** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THIS IS A PROPOSAL FOR A STANDARD, MULTI-STATE, MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL PROJECT, INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP REQUESTING $799,976, THAT AIMS TO IMPROVE BORDER BIOSECURITY FOR TWO IMPORTANT STORED PRODUCT QUARANTINE PESTS, KHAPRA BEETLE (KB) AND LARGER GRAIN BORER (LAGB). HISTORICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF KB IN THE USA LED THE GOVERNMENT TO SPEND $125 MILLION TO ERADICATE THE PEST IN 1953. THE LAGB HAS BEEN FOUND CROSSING THE SOUTHERN BORDER FROM ITS NORMAL DISTRIBUTION IN SOUTH-CENTRAL AMERICA. THERE HAVE BEEN INCREASING INTERCEPTIONS OF BOTH PESTS IN THE LAST 20 YEARS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE DEFICIENCIES WITH CURRENT TRAPS, AND A NEED FOR UNDERSTANDING WHERE TO TARGET SURVEILLANCE AND MITIGATION. WITH THE EXPECTED PHASE-OUT OF METHYL BROMIDE FOR FUMIGATION, EVEN FOR QUARANTINE, THERE IS A NEED FOR UPDATED USA DISINFESTATION RECOMMENDATIONS. OUR OBJECTIVES INCLUDE (1) OPTIMIZING SULFURYL FLUORIDE APPLICATION AND OTHER EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, (2) UPGRADING AND TAILORING ENHANCED BIO-SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING, AND FINALLY (3) PREDICTING THEINVASION RISK USING GEOGRAPHIC THERMAL PROFILES AND ECOLOGICAL VARIATION OF KB AND LAGB. WE WILL COMMUNICATE THE IMPORTANCE OF NOVEL TOOLS TO STAKEHOLDERS, WHILE IMPROVING QUARANTINE PROCEDURES. OUR PROPOSAL INCLUDES PERSONNEL REPRESENTING KANSAS,MASSACHUSETTS, AND GREECE, INCLUDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH APHIS, AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO SPEED BIOSECURITY SOLUTIONS. THIS WILL PROTECT THE USA'S ROLE AS THE WORLD'S BREADBASKET AT A TIME WHEN THERE IS A GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS, SUPPORTING THE USDA PROGRAM AREA PHPPP AND STRATEGIC GOAL 1 AND 4, AND HELPING ILLUMINATE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THESE TWO IMPORTANT QUARANTINE PESTS AND INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD.