled "A comparison of native and invasive leaf decomposition and its impact on macroinvertebrate assemblages in Maryland streams". Her study compared the decomposition rates and macroinvertebrates assemblages of the invasive tree of heaven and native tulip poplar trees.
Yasmine's honors thesis was titled "Do glandular trichomes indirectly foster aphid populations in alfalfa by suppressing biological control?". Her study compared the abundance of pea aphids, mummies, and Aphidius ervi wasps in resistant alfalfa cultivars with glandular trichomes and susceptible alfalfa cultivars without glandular trichomes.
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