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Peter J. Cotty is affiliated with the Ocean University of China and has a research focus primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Their work spans multiple subfields, notably Plant Science, Cell Biology, Food Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Biotechnology. The scientist's research concentrates on topics related to Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food, Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, Plant Pathogens and Resistance, Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety, and Probiotics and Fermented Foods.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Peter J. Cotty include:

  • Alejandro Ortega-Beltran (15 publications)
  • Ranajit Bandyopadhyay (14 publications)
  • Kenneth A. Callicott (12 publications)
  • Joseph Atehnkeng (11 publications)
  • Hillary L. Mehl (6 publications)

The primary publication venues where Cotty's research appears most often are:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology (4 publications)
  • Plant Disease (2 publications)
  • Mycotoxin Research (2 publications)
  • Journal of Fungi (2 publications)
  • Toxins (2 publications)

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Peter J. Cotty include:

  • Field efficacy of two atoxigenic biocontrol products for mitigation of aflatoxin contamination in maize and groundnut in Ghana, 2020, Biological Control
  • Degradation of Aflatoxins B1 by Atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus Biocontrol Agents, 2021, Plant Disease
  • Biotransformation of aflatoxin B1 by Lactobacillus helviticus FAM22155 in wheat bran by solid-state fermentation, 2020, Food Chemistry
  • Molecular Analysis of S-morphology Aflatoxin Producers From the United States Reveals Previously Unknown Diversity and Two New Taxa, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Aflasafe SN01 is the First Biocontrol Product Approved for Aflatoxin Mitigation in Two Nations, Senegal and The Gambia, 2020, Plant Disease

Best Publications

  • Influences of climate on aflatoxin producing fungi and aflatoxin contamination.

    Peter J. Cotty;Ramon Jaime-Garcia

  • Genomic islands in the pathogenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

    Natalie D. Fedorova;Nora Khaldi;Vinita S. Joardar;Rama Maiti

  • Outbreak of an Acute Aflatoxicosis in Kenya in 2004: Identification of the Causal Agent

    Claudia Probst;Henry Njapau;Peter J. Cotty

  • Virulence and cultural characteristics of two Aspergillus flavus strains pathogenic on cotton.

    P. J. Cotty

  • Biological control of aflatoxins in Africa: current status and potential challenges in the face of climate change

    Ranajit Bandyopadhyay;A. Ortega-Beltran;A. Akande;C. Mutegi

  • Influence of field application of an atoxigenic strain of Aspergillus flavus on the populations of A. flavus infectiing cotton bolls and on the aflatoxin content of cottonseed

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  • Agriculture, Aflatoxins and Aspergillus

    P. J. Cotty;P. Bayman;D. S. Egel;K. S. Elias

  • United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service research on pre‐harvest prevention of mycotoxins and mycotoxigenic fungi in US crops

    Thomas E Cleveland;Patrick F Dowd;Anne E Desjardins;Deepak Bhatnagar

  • Distribution and toxigenicity of Aspergillus species isolated from maize kernels from three agro-ecological zones in Nigeria.

    Joseph Atehnkeng;Joseph Atehnkeng;Peter S. Ojiambo;Matthias Donner;T. Ikotun

  • Aflatoxin-producing potential of communities of Aspergillus section Flavi from cotton producing areas in the United States

    Peter J. Cotty

  • Molecular genetic evidence for the involvement of a specific polygalacturonase, P2c, in the invasion and spread of Aspergillus flavus in cotton bolls.

    Mei-Tsu Shieh;Robert L. Brown;Michael P. Whitehead;Jeffrey W. Cary

  • Vegetative compatibility and genetic diversity in the Aspergillus flavus population of a single field

    Paul Bayman;Peter J. Cotty

  • Aflatoxin biosynthesis cluster gene cypA is required for G aflatoxin formation.

    Kenneth C. Ehrlich;Perng-Kuang Chang;Jiujiang Yu;Peter J. Cotty;Peter J. Cotty

  • Evaluation of atoxigenic isolates of Aspergillus flavus as potential biocontrol agents for aflatoxin in maize

    J Atehnkeng;P S Ojiambo;T Ikotun;R A Sikora

  • Genetic diversity in Aspergillus flavus: association with aflatoxin production and morphology

    Paul Bayman;Peter J. Cotty

  • Reduction in Aflatoxin Content of Maize by Atoxigenic Strains of Aspergillus flavus

    Robert L. Brown;Peter J. Cotty;Thomas E. Cleveland

  • Divergence of West African and North American communities of Aspergillus section Flavi.

    Peter J. Cotty;Kitty F. Cardwell

  • Aflatoxin-producing Aspergillus species from Thailand

    Kenneth C. Ehrlich;Kerri Kobbeman;Beverly G. Montalbano;Peter J. Cotty

  • Variability among atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus strains in ability to prevent aflatoxin contamination and production of aflatoxin biosynthetic pathway enzymes

    Peter J. Cotty;Deepak Bhatnagar

  • Diversity of aflatoxin-producing fungi and their impact on food safety in sub-Saharan Africa

    C. Probst;R. Bandyopadhyay;P.J. Cotty

  • An isolate of Aspergillus flavus used to reduce aflatoxin contamination in cottonseed has a defective polyketide synthase gene

    Kenneth C. Ehrlich;Peter J. Cotty;Peter J. Cotty

Frequent Co-Authors

Ranajit Bandyopadhyay
Ranajit Bandyopadhyay International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Kenneth C. Ehrlich
Kenneth C. Ehrlich US Department of Agriculture
Thomas E. Cleveland
Thomas E. Cleveland Agricultural Research Service
Themis J. Michailides
Themis J. Michailides University of California, Davis
Clive H. Bock
Clive H. Bock United States Department of Agriculture
Paola Battilani
Paola Battilani Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Jiujiang Yu
Jiujiang Yu United States Department of Agriculture
Jeffrey W. Cary
Jeffrey W. Cary United States Department of Agriculture
Perng-Kuang Chang
Perng-Kuang Chang United States Department of Agriculture
William C. Nierman
William C. Nierman J. Craig Venter Institute

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