Deepak Bhatnagar
Food and Feed Safety Research
Research Leader
Phone: (504) 286-4388
Fax: (504) 286-4419
Room 2131-S 1100 ROBERT E. LEE BLVD.
BLDG 001 SRRC NEW ORLEANS, LA, 70124
Rajasekaran, K., Sickler, C.M., Brown, R.L., Cary, J.W., Bhatnagar, D. 2013. Evaluation of resistance to aflatoxin contamination in kernels of maize genotypes using a GFP-expressing Aspergillus flavus strain. World Mycotoxin Journal. 6(2):151-158.
Ehrlich, K., Mack, B.M., Wei, Q., Li, P., Roze, L.V., Dazzo, F., Cary, J.W., Bhatnagar, D., Linz, J.E. 2012. Association with AflR in endosomes reveals new functions for AflJ in aflatoxin biosynthesis. Toxins. 4:1582-1600.
Yu, J., Moore Flanagan, M.E., Ehrlich, K., Bhatnagar, D., Nierman, W.C. 2012. The two genome sequence release and blast server construction for aflatoxin-producing L and S strains Aspergillus parasiticus and A. flavus. Germplasm Release. Genome sequence releases at USDA/ARS/MSA, Stoneville, MS, and web blast server for search of gene of interest. http://10.100.124.124.4443.blast/unique.html.
Brown, R.L., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Chen, Z.-Y., Menkir, A. 2013. Development of maize host resistance to aflatoxigenic fungi. In: Prof. Mehdi Razzaghi-Abyaneh (Ed.). Aflatoxins - Recent Advances and Future Prospects. ISBN: 978-953-51-0904-4. InTech, Available: http://www.intechopen.com/books/aflatoxins-recent-advances-and-future-prospects/development-of-maize-host-resistance-to-aflatoxigenic-fungi.
De Lucca II, A.J., Carter Wientjes, C.H., Williams, K.A., Bhatnagar, D. 2012. Blue light (470 nm) effectively inhibits bacterial and fungal growth. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 55:460-466.
Lee, S., Rajasekaran, K., Ramanarao, M.V., Bedre, R., Bhatnagar, D., Baisakh, N. 2012. Identifying cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) genes induced in response to Aspergillus flavus infection. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 80:35-40.
Yao, H., Hruska, Z., Kincaid, R., Brown, R.L., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2012. Utilizing fluorescence hyperspectral imaging to differentiate corn inoculated with toxigenic and atoxigenic fungal strains. In: Proceedings of 2012 SPIE Conference, April 24-25, 2012, Baltimore, Maryland. p 8369-10.
Bhatnagar, D. 2012. The “omics” approach for solving the pre-harvest aflatoxin contamination problem: understanding the genomics and metabolomics of the fungus and proteomics of the affected corn crop. In: Fernandez-Luqueno, F., Lopez-Valdez, F., Lozano-Muniz, S., editors. Biotechnology Summit 2012 Conference, March 18-21, 2012, Yucatan, Mexico. pp. 189-193.
De Lucca II, A.J., Boue, S.M., Carter Wientjes, C.H., Bhatnagar, D. 2012. Volatile profiles and aflatoxin production by toxigenic and non-toxigenic isolates of Aspergillus flavus grown on sterile and non-sterile cracked corn. Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine. 19(1):91-98.
Rajasekaran, K., Cary, J.W., Chlan, C.A., Jaynes, J.M., Bhatnagar, D. 2012.Strategies for controlling plant diseases and mycotoxin contamination using antimicrobial synthetic peptides. In: Rajasekaran, K., Cary, J.W., Jaynes, J.M., Montesinos, E., editors. Small Wonders: Peptides for Disease Control. American Chemical Society Symposium Series. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC: Oxford University Press, Inc. p. 295-315.
Chang, P.-K., Scharfenstein, L.L., Ehrlich, K., Wei, Q., Bhatnagar, D., Ingber, B.F. 2012. Effects of laeA deletion on Aspergillus flavus conidial development and hydrophobicity may contribute to loss of aflatoxin production. Fungal Biology. 116:298-307.
