Selcted Publications

• 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)
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 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

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

• 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.
  

• 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.
  

• 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.
  

• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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. 1995. Expression of elastinolytic activity among isolates in Aspergillus section flavi. Mycopathologia 131:115-120.
  
  
• 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, .
  
  
• Bayman, P., and Cotty, P. J. 1993. Genetic diversity in Aspergillus flavus: association with aflatoxin production and morphology. Can. J. Bot. 71:23-34.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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., 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
  
  
• Cotty, P. J. 1989. Virulence and cultural characteristics of two Aspergillus flavus strains pathogenic on cotton. Phytopathology 79:808-814.