Dr. Cotty's Publications

Dr Cotty's Publications
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Doster MA, Cotty P.J., Michailides TJ. Oct 2009. Description of a distinctive aflatoxin-producing strain of Aspergillus nomius that produces submerged sclerotia. Mycopathologia. 168(4):193-201.
Probst C, Schulthess F, Cotty P.J., Juyl 2009. Impact of Aspergillus section Flavi community structure on the development of lethal levels of aflatoxins in Kenyan maize (Zea mays). J Appl Microbiol. [Epub ahead of print]
Fedorova ND, Harris S, Chen D, Denning DW, Yu J, Cotty P.J., Nierman WC. March 2009 Using aCGH to study intraspecific genetic variability in two pathogenic molds, Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus flavus. Med Mycol. 47 Suppl 1:S34-41.
Grubisha L.C., Cotty P.J. 2009. Twenty-four microsatellite markers for the aflatoxin-producing fungus Aspergillus flavus. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 264–267. (Please email Dr. Cotty for a copy of this article)
Donner, M., Atehnkeng, J.,, Sikora, A.R., Bandyopadhyay, R., Cotty P.J. Oct 2009. Distribution of Aspergillus section flavi in soils of maize filds in three agroecological zones of Nigeria. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41: 37-41 (Please email Dr. Cotty for a copy of this article)
Hell K, Fandohan P., Bandyopadhyay R., Kiewnick S, Sikora, R., Cotty P.J. 2008. Pre- and postharvest management of aflatoxin in maize: An African perspective. Pages 219-229. Leslie JF, Bandyopadhyay R, and Visconti A.. Mycotoxins: Detection Methods, Management, Public Health and Agricultural Trade. Oxfordshire:CAB International.
Cotty, P.J., Probst, C., and Jaime-Garcia, R. 2008. Etiology and management of aflatoxin contamination. Pages 287-299. Leslie, JF, Bandyopadhyay, R, Visconti, A. Mycotoxins: Detection Methods, Management, Public Health, and Agricultural Trade. Oxfordshire:CAB International.
Atehnkeng, J., Ojiambo, P.S., Ikotun, T., Sikora, R. A., Cotty, P. J., and Bandyopadhyay, R. 2008. Evaluation of atoxigenic isolates of Aspergillus flavus as potential biocontrol agents for aflatoxin in maize. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A 25:10,1266 — 1273
Das M.K., Ehrlich, E.C., Cotty, P.J. 2008. Use of Pyrosequencing to quantify incidence of a specific Aspergillus flavus strain within complex fungal communities associated with commercial cotton crops. Phytopathology 98:282-288
Rajasekaran K, Cary J.W., Cotty P.J., Cleveland T.E. 2008. Development of a GFP expressing Aspergillus flavus strain to study fungal invasion, colonization, and resistance in cottonseed. Mycopathologia 165:89-97
Atehnkeng J., Ojiambo P.S., Donner M., Ikotun T., Sikora R.A., Cotty PJ, Bandyopadhyay, R. 2008. Distribution and toxigenicity of Aspergillus species isolated from maize kernels from three agro-ecological zones in Nigeria. International Journal of Food Microbiology 122:74-84
Fedorova N.D., Khaldi N., Joardar V.S., Maiti R., Amedeo P., Anderson M.J., Crabtree J., Silva J.C., Badger J.H., Albarraq A., Angiuoli S., Bussey H., Bowyer P., Cotty P.J., Dyer P.S., Egan A., Galens K., Fraser-Liggett C.M. 2008. Genomic islands in the pathogenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Plos Genetics 4:e1000046:1-13
Cotty, P.J., Antilla, L., Wakelyn, P.J. 2007. Competitive Exclusion of Aflatoxin Producers: Farmer Driven Research and Development. Pages 241-253. Editors: Vincent, C, Goettel, N, Lazarovitis, G. Biological Control: A Global Perspective. Oxfordshire:CAB International.
Mellon, J.E., Cotty, P.J., Dowd, M.K. Nov 2007. Aspergillus flavus Hydrolases: Their Roles in Pathogenesis and Substrate Utilization. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 77:497-504
Cotty, P.J., and Jaime-Garcia, R., 2007 Influences of climate on aflatoxin producing fungi and aflatoxin contamination. International Journal of Food Microbiology 119:109-115