Guo, B., Fedorova, N.D., Chen, X., Wan, C., Wang, W., Nierman, W., Bhatnagar, D., Yu, J. 2011. Gene expression profiling and identification of resistance genes to aspergillus flavus infection in peanut through EST and microarray strategies. Toxins. 3:737-753.
Wilkinson, J.R., Kale, S.P., Bhatnagar, D., Yu, J., Ehrlich, K. 2011. Expression profiling of non-aflatoxigenic Aspergillus parasiticus mutants obtained by 5-azacytosine treatment or serial mycelial transfer. Toxins. 3(8):932-948.
Yu, J., Nierman, W.C., Fedorova, N.D., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Bennett, J.W. 2011. What can Aspergillus flavus genome offer for mycotoxin research? Mycological Society of China. 2(3):218-236.
Brown, R.L., Menkir, A., Chen, Z.-Y., Luo, M., Bhatnagar, D. 2011. Identification of gene markers in aflatoxin-resistant maize germplasm for marker-assisted breeding. In: Guevara-Gonzalez, R.G., editor. Aflatoxins - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Rijeka, Croatia: Intech Open Access Publishers. pp 91-106.
Yu, J., Fedorova, N.D., Montalbano, B.G., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Bennett, J.W., Nierman, W.C. 2011. Tight control of mycotoxin biosynthesis gene expression in Aspergillus flavus by temperature as revealed by RNA-seq. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 322:145-149.
Cary, J.W., Rajasekaran, K., Brown, R.L., Luo, M., Chen, Z.-Y., Bhatnagar, D. 2011. Developing resistance to aflatoxin in maize and cottonseed. Toxins. 3:678-696.
Guo, B., Fedorova, C., Wang, W., Nierman, W., Chen, X., Bhatnagar, D., Yu, J. 2011. Gene expression profiling and identification of resistance genes to Aspergullus flavus infection in peanut through EST and microarray strategies. American Peanut Research and Education Society Abstracts. APRES meeting in San Antonio, TX. July 12-14, 2011.
De Lucca II, A.J., Heden, L.-O., Ingber, B.F., Bhatnagar, D. 2011. Antifungal properties of wheat histones (H1-H4) and purified wheat histone H1. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 59:6933-6939.
Ehrlich, K., Wei, Q., Brown, R.L., Bhatnagar, D. 2011. Inverse correlation of ability to produce aflatoxin and aspergillus colonization of maize seed. Food and Nutrition Sciences. 2:486-489.
Yao, H., Hruska, Z., Kincaid, R., Ononye, A., Brown, R.L., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2011. Selective principal component regression analysis of fluorescence hyperspectral image to assess aflatoxin contamination in corn. Proceedings of IEEE 3rd Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing Conference, June 6-9, 2011, Lisbon, Portugal. No. 94.
De Lucca II, A.J., Carter Wientjes, C.H., Boue, S.M., Bhatnagar, D. 2011. Volatile trans-2-hexenal, a soybean aldehyde, inhibits Aspergillus flavus growth and aflatoxin production in corn. Journal of Food Science. 76:M381-M386.
Yao, H., Hruska, Z., Kincaid, R., Ononye, A., Brown, R.L., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2011. Development of narrow-band fluorescence index for the detection of aflatoxin contaminated corn. Proceedings of 2011 SPIE Conference, Sensing for Agriculture and Food Quality and Safety III, April 26-27, 2011, Orlando, FL. p.8027-12.
Ehrlich, K., Chang, P.-K., Yu, J., Cary, J.W., Bhatnagar, D. 2011. Control of aflatoxin biosynthesis in Aspergilli. In: Guevara-Gonzalez, R.G., editor. Aflatoxins - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Rijeka, Croatia: Intech Open Access Publishers. pp 21-40.
Ehrlich, K., Chang, P.-K., Bhatnagar, D. 2011. Mycotoxins. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [DOI:10.1002/9780470015902.a0000373.pub2].
De Lucca II, A.J., Pauli, A., Schilcher, H., Sien, T., Bhatnagar, D., Walsh, T.J. 2011. Fungicidal and bactericidal properties of bisabolol and dragosantol. Journal of Essential Oil Research. 23:47-54.
