John Pecchia

Assistant Research Professor

John Pecchia

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

Manipulating button mushroom casing affects the disease dynamics of blotch and green mold disease

Eoin O'Connor, Fabricio Vieira, I Di Tomassi, Rachel Richardson, Kevin L. Hockett, Carolee T. Bull, John A. Pecchia, 2024, Mycological Research on p. 2266-2273

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan 24, 2025

Harnessing mushroom microbiomes for better crop development

Microorganisms collected from the material in which button mushrooms are grown may benefit the development of future fungi crops, according to a study led by researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences and published in the journal Fungal Biology.

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Oct 30, 2024

Panel discussion to highlight art and science collaborations

Faculty and postdoctoral scholars exhibiting their work in the “Synergies in Art and Science” exhibition at the Borland Project Space (BPS) will participate in a panel discussion, open to the public, on Friday, Nov. 8, noon–1:30 p.m., in the BPS, 125 Borland.

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Oct 15, 2024

Fungi Futures exhibition showcases work of Stuckeman architecture researchers

Three projects from researchers in the Stuckeman Center for Design Computing that focus on using mycelium, the root of fungus, as sustainable architectural components are featured in the “Fungi Futures: Exploring Mycelium in Product Design and Crafts” exhibition in the gallery of the (con)Temporary CRAFTS STUDIO in Bremen, Germany, which opened Sept. 21.

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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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