Probst, C., Njapau, H., Cotty, P.J., 2007 Outbreak of an Acute Aflatoxicosis in Kenya in 2004: Identification of the Causal Agent. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, p.2762-2764 Vol. 73 No. 8

Ehrlich, K.C., Kobbeman, B.G, Montalbano, B.G., Cotty, P.J. 2007. Aflatoxin-producing Aspergillus species from Thailand. Internatinal Journal of Food Microbiology 114:153-159

Ehrlich, K.C., Montalbano, B.G., Cotty, P.J. 2007. Analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms in three genes shows evidence for genetic isolation of certain Aspergillus flavus vegetative compatibility groups. FEMS Microbiol Lett 268:231-236

Erlich, K.C., Kobbeman, K., Montalbano, B.G., Cotty, P.J. 2006. Aflatoxin-producing Aspergillus species from Thailand. International Journal of Food Microbiology(2006)

Cotty, P.J., and Mellon, J.E. 2006. Ecology of aflatoxin producing fungi and biocontrol of aflatoxin contamination. Mycotoxin Research Vol. 22, No. 2 110-117

Jaime-Garcia, R., and Cotty, P.J. 2006. Spatial relationships of soil texture and crop rotation to Aspergillus flavus community structure in south Texas. Phytopathology 96:599-607

Bock, C.H., and Cotty, P.J. 2006. Methods to sample airborne propagules of Aspergillus flavus. European Journal of Plant Pathology 114:357-362

Jaime-Garcia, R., and Cotty, P.J. 2006. Spatial distribution of Aspergillus flavus and its toxigenic strains on commercial cottondseed from south Texas and its relationship to aflatoxin contamination. Plant Pathology 55:358-366
Cotty, P.J., Antilla, L. and Wakelyn, P.J. 2007. Competitive Exclusion of Aflatoxin Producers: Farmer Driven Research and Development. p. 241-253 in: "Biological Control: A Global Perspective" Vincent, C., Goettel, N., Lazarovits, G. editors, CAB International, Oxfordshire,UK.

Cotty, P.J., 2006. Biocompetitive exclusion of toxigenic fungi. p. 179-197 in: "The Mycotoxin Factbook food and feed topics" Barug, D., Bhatnagar, D., van Egmond, H.P., van der Kamp, J.W., van Osenbruggen, W.A., Visconti, A., editors, Wageningen Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.

Jaime-Garcia, R., and Cotty, P.J. 2006. Crop Rotation influences Aflatoxin producing potential of Aspergillus communities in South Texas. p. 60-64.. Proceedings of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences.

Garber, N. and Cotty, P.J. 2006. Beltwide Cotton Conferences p.1-6. Timing of herbicide applications may influence efficacy of Aflatoxin biocontrol.

Ehrlich, K.C., Montalbano, B.G. and Cotty, P.J. 2005. Divergent regulation of aflatoxin production at acidic pH by two Aspergillus strains. Mycopathologia 159: 579-581.

Ehrilch, K.C., Yu, J. and Cotty, P.J. 2005. Aflatoxin biosynthesis gene clusters and flanking regions. Journal of Applied Microbiology 99: 518-527.

Mellon, J.E., Dowd, M.K. and Cotty, P.J. 2005. Substrate utilization by Aspergillus flavus in inoculated whole corn kernels and isolated tissues. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 53: 2351-2357.

Bock, C.H., Mackey, B. and Cotty, P.J. 2004. Population dynamics of Aspergillus flavus in the air of an intensively cultivated region of south-west Arizona. Plant Pathology 53: 422-433.

Ehrlich, K.C., Chang, P.K., Yu, J.J. and Cotty, P.J. 2004. Aflatoxin biosynthesis cluster gene cypA is required for G aflatoxin formation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70, 6518-6524.

Ehrlich, K.C. and Cotty, P.J. 2004. An isolate of Aspergillus flavus used to reduce aflatoxin contamination in cottonseed has a defective poyketide synthase gene. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 65: 473-478.

Jaime-Garcia, R. and Cotty, P.J. 2004. Aspergillus flavus in soils and corncobs in south Texas: Implications for management of aflatoxins in corn-cotton rotations. Plant Disease 88: 1366-1371.