Yu, J., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Payne, G., Nierman, W.C., Bennett, J.W. 2012. Aspergillus flavus genetics and genomics in solving mycotoxin contamination of food and feed. In: Benkeblia, N. (ed). Omics Technologies: Tools for Food Science. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL. p. 367-402.
Boue, S.M., Burow, M.E., Wiese, T.E., Shih, B.Y., Elliott, S., Carter Wientjes, C.H., Mclachlan, J.A., Bhatnagar, D. 2011. Estrogenic and antiestrogenic activities of phytoalexins from red kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 59:112-120.
De Lucca II, A.J., Boue, S.M., Carter-Wientjes, C.H., Bland, J.M., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2010. Volatile profiles of toxigenic and non-toxigenic Aspergillus flavus using SPME for solid phase extraction. Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine. 17:301-308.
Wu, F., Bhatnagar, D., Bui-Klimke, T., Carbone, I., Hellmich II, R.L., Munkvold, G., Paul, P., Payne, G., Takle, E. 2011. Climate change impacts on mycotoxin risks in US maize. World Mycotoxin Journal. 4(1):79-93.
Ehrlich, K., Mack, B.M., Cary, J.W., Bhatnagar, D., Kale, S.P. 2011. A hypothesis to explain how laeA specifically regulates certain secondary metabolite biosynthesis gene clusters. World Mycotoxin Journal. 4(1):53-58.
Rosas-Taraco, A., Sanchez, E., Garcia, S., Heredia, N., Bhatnagar, D. 2011. Extracts of Agave americana inhibit aflatoxin production in Aspergillus parasiticus. World Mycotoxin Journal. 4(1):37-42.
Ehrlich, K., Wei, Q., Bhatnagar, D. 2010. Increased Sensitivity of Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus Aflatoxin Biosynthesis Polyketide Synthase Mutants to UVB Light. World Mycotoxin Journal. 3(3):263-270.
Brown, R.L., Chen, Z.-Y, Warburton, M., Luo, M., Menkir, A., Fakhoury, A., Bhatnagar, D. 2010. Discovery and Characterization of Proteins Associated with Aflatoxin-Resistance: Evaluating Their Potential as Breeding Markers. Toxins. 2(4):919-933.
Chang, P., Scharfenstein, L.L., Wei, Q., Bhatnagar, D. 2010. Development and Refinement of a High-Efficiency Gene-Targeting System for Aspergillus flavus. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 81:240-246.
Yao, H., Hruska, Z., Kincaid, R., Brown, R.L., Cleveland, T.E., Bhatnagar, D. 2010. Correlation and Classification of Single Kernel Fluorescence Hyperspectral Data with Aflatoxin Concentration in Corn Kernels Inoculated with Aspergillus flavus Spores. Journal of Food Additives & Contaminants. 27(5):701-709.
Xie, Y.-R., Chen, Z.-Y., Brown, R.L., Bhatnagar, D. 2010. Expression and Functional Characterization of two Pathogenesis-Related Protein 10 Genes from Zea mays. Journal of Plant Physiology. 167(2):121-130.
Cary, J.W., Rajasekaran, K., Yu, J., Brown, R.L., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2009. Transgenic approaches for pre-harvest control of mycotoxin contamination in crop plants. World Mycotoxin Journal. 2(2):203-214.
Payne, G.A., Dean, R.A., Nierman, W.C., Amedeo, P., Caler, E.A., Fedorova, N., Maiti, R., Joardar, V.S., Inman, J., Galinsky, K.J., Yu, J., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2010. The release of the Aspergillus flavus whole genome sequence for public access. Germplasm Release. The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) GenBank Database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore).
Bhatnagar, D., Perrone, G., Visconti, A. 2008. The MYCOGLOBE Project: A European Union Funded Successful Experiment in Enhancing Cooperation and Coordination Amongst Mycotoxin Researchers Worldwide. World Mycotoxin Journal. 1(4):493-500.
Bhatnagar, D., Rajasekaran, K., Payne, G.A., Brown, R.L., Yu, J., Cleveland, T.E. 2008. The "omics" tools: genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and their potential for solving the aflatoxin contamination problem. World Mycotoxin Journal. 1(1):3-12.
