John Pecchia
Assistant Research Professor
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319 Buckhout
University Park, PA - jap281@psu.edu
- 814-865-1008
Huck Affiliations
Most Recent Publications
A Summary of the Etiology & Epidemiology of Syzgites Megalocarpus Disease of Agaricus
David Beyer, J Pecchia, John DeSoto, Mushroom News
Exploring oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) substrate preparation by varying Phase I composting: changes in bacterial communities and physicochemical composition of biomass impacting mushroom yields.
Fabricio Vieira, John Pecchia, Fernando Segato, Igor Polikarpov, Journal of Applied Microbiology
Effect of Different LED Light Wavelengths on Production and Quality of Pleurotus ostreatus Grown on Different Commercial Substrates
Marina De Bonis, Silvia Locatelli, Paolo Sambo, Giampaolo Zanin, John A. Pecchia, Carlo Nicoletto, 2024, Horticulturae
Manipulating Agaricus bisporus developmental patterns by passaging microbial communities in complex substrates
Fabricio Rocha Vieira, Isako Di Tomassi, Isako Di Tomassi, Eoin O'Connor, Carolee T. Bull, John A. Pecchia, Kevin Hockett, 2023, Microbiology spectrum on p. 22 (unformatted)
Three-Dimensional Printing of Living Mycelium-Based Composites: Material Compositions, Workflows, and Ways to Mitigate Contamination
Alale Mohseni, Fabricio Rocha Vieira, John A. Pecchia, Benay Gürsoy, 2023, Biomimetics
Efeito inibitório de DMSO, Tween 80 e Triton X-100 sobre Agaricus bisporus e Lecanicillium fungicola
Lundoi Tobias Lee, Lívia Martinez Abreu Soares Costa, Eduardo Alves, Ludwig Heinrich Pfenning, John Andrew Pecchia, Diego Cunha Zied, Eustáquio Souza Dias, 2023, Revista Brasileira de Meio Ambiente on p. 99-112
Bacterial Community Patterns in the Agaricus bisporus Cultivation System, from Compost Raw Materials to Mushroom Caps
Fabricio Rocha Vieira, John Andrew Pecchia, 2022, Microbial Ecology on p. 20-32
Utilization of mushroom compost to mitigate nutrient pollution
Robert Harvey, D Davis, John Pecchia, 2021, Mushroom News
Fungal community assembly during a high-temperature composting under different pasteurization regimes used to elaborate the Agaricus bisporus substrate
Fabricio Rocha Vieira, John Andrew Pecchia, 2021, Mycological Research on p. 826-833
Nitrate removal in greenhouse water using mushroom compost with artificially constructed wetlands
Robert Harvey, D Davis, B Savani, J PECCHIA, John Pecchia, 2021, Journal of Plant Sciences and Research on p. 5
Most-Cited Papers
Mycelium-Based Bio-Composites For Architecture: Assessing the Effects of Cultivation Factors on Compressive Strength
Ali Ghazvinian, Paniz Farrokhsiar, Fabricio Vieira, John Pecchia, Benay Gursoy, 2019, on p. 505-514
An Exploration into the Bacterial Community under Different Pasteurization Conditions during Substrate Preparation (Composting–Phase II) for Agaricus bisporus Cultivation
Fabricio Rocha Vieira, John Andrew Pecchia, 2018, Microbial Ecology on p. 318-330
100 years since Tolaas: Bacterial blotch of mushrooms in the 21<sup>st</sup> century
Ebrahim Osdaghi, Samuel Martins, Laura Ramos-Sepulveda, Fabrício Rocha Vieira, Fabrício Rocha Vieira, John A. Pecchia, David Beyer, Terrence H. Bell, Yinong Yang, Kevin L. Hockett, Carolee T. Bull, 2019, Plant Disease on p. 2714-2732
Picking dynamic analysis for robotic harvesting of Agaricus bisporus mushrooms
Mingsen Huang, Long He, Daeun Choi, John Pecchia, Yaoming Li, 2021, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Exploring oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) substrate preparation by varying phase I composting time: changes in bacterial communities and physicochemical composition of biomass impacting mushroom yields
F. R. Vieira, J. A. Pecchia, F. Segato, I. Polikarpov, 2019, Journal of Applied Microbiology Symposium Supplement on p. 931-944
Bacterial Community Patterns in the Agaricus bisporus Cultivation System, from Compost Raw Materials to Mushroom Caps
Fabricio Rocha Vieira, John Andrew Pecchia, 2022, Microbial Ecology on p. 20-32
Efficacy of Beauveria bassiana formulations against the fungus gnat Lycoriella ingenua
Stefanos S. Andreadis, Kevin R. Cloonan, Giovani S. Bellicanta, Kimberly Paley, John Pecchia, Nina E. Jenkins, 2016, Biological Control on p. 165-171
Three-Dimensional Printing of Living Mycelium-Based Composites: Material Compositions, Workflows, and Ways to Mitigate Contamination
Alale Mohseni, Fabricio Rocha Vieira, John A. Pecchia, Benay Gürsoy, 2023, Biomimetics
Cultivation of Pleurotus ostreatus
Alma E.Rodriguez Estrada, John Pecchia, 2017, on p. 339-360
Development of a robotic harvesting mechanism for button mushrooms
Mingsen Huang, Xiaohu Jiang, Long He, Daeun Choi, John Pecchia, Yaoming Li, 2021, Transactions of the ASABE on p. 565-575
News Articles Featuring John Pecchia
Aug 28, 2024
Research teams receive $1.1 million to study microbiomes in agriculture
Two Penn State-led research teams have received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture for projects investigating the ways microbiomes — the microorganisms in a particular environment, such as in soil or a living organism — can affect disease dynamics in agriculture.
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Jan 29, 2024
Fungi into the future
Penn State researchers have aided the state’s important mushroom industry for nearly 100 years, and they’re still going strong. But mushrooms aren’t just for eating anymore
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Dec 13, 2022
New grant looks to biomaterials to help reduce construction waste
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, nearly 600 million tons of construction and demolition debris from man-made polymers and petroleum-based materials was generated in 2018 in the United States.
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Mar 18, 2022
Alliance between College of Ag Sciences, University of Pretoria yields benefits
Developing solutions to address threats to plant health is the centerpiece of a partnership between Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences and the University of Pretoria in South Africa. The partnership is designed to increase both organizations’ research, teaching and extension impact and growth opportunities, thereby increasing food security and environmental stewardship.
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Jun 08, 2020
Research team to study food resilience in the face of catastrophic global events
An interdisciplinary team of Penn State professors has received $3 million from Open Philanthropy to study food resilience in the face of potentially catastrophic global events.
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