RESEARCH INTERESTS
Alison Gerken is a Research Quantitative Ecologist with the USDA-ARS at the Center for Grain and Animal Health Research in Manhattan, KS. She received her Ph.D. in biology from Kansas State University in 2014 and was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Florida from 2014 to 2016. Her research interests focus on understanding the phenotypic and genetic plasticity responses to stress using behavioral, thermal, and life-history bioassays.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS<
| • Challenges in assessing repellency as an integrated pest management tool to protect stored grains, using the global pest Tribolium castaneum - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| • Modeling long-term, stage-structured dynamics of Tribolium castaneum at food facilities with and without two types of long-lasting insecticide netting - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| • Flight capacity and behavior of Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in response to kairomonal and pheromonal stimuli - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| • Predicted range expansion of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), under projected climate change scenarios - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| • Real-time stored product insect detection and identification using deep learning: System integration and extensibility to mobile platforms - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| Badgujar, C., Armstrong, P.R., Gerken, A.R., Pordesimo, L.O., Campbell, J.F. 2023. Real-time stored product insect detection and identification using deep learning: System integration and extensibility to mobile platforms. Journal of Stored Products Research. 104. Article 102196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2023.102196. |
| • The behavioral response to the putative necromones from dead Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in traps by conspecifics as a function of density and time since capture - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| Harman, R.H., Morrison III, W.R., Bruce, A., Ranabhat, S., Quellhorst, H.E., Wilkins, R.V., Campbell, J.F., Gerken, A.R. 2023. The behavioral response to the putative necromones from dead Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in traps by conspecifics as a function of density and time since capture. Environmental Entomology. 52(6):1020-1032. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad098. |
| • Identifying common stored product insects using automated deep learning methods - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| Badgujar, C., Armstrong, P.R., Gerken, A.R., Pordesimo, L.O., Campbell, J.F. 2023. Identifying common stored product insects using automated deep learning methods. Journal of Stored Products Research. 103. Article 102166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2023.102166. |
| • Viewing Farm2Fork agriculture through the lens of community ecology: The who, why, and what of IPM in the postharvest agricultural supply chain - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| Gerken, A.R., Morrison III, W.R. 2023. Viewing Farm2Fork agriculture through the lens of community ecology: The who, why, and what of IPM in the postharvest agricultural supply chain. Frontiers in Agronomy. 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1137683. |
| • Behavioral response of unmated female Plodia interpunctella Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) to synthetic sex pheromone lure - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| Gerken, A.R., Dryer, D.L., Abts, S.R., Campbell, J.F. 2022. Behavioral response of unmated female Plodia interpunctella Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) to synthetic sex pheromone lure. Environmental Entomology. 51(6):1200-1209. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvac087. |
| • Resiliency of, adaptation of, and mitigation of risk to pest management in the postharvest agricultural supply chain in the face of ongoing climate change - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| Gerken, A.R., Morrison Iii, W.R. 2022. Resiliency of, adaptation of, and mitigation of risk to pest management in the postharvest agricultural supply chain in the face of ongoing climate change. Frontiers in Agronomy. 4:918845. https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2022.918845. |
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