Bhatnagar, D., Rajasekaran, K., Cary, J.W., Brown, R.L., Yu, J., Cleveland, T.E. 2008. Molecular Approaches to Development of Resistance to Preharvest Aflatoxin Contamination. In: Leslie, J.F., Bandyopadhyay, R., and Visconti, A. (eds.) Mycotoxins: Detection Methods, Management, Public Health, and Agricultural Trade. Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK:CABI Publishing. p. 257-276.
Kim, J.H., Yu, J., Mahoney, N.E., Chan, K.L., Molyneux, R.J., Varga, J., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Campbell, B.C. 2008. Elucidation of the functional genomics of antioxidant-based inhibition of aflatoxin biosynthesis. International Journal of Food Microbiology.122(1-2):49-60.
Brown, R.L., Chen, Z., Menkir, A., Cleveland, T.E., Bhatnagar, D. 2008. Application of biotechnology towards the enhancement of maize resistance to aflatoxin contamination by Aspergillus flavus. In: Thangadurai, D. (ed) Crop Improvement and Biotechnology, Bioscience Publications, India. p. 57-67.
Brown, R.L., Chen, Z., Menkir, A., Cleveland, T.E., Bhatnagar, D. 2008. Strategies for the prevention of preharvest aflatoxin contamination of maize. In: Stevens, C. and Khan, V.A. (eds) Recent Advancement in Agriculture, Research Signpost, Kerala, India. p.131-150.
Chang, P., Wilkinson, J.R., Horn, B.W., Yu, J., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2007. Genes Differentially Expressed by Aspergillus flavus Strains After Loss of Aflatoxin Production by Serial Transfers. Multicrop Aflatoxin and Fumonisin Elimination and Fungal Genomics Workshop-The Peanut Foundation, Atlanta, GA. p. 34.
Chang, P., Wilkinson, J.R., Horn, B.W., Yu, J., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2007. Genes differentially expressed by Aspergillus flavus strains after loss of aflatoxin production by serial transfers. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 77:917-925.
Wilkinson, J.R., Yu, J., Abbas, H.K., Scheffler, B.E., Kim, H.S., Nierman, W.C., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2007. Aflatoxin formation and gene expression in response to carbon source media shift in Aspergillus parasiticus. Journal of Food Additives & Contaminants. 24(10):1051-1060.
Chang, P.-K., Matsushima, K., Takahashi, T., Yu, J., Abe, K., Bhatnagar, D., Yuan, G., Koyama, Y., Cleveland, T.E. 2007. Understanding nonaflatoxigenicity of Aspergillus sojae: a windfall of aflatoxin biosynthesis research. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 76:977-984.
Yu, J., Ronning, C.M., Wilkinson, J.R., Campbell, B.C., Payne, G.A., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Nierman, W.C. 2007. Gene profiling for studying the mechanism of aflatoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus. Journal of Food Additives & Contaminants. 24(10):1035-1042.
Cary, J.W., OBrian, G.R., Nielsen, D.M., Nierman, W., Harris-Coward, P.Y., Yu, J., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Payne, G.A., Calvo, A.M. 2007. Elucidation of veA-dependent genes associated with aflatoxin and sclerotial production in Aspergillus flavus by functional genomics. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 76:1107-1118.
Rokas, A., Payne, G., Fedorova, N.D., Baker, S.E., Machida, M., Yu, J., Georgianna, D.R., Dean, R.A., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Wortman, J.R., Maiti, R., Joardar, V., Amedeo, P., Denning, D.W., Nierman, W.C. 2007. What Can Comparative Genomics Tell Us About Species Concepts in the Genus Aspergillus?. Studies in Mycology. 59:11-17.
Cleveland, T.E., Yu, J., Bhatnagar, D., Nierman, W.C., Payne, G.A. 2007. Aspergillus flavus Genomics for Development of Strategies to Interrupt Aflatoxin Formation and Discovery of Fungal Enzymes for Biofuel Production. Society of Industrial Microbiology Annual Meeting, July 29-August 2, 2007, Denver, CO. Abstract #S87. p. 102.
Campbell, B.C., Kim, J.H., Yu, J., Molyneux, R.J., Mahoney, N.E., Palumbo, J.D., Chan, K.L., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Nierman, W.C. 2008. Natural Products as Tools for Chemogenomic Analysis of Mycotoxin Biosynthesis and Fungal Stress-Response Systems. p. 1-12. In: Food Contaminants: Mycotoxins and Food Allergens. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 1001. p. 543.
Campbell, B.C., Kim, J.H., Yu, J., Molyneux, R.J., Mahoney, N.E., Palumbo, J.D., Chan, K.L., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Nierman, W.C. 2008. Natural Products as Tools for Chemogenomic Analysis of Mycotoxin Biosynthesis and Fungal Stress-Response Systems. American Chemical Society Symposium Series. In: Siantar, D.P. Trucksess, M., Scott, P.M., Herman, E.M. editors, Food Contaminants: Mycotoxins and Food Allergens. Oxford University Press. p. 2-11.
Yu, J., Wilkinson, J., Payne, G., Machida, M., Campbell, B.C., Bennett, J., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Nierman, W. 2007. Comparative and Functional Genomics in Identifying Aflatoxin Biosynthetic Genes. In: Proceedings of the 24th Fungal Genetics Conference and the 4th International Aspergillus Meeting, March 18-25, 2007, Asilomar, CA. p. 82.
Yu, J., Moore Flanagan, M.E., Scheffler, B.E., King Jr, E.G., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2007. Aspergillus flavus whole genome and EST sequence releases and construction of homologous gene search blast server. Germplasm Release. Web Blast Server for Gene Homology Search and Genome Sequence Releases at USDA/ARS/MSA, Stoneville, MS. (http://199.133.182.124:4443/blast/Unique.html).
Yu, J., Nierman, W.C., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2007. Aspergillus flavus Genomic Data Mining Provides Clues for Its Use in Producing Biobased Products. In: Proceedings of the American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 25-29, 2007, Chicago, IL. p. 108.
Payne, G.A., Yu, J., Nierman, W.C., Machida, M., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Dean, R.A. 2008. A first glance into the genome sequence of Aspergillus flavus. In: Osmani, S. and Goldman, G. (eds). The Aspergilli: Genomics, Medical Aspects, Biotechnology, and Research Methods, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp. 15-23.
Cleveland, T.E., Yu, J., Chen, Z., Brown, R.L., Cary, J.W., Rajasekaran, K., Bhatnagar, D., Campbell, B.C., Nierman, W.C., Payne, G.A. 2006. The Use of Crop Proteomics and Fungal Genomics in Elucidating Fungus-Crop Interactions. In: Proceedings of the Myco-Globe Conference, September 26-30, 2006, Bari, Italy. p. 32.
OBrian, G.R., Georgianna, D.R., Wilkinson, J.R., Yu, J., Abbas, H.K., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Nierman, W.C., Payne, G.A. 2007. The Effect of Elevated Temperature on Gene Transcription and Aflatoxin Biosynthesis. Mycologia. 99(2):232-239.
Bhatnagar, D., Proctor, R., Payne, G.A., Wilkinson, J.R., Yu, J., Cleveland, T.E., Nierman, W.C. 2006. Genomics of Mycotoxigenic Fungi, pp. 157-177. In: Barug, D., Bhatnagar, D., van Egmond, H.P., van der Kamp, J.W., van Osenbruggen, W.A. Visconti, A., (eds). The Mycotoxin Factbook. The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. 400 p.
Bhatnagar, D., Cary, J.W., Ehrlich, K., Yu, J., Cleveland, T.E. 2006. Understanding the Genetics of Regulation of Aflatoxin Production and Aspergillus flavus Development. Mycopathologia. 162:155-166.
Yu, J., Wilkinson, J.R., Cleveland, T.E., Campbell, B.C., Bhatnagar, D., Payne, G.A., Nierman, W.C. 2006. EST profiling for elucidation of molecular regulation of aflatoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus flavus. In: Proceedings of the Myco-Globe Conference: Advances on Genomics, Biodiversity and Rapid Systems for Detection of Toxigenic Fungi and Mycotoxins, September 26-30, 2006, Bari, Italy. p. 29.
Obrian, G.R., Georgiana, D.R., Wilkinson, J.R., Yu, J., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Payne, G.A. 2006. Temperature dependent molecular regulation of aflatoxin biosynthesis. In: Proceedings of the American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, May 21-26, 2006, Orlando, FL. Abstract #O-063, p. 433.
