Ecological Networks in Stored Grain: Key Postharvest Nodes for Emerging Pests, Pathogens, and Mycotoxins

John F Hernandez Nopsa¹, Gregory J Daglish¹, David W Hagstrum¹+6

• ¹John F. Hernandez Nopsa ( nopsa@ufl.edu ) is a postdoctoral research associate in the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems and the Plant Pathology Department at the University of Florida (UF), in Gainesville, and was formerly a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Plant Pathology at Kansas State University (KSU), in Manhattan, and affiliated with the Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), in Canberra, Australia. Gregory J. Daglish is a principal research scientist at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, in Queensland, and is affiliated with the CRC. David W. Hagstrum is a professor in the Department of Entomology at KSU. John F. Leslie is a university distinguished professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at KSU and is affiliated with the CRC. Thomas W. Phillips is Professor Donald A. Wilbur, Sr. Endowed Professor in Stored-Product Protection in the Department of Entomology at KSU and is affiliated with the CRC. Caterina Scoglio is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at KSU and is affiliated with the CRC. Sara Thomas-Sharma was a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Plant Pathology at KSU and is currently in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Gimme H. Walter is a professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Queensland and is affiliated with the CRC. Karen A. Garrett ( karengarrett@ufl.edu ) is a preeminent professor in the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems and Plant Pathology Department at UF, is affiliated with the CRC, and was formerly a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at KSU.