Mellon, J.E. and Cotty, P.J. 2004. Expression of pectinase activity among Aspergillus flavus isolates from southwestern and southeastern United States. Mycopathologia 157: 333-338.

Cleveland, T.E., Dowd, P.F., Desjardins, A.E., Bhatnagar, D., and Cotty, P.J. 2003 United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service research on pre-harvest prevention of mycotoxins and mycotoxigenic fungi in US crops. Pest Management Science 59: 629 642

Ehrlich, K.C., Montalbano, B.G., and Cotty, P.J. 2003. Sequence comparison of aflR from different Aspergillus flavus species provides evidence for variability in regulation of aflatoxin production. Fungal Genetics and Biology 38:63-74.

Jaime-Garcia, R., and Cotty, P.J. 2003. Aflatoxin Contamination of Commercial Cottonseed in South Texas. Phytopathology 93:1190-1200.

Cardwell, K.F., and Cotty, P.J. 2002. Distribution of Aspergillus Section Flavi among field soils from the four agroecological zones of the Republic of Bénin , West Africa . Plant Disease. Plant Disease 86:434-439.

Chang, P.K., Bennet, J.W., and Cotty, P.J. 2002. Association of aflatoxin biosynthesis and sclerotial development in Aspergillus parasiticus. Mycopathologia 153: 41-48.

Ehrlich, K.C., and Cotty, P.J. 2002. Variability in nitrogen regulation of aflatoxin production by Aspergillus flavus strains. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 60:174-178.

Ehrlich, K.C., Montalbano, B.G., Cary, J.W., and Cotty, P.J. 2002. Promoter Elements in the aflatoxin pathway polyketide synthase gene. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1576:171-175.

Mellon, J.E., and Cotty, P.J. 2002. No effect of soybean lipoxygenase on aflatoxin production in Aspergillus flavus-inoculated seeds. J. Food Protection 65:1984-1987.

Mellon, J.E., Dowd, M.K., and Cotty, P.J. 2002. Time course study of substrate utilization by Aspergillus flavus in medium simulating corn (Zea mays) kernels. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 50: 648-652.

Boyd, M.L., and Cotty, P.J. 2001. Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin contamination of leguminous trees of the Sonoran desert in Arizona. Phytopathology 91:913-919 .

Brown, R.L., Chen, Z., Cleveland, T.E., Cotty, P.J., and Cary, J.W. 2001. Variation in in vitro α-amylase and protease activity is related to the virulence of Aspergillus flavus isolates. J. Food Protection 64:401-405
Cotty, P.J., 2001. Part 1. Infectious Diseases, Cottonseed losses and Mycotoxins. p.9-13 Cotton Compendium 2nd edition, Kirkpatrick, T.L., and Rothrock, C.S., American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Cotty, P.J., 2000 Beltwide Cotton Conferences.p 148. Stability of modified Aspergillus flavus communities: Need for area-wide management.

Mellon, J. E., Cotty, P. J., and Dowd, M.K. 2000. Influence of lipids with and without other cottonseed reserve materials on aflatoxin B 1 production by Aspergillus flavus. J. Agricultural and Food Chemistry 48:3611-3615.

Bock, C. H., and Cotty, P. J. 1999. Wheat seed colonized with atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus: characterization and production of a biopesticide for aflatoxin control. Biocontrol Science and Technology 9:529-543.

Bock, C. H., and Cotty, P. J. 1999. The Relationship of Gin Date to Aflatoxin Contamination of Cottonseed in Arizona . Plant Disease 279-285.

Cotty, P. J., and Cardwell, K. F. 1999. Divergence of West African and North American communities of Aspergillus section Flavi. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65:2264-2266.

Mellon, J. E., and Cotty, P. J. 1999. Raffinose content may influence cottonseed susceptibility to aflatoxin contamination. Journal of American Oil Chemists Society 76:883-886.

Orum, T. V., Bigelow, D. M., Cotty, P. J., and Nelson, M. R. 1999. Using predictions based on geostatistics to monitor trends in Aspergillus flavus strain composition. Phytopathology 89:761-769.
Cotty, P.J., 1999. Beltwide Cotton Conferences p.108. Atoxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus have been applied to commercial cotton fields for three years.

Nelson, M.R., Bigelow, R.D.M., Cotty, P.J., and Orum, T.V.,1998 p.163. Beltwide Cotton Conferences. Regional patterns of S and L strains of Aspergillus flavus.

Feibelman, T. P., Cotty, P. J., Doster, M. A., and Michailides, T. J. 1998. A morphologically distinct strain of Aspergillus nomius. Mycologia 90:618-623.

Mellon, J. E., and Cotty, P. J. 1998. Effects of oilseed storage proteins on aflatoxin production by Aspergillus flavus. Journal of American Oil Chemists Society 75:1085-1089.

Cotty, P. J. 1997. Aflatoxin producing potential of communities of Aspergillus section Flavi from cotton producing areas in the United States . Mycological Research 101:698704.

Daigle, D. J., and Cotty, P. J. 1997. The effect of sterilization, pH, filler and spore inoculum concentration on the preparation of alginate pellets. Biocontrol Science and Technology 7: 3-10.

Garber, R. K., and Cotty, P. J. 1997. Formation of sclerotia and aflatoxins in developing cotton bolls infected by the S strain of Aspergillus flavus and potential for biocontrol with an atoxigenic strain. Phytopathology 87:940-945.0

Orum, T. V., Bigelow, D. M., Nelson, M. R., Howell, D. R., and Cotty, P. J. 1997. Spatial and temporal patterns of Aspergillus flavus strain composition and propagule density in Yuma County , AZ , soils. Plant Disease 81:911-916.

Shieh, M.-T., Brown, R. L., Whitehead, M. P., Cary, J. W., Cotty, P. J., Cleveland, T. E., and Dean, R. A. 1997. Molecular genetic evidence for the involvement of a specific polygalacturonase, P2c, in the invasion and spread of Aspergillus flavus in cotton bolls. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 63:3548-3552.
Sobek, E.A., and Cotty, P.J.,1997. Beltwide Cotton Conferences p.113-116 Phenotypic variation within the S strain of Aspergillus flavus.

Batson, W.E., Jr., Caceres, J., Cotty, P.J., and Isakeit, T. 1997 . Beltwide Cotton Conferences.p.116-118 Aflatoxin levels in cottonseed at weekly intervals in Arizona, Mississippi, and Texas modules.

Cotty, P.J., and Bock, C. 1997 Beltwide Cotton Conferences p.108-110. Aflatoxin contamination of commercially grown transgenic BT cottonseed.

Mellon, J.E. , and Cotty, P.J.,1997 Beltwide Cotton Conferences p.106-108. Potential role for storage proteins and sugars in cottonseed susceptibility to Aflatoxin contamination.

Cotty, P.J.,1996 . Beltwide Cotton Conferences p. 270. Developments in the use of atoxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus to prevent Aflatoxin contamination.

Cotty, P. J.. 1996 . Displacement of Aflatoxin-Producing Fungi from Cottonseed. us. p.138-141 In: "Proceedings of the Third National IPM Symposium/Workshop" February 27-March 1, 1996 Lynch, S., Greene, C., and Leblanc-Kramer, C., Washington D.C..

Elias, K. S., and Cotty, P. J. 1996. Incidence and stability of infection by double-stranded RNA genetic elements in Aspergillus section Flavi and effects on aflatoxigenicity. Canadian Journal of Botany 74:716-725.

Mellon, J. E., and Cotty, P. J. 1996. Purification and partial characterization of an elastinolytic proteinase from Aspergillus flavus culture filtrates. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 46:138-142.

Daigle, D. J., and Cotty, P. J. 1995. Formulating atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus for field release. Biocontrol Science and Technology 5:175-184.

Elias, K. S., and Cotty, P. J. 1995. A rose bengal amended medium for selecting nitrate-metabolism mutants from fungi. Can. J. Bot. 73:680-682.

Mellon, J. E., and Cotty, P. J. 1995. Expression of elastinolytic activity among isolates in Aspergillus section flavi. Mycopathologia 131:115-120.

Mellon, J. E., Cotty, P. J., Godshall, M. A., and Roberts, E. 1995. Demonstration of aflatoxin inhibitory activity in a cotton seedcoat xylan. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 61:4409-4412.

Misaghi, I. J., Cotty, P. J., and Decianne, D. 1995. Bacterial antagonists of Aspergillus flavus. Biocontrol Science and Technology 5:387-392.

Cotty, P. J. 1994. Comparison of Four Media for the Isolation of Aspergillus flavus group Fungi. Mycopathologia 125:157-162.

Cotty, P. J. 1994. Influence of field application of an atoxigenic strain of Aspergillus flavus on the populations of A. flavus infecting cotton bolls and on aflatoxin content of cottonseed. Phytopathology 84:1270-1277.

Daigle, D. J., and Cotty, P. J.. 1994. Stability of Colletotrichum truncatum in culture may influence mycoherbicide potential. Mycologia 86:397-400.

P. J. Cotty, and Bhatnagar, D. 1994. Variability among atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus strains in ability to prevent aflatoxin contamination and production of aflatoxin biosynthetic pathway enzymes. Applied Environmental Microbiology 60:2248-2251.

Egel, D. S., P. J. Cotty, and K. S. Elias. 1994. Relationships among isolates of Aspergillus section Flavi which vary in aflatoxin production. Phytopathology 84:906-912.
Cotty, P. J. , P. Bayman, D. S. Egel , and K. S. Elias. 1994 Agriculture, Aflatoxins, and Aspergillus. p 1-27 in: "The Genus Aspergillus: From Taxonomy and Genetics to Industrial Applications" FEMS Symposium No. 69, K. A. Powell, A. Renwick, and J. F. Peberdy, editors, Plenum Press, .

Bhatnagar, D., Cotty, P. J., and Cleveland, T.E.,. 1994. Mycological Aspects Of Aflatoxin Formation p.327-341. In: "The Toxicology of Aflatoxins. Human Health, Veterinary, and Agricultural Significance". Eaton, D.L., and Groopman, J.D.

Bhatnagar, D., Cotty, P. J., and Cleveland, T.E.,. 1993 . Preharvest Aflatoxin Contamination p.272-292. In: "Food Flavor and Safety, Molecular Analysis and Design. ACS Symposium Series 528. Spanier, A.M., Okai, H., and Tamura, M.

Bayman, P., and Cotty, P. J. 1993. Genetic diversity in Aspergillus flavus: association with aflatoxin production and morphology. Can. J. Bot. 71:23-34.

Brown, R. L., Cotty, P. J., Cleveland, T. E., and Widstrom, N.W. 1993. The living embryo influences accumulation of aflatoxin in maize kernels. J. Food Protection 56:967-971.

Cotty, P. J. , and Bayman, P. 1993. Competitive exclusion of a toxigenic strain of Aspergillus flavus by an atoxigenic strain. Phytopathology 83:1283-1287.

Brown, R. L., Cleveland, T. E., Cotty, P. J., and Mellon, J. E. 1992. Spread of Aspergillus flavus in cotton bolls, decay of intercarpellary membranes, and production of fungal pectinases. Phytopathology 82:462-467.

Daigle, D. J., and Cotty, P. J. 1992. Production of conidia of Alternaria cassiae with alginate pellets. Biological Control 2:278-281.

Bayman, P., and Cotty, P. J. 1991. Vegetative compatibility and genetic diversity in the Aspergillus flavus population of a single field. Can. J. Bot. 69:1707-1711.

Bayman, P., and Cotty, P. J. 1991. Improved media for selecting nitrate-nonutilizing mutants in Aspergillus flavus. Mycologia 83:311-316.

Brown, R. L., Cotty, P. J., and Cleveland, T. E. 1991. Reduction in aflatoxin content of maize by atoxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus. J. Food Protection 54:623-626.

Cleveland, T. E. and Cotty, P. J. 1991. Invasiveness of Aspergillus flavus in wounded cotton bolls is associated with production of a specific fungal polygalacturonase. Phytopathology 81:155-158.

Cotty, P. J. 1991. Effect of harvest date on aflatoxin contamination of cottonseed. Plant Disease 75:312-314.

Daigle, D. J., and Cotty, P. J. 1991. The influence of cysteine, cysteine analogs and other amino acids on Alternaria cassiae spore germination. Can. J. Bot. 69:2353-2356.

Daigle, D. J., and Cotty, P. J. 1991. Factors that influence germination and mycoherbicidal activity of Alternaria cassiae. Weed Technology 5:82-86.

Halloin, J. M., Lee, L. S., and Cotty, P. J. 1991. Pre-ripening damage to cottonseed by Aspergillus flavus in not influenced by seed coat permeability. J. American Oil Chemists Soc. 68:522-523.

Jacks, T. J., Cotty, P. J., and Hinojosa, O. 1991. Potential of animal myeloperoxidase to protect plants from pathogens. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 178:1202-1203.
Cole, R.J., and Cotty, P. J.. 1990 . Biocontrol of Aflatoxin production by using Biocompetitive Agents p.62-66. In: "A Perspective on Aflatoxin in Field Crops and Animal Food Products in the United States" A Symposium, Washington D.C..

Cleveland, T.E., Bhatnagar, D., and Cotty, P. J.. 1990 . Control of Biosynthesis of Aflatoxin in Strains of Aspergillus flavus p.67-73. In: "A Perspective on Aflatoxin in Field Crops and Animal Food Products in the United States" A Symposium, Washington D.C..

Bayman, P. and Cotty, P. J. 1990. Triadimenol stimulates aflatoxin production by Aspergillusflavus in vitro. Mycological Research 94:1023-1025.

Cotty, P. J. 1990. Effect of atoxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus on aflatoxin contamination of developing cottonseed. Plant Disease 74:233-235.

Cotty, P. J., Cleveland, T. E., Brown, R. L., and Mellon, J. E. 1990. Variation in polygalacturonase production among Aspergillus flavus isolates. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 56:3885-3887.

Lee, L. S., Wall, J. H., Cotty, P. J., and Bayman, P. 1990. Integration of ELISA with conventional chromatographic procedures for quantitation of aflatoxin in individual cotton bolls, seeds, and seed sections. J. Assoc. Official Analytical Chemists. 73:581-584.

Cotty, P. J. 1989. Effects of cultivar and boll age on aflatoxin in cottonseed after inoculation with Aspergillus flavus at simulated exit holes of the pink bollworm. Plant Disease 73:489-492.

Cotty, P. J. 1989. Virulence and cultural characteristics of two Aspergillus flavus strains pathogenic on cotton. Phytopathology 79:808-814.

Cotty, P. J. and Lee, L. S. 1989. Aflatoxin contamination of cottonseed: Comparison of pink bollworm damaged and undamaged bolls. Tropical Science 29:273-277.

Lee, L. S., Klich, M. A., Cotty, P. J., and Zeringue, H. J. 1989. Aflatoxin in Arizona cottonseed: Increase in toxin formation during field drying of bolls. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 18:416-420.

Cotty, P. J. 1988. Simple fluorescence method for rapid estimation of aflatoxin levels in a solid culture medium. Applied Environmental Microbiology 54:274-276.

Cotty, P. J. 1988. Aflatoxin and sclerotial production by Aspergillus flavus: Influence of pH. Phytopathology 78:1250-1253.

Misaghi, I. J., Olsen, M. W., Cotty, P. J., and Donndelinger, C. R. 1988. Fluorescent siderophore-mediated ion deprivation - contingent biological control mechanism. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 20:573-574.

Cotty, P. J. 1987. Modulation of sporulation of Alternaria tagetica by carbon dioxide. Mycologia 79:508-513.

Cotty, P. J. 1987. Evaluation of cotton cultivar susceptibility to Alternaria leaf spot. Plant Disease 71:1082-1084.

Cotty, P. J. 1987. Temperature-induced suppression of Alternaria leaf spot of cotton in Arizona . Plant Disease 71:1138-1140.

Cotty, P. J. 1986. Alternaria tagetica on marigold in New Jersey . Plant Disease 70:1159.

Misaghi, I. J., Cotty, P. J., and Matyac, C. A. 1986. Soil applications of sulfureous compounds to control tipburn of head lettuce in the field. Plant and Soil 94:297-299.

Cotty, P. J., and Misaghi, I. J. 1985. Effect of light on the behavior of Alternaria tagetica in vitro and in vivo. Phytopathology 75:366-370.

Cotty, P. J., and Alcorn, S. M. 1984. Alternaria raphani on turnip in Arizona . Plant Disease 68:732.

Cotty, P. J., and Misaghi, I. J. 1984. Zinniol production by Alternaria species. Phytopathology 74:785-788.

Cotty, P. J., Misaghi, I. J., and Hine, R. B. 1983. Production of zinniol by Alternaria tagetica and its phytotoxic effect on Tagetes erecta. Phytopathology 73:1326-1328.