Wilkinson, J.R., Yu, J., Abbas, H.K., Scheffler, B.E., Kim, H.S., Nierman, W.C., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2006. Media shift of Aspergillus parasiticus cultures for studying the molecular regulation of aflatoxin. In: Proceedings of the American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, May 21-26, 2006, Orlando, FL. Abstract #O-064, p. 433.
Payne, G.A., Nierman, W.C., Wortman, J.R., Pritchard, B.L., Brown, D., Dean, R.A., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Machida, M., Yu, J. 2006. Whole genome comparison of Aspergillus flavus and A. oryzae. Medical Mycology. 44:9-11.
Glassbrook, N.J., Kale, S.P., Bhatnagar, D., Wilkinson, J.R., Yu, J., Cary, J.W., Cleveland, T.E., Payne, G.A. 2006. The sec- mutant of Aspergillus parasiticus is altered in its profile of secondary metabolites. In: Proceedings of the American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, May 21-26, 2006, Orlando, FL. Abstract #O-040, p. 428.
Price, M.S., Yu, J., Nierman, W.C., Kim, H.S., Pritchard, B., Jacobus, C.A., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Payne, G.A. 2006. The aflatoxin pathway regulator AflR induces gene transcription inside and outside of the aflatoxin biosynthetic cluster. Federation of European Microbiological Societies Microbiology Letters. 255:275-279.
Bhatnagar, D., Ehrlich, K. 2005. MYCOTOXINS ASSOCIATED WITH ALLERGENIC FUNGI. In: Kurup, V.P., (Ed.), Mold Allergy, Biology, and Pathogenesis. Research Signpost, Trivandrum. pp. 389-412
Rajasekaran, K., Bhatnagar, D., Brown, R.L., Chen, Z.-Y., Cary, J.W., Cleveland, T.E. 2005. Enhancing food safety: Prevention of preharvest aflatoxin contamination. In: Ramasamy, C., Ramanathan, S. and Dhakshinamoorthy, M., editors. Perspectives of Agricultural Research and Development. India: Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. p. 434-467.
Ehrlich, K., Montalbano, B.G., Boue, S.M., Bhatnagar, D. 2005. An aflatoxin biosynthesis cluster gene encodes a novel oxidase required for conversion of versicolorin a to sterigmatocystin. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71:8963-8965.
Machida, M., Asai, K., Sano, M., Tanaka, T., Kumagai, T., Terai, G., Kusumoto, K., Arima, T., Akita, O., Kashiwagi, Y., Abe, K., Gomi, K., Horiuchi, H., Kitamoto, K., Kobayashi, T., Takeuchi, M., Denning, D.W., Galagan, J.E., Nierman, W.C., Yu, J., Archer, D., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Gotoh, O., Horikawa, H., Hosoyama, A., Ichinomiya, M., Igarashi, R., Iwashita, K., Juvvadi, P., Kato, M., Kato, Y., Kin, T., Kokubun, A., Maeda, H., Maeyama, N., Maruyama, J., Nagasaki, H., Nakajima, T., Oda, K., Okada, K., Paulsen, I., Sakamoto, K., Sawano, T., Takahashi, M., Takase, K., Terabayashi, T., Wortman, J., Yamada, O., Yamagata, O., Anazawa, H., Hata, Y., Koide, Y., Komori, T., Koyama, Y., Minetoki, T., Suharnan, S., Tanaka, A., Isono, K., Kuhara, S., Ogasawara, N., Kikuchi, H. 2005. Genome sequencing and analysis of Aspergillus oryzae. Nature. 438(7071):1157-1161.
Yu, J., Nierman, W.C., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2006. Batch Submission and Release of 19,618 Aspergillus flavus Expressed Sequence Tags (EST). National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). (NCBI, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/), CO133039-CO152656.
Yu, J., Cleveland, T.E., Bhatnagar, D., Nierman, W.C. 2006. Classification, Analysis, and Release of Aspergillus flavus Gene Index Consisting of 7,218 Expressed Unique Genes. In: The Institute for Genomic Research and The Dana Farber Cancer Institute ().
Yu, J., Wilkinson, J.R., Kim, H.S., Nierman, W.C., Kim, J.H., Campbell, B.C., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2005. Aspergillus flavus genomics for studying the mechanism of aflatoxin biosynthesis. International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) Proceedings/Abstracts, July 23-28, 2005, San Francisco, CA. p. 6.
Price, M.S., Yu, J., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Nierman, W.C., Pritchard, B., Payne, G.A. 2005. The Aflatoxin Pathway Regulatory Gene aflR Regulates Genes Outside of the Aflatoxin Biosynthetic Cluster [Ph D Dissertation]. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University. 80 p.
Yu, J., Wilkinson, J.R., Kim, H., Nierman, W.C., Payne, G.A., Bennett, J.W., Kim, J.H., Campbell, B.C., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2005. Profiling of genes putatively involved on aflatoxin biosynthesis using Aspergillus flavus microarrays. American Society for Microbiology Meeting, June 6-9, 2005, Atlanta, GA. p. 426.
Yu, J., Wilkinson, J.R., Kim, H., Nierman, W.C., Payne, G.A., Bennett, J.W., Kim, J.H., Campbell, B.C., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2005. Functional genomics studies for identifying genes involved in aflatoxin formation in Aspergillus flavus. 23rd Fungal Genetic Conference and 2nd Aspergillus Meeting, Asilomar Conference Center, March 13-20, 2005, Pacific Grove, CA. p. 203.
Nierman, W.C., Fedorova, N., Ronning, C.M., Kulkarni, R., Denning, D., Anderson, M., Machida, M., Kitamoto, K., Asai, K., Bennett, J., Payne, G.A., Yu, J., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Wortman, J., Ravel, J. 2005. Secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters in filamentous fungi. 23rd Fungal Genetic Conference and 2nd Aspergillus Meeting, Asilomar Conference Center, March 13-20, 2005, Pacific Grove, CA. p. 95.
Chen, Z.-Y., Rajasekaran, K., Brown, R.L., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2006. Removal of aflatoxin from food and feed crops. In: Jaiwal, P.K., Singh, R.P., editors. Plant Genetic Engineering, Metabolic Engineering and Molecular Farming II. Houston, TX: Studium Press LLC. 8:73-110.
Brown, R.L., Chen, Z.-Y., Cleveland, T.E., Bhatnagar, D. 2005. Molecular aspects of corn resistance mechanisms against aflatoxigenic fungi. In: Thangdunai, D., Pullaiah, T., Balatti, P.A., editors. Genetic Resources and Biotechnology. v. 2. New Delhi, India: Regency Publications. p. 281-294.
Yu, J., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2004. Profiling of genes related to aflatoxin formation using Aspergillus flavus microarray. Great Lakes Regional American Chemical Society Symposium, October 17-20, Peoria, IL. p. 60.
Yu, J., Whitelaw, C.A., Nierman, W.C., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2004. Aspergillus flavus expressed sequence tags for identification of genes with putative roles in aflatoxin contamination of crops. Federation of European Microbiological Societies Microbiol Letters. 237:333-340.
Yu, J., Nierman, W.C., Payne, G.A., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2004. Aspergillus flavus genomics for solving aflatoxin contamination in crops. Annual Conference of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources (UJNR), October 7-13, 2004, Atlanta, GA. p. 14.
Bhatnagar, D., Yu, J., Cleveland, T.E. Genomics of Sspergillus species for controlling harmful toxins and harnessing beneficial metabolites [abstract]. Society of Industrial Microbiology Annual Meeting, July 25-29, 2004, Anaheim, California.
Yu, J., Kim, H., Wilkinson, J.R., Nierman, W.C., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2004. Profiling of genes involved in aflatoxin production in Aspergillus flavus by expressed sequence tags and microarray [abstract]. Society of Industrial Microbiology Annual Meeting, July 25-29, 2004, Anaheim, California.
Bhatnagar, D., Yu, J., Ehrlich, K., Cleveland, T.E. Aspergillus genomics: Understanding fungal ecology and aflatoxin production [abstract]. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Symposium on Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins, May 17-21, 2004, Bethesda, Maryland.
Brown, R.L., Chen, Z.-Y., Gembeh, S.V., Cleveland, T.E., Bhatnagar, D., Howard, K. 2004. Identification of natural resistance in corn against mycotoxin-producing fungi. In: Mohan, R.M. (editor). Research Advances in Food Science. Kerala, India: Global Research Network. p. 85-96.
Kim, J.H., Yu, J., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E., Campbell, B.C. 2004. Targeting stress-response genes for control of mycotoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus [abstract]. 7th European Conference on Fungal Genetics and 1st Aspergillus Workshop, April 17-21, 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Yu, J., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2004. Completed sequence of aflatoxin pathway gene cluster in aspergillus parasiticus. Federation of European Biochemical Societies Letters. 564:126-130.
Yu, J., Cleveland, T.E., Bhatnagar, D. 2004. Genetic and biochemical studies on the mechanisms of aflatoxin biosynthesis [abstract]. 7th European Conference on Fungal Genetics and 1st Aspergillus Workshop, April 17-21, 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Cleveland, T.E., Yu, J., Bhatnagar, D., Chen, Z.-Y., Brown, R.L., Chang, P.-K., Cary, J.W. 2005. Progress in Elucidating the Molecular Basis of the Host Plant-Aspergillus flavus Interaction: A Basis for Devising Strategies to Reduce Aflatoxin Contamination in Crops. In: Abbas, H.K., editor. Aflatoxin and Food Safety. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis. p. 167-193.
Yu, J., Kim, H., Cleveland, T.E., Bhatnagar, D., Nierman, W.C. 2004. Aflatoxin biosynthetic gene profiling in Aspergillus flavus by EST and microarray [abstract]. American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Yu, J., Kim, H., Whitelaw, C.A., Nierman, W.C., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2004. Gene profiling by EST and microarray in Aspergillus flavus for controlling aflatoxin contamination in crops [abstract]. 7th European Conference on Fungal Genetics and 1st Aspergillus Workshop, April 17-21, 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Bhatnagar, D., Yu, J., Cleveland, T.E. Aspergillus genome project [abstract]. International Symposium on Mycotoxins and Phytotoxins, May 17-21, 2004, Bethesda, Maryland.
Yu, J., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2004. Genetics and biochemistry of aflatoxin formation and genomics approach for eliminating aflatoxin contamination. In: Romeo, J.T., editor. Recent Advances in Phytochemistry: Secondary Metabolism in Model Systems. Elsevier. 38:224-242.
Cleveland, T.E., Yu, J., Bhatnagar, D., Chen, Z.-Y., Brown, R.L., Chang, P.-K., Cary, J.W. 2004. Elucidation of the molecular basis of the host plant-Aspergillus flavus interaction, a basis for devising strategies to reduce aflatoxin contamination in crops. In: Shier, W.T., Tu, A.T., Yu, C., Abbas, H.K., editors. Journal of Toxicology - Toxin Reviews. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc. 23(2,3):345-380.
Yu, J., Whitelaw, C.A., Cleveland, T.E., Bhatnagar, D., Nierman, W.C. 2003. Aspergillus flavus EST and microarray in identifying target genes for controlling aflatoxin contamination [abstract]. Multicrop Aflatoxin and Fumonisin Elimination and Fungal Genomics Workshop, The Peanut Foundation, October 13-15, 2003, Savannah, Georgia.
Yu, J., Chang, P.-K., Ehrlich, K., Cary, J.W., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2003. Characterization of the complete aflatoxin pathway gene cluster in Aspergillus parasiticus. Proceedings of USDA-ARS Aflatoxin/Fumonisin Elimination and Fungal Genomics Workshop, October 13-15, 2003, Savannah, Georgia.
Yu, J., Mohawed, S.M., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2003. Substrate-induced Lipase Gene Expression and Aflatoxin Production in Aspergillus parasiticus and Aspergillus flavus. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 95(6):1334-1342.
Brown, R.L., Brown-Jenco, C.S., Payne, G.A., Bhatnagar, D. 2003. Construction and preliminary evaluation of an Aspergillus flavus reporter gene construct as a potential tool for screening aflatoxin-resistance. Journal of Food Protection. 66(10):1927-1931.
Chu, F.S., Bhatnagar, D. Mycotoxins, p. