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

Marina De Bonis, Silvia Locatelli, Paolo Sambo, Giampaolo Zanin, John A. Pecchia, Carlo Nicoletto, 2024, Horticulturae

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)

Alale Mohseni, Fabricio Rocha Vieira, John A. Pecchia, Benay Gürsoy, 2023, Biomimetics

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

Robert Harvey, D Davis, B Savani, J PECCHIA, John Pecchia, 2021, Journal of Plant Sciences and Research on p. 5

Most-Cited Papers

Ali Ghazvinian, Paniz Farrokhsiar, Fabricio Vieira, John Pecchia, Benay Gursoy, 2019, on p. 505-514

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

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

Stefanos S. Andreadis, Kevin R. Cloonan, Giovani S. Bellicanta, Kimberly Paley, John Pecchia, Nina E. Jenkins, 2016, Biological Control on p. 165-171

Alale Mohseni, Fabricio Rocha Vieira, John A. Pecchia, Benay Gürsoy, 2023, Biomimetics

Alma E.Rodriguez Estrada, John Pecchia, 2017, on p. 339-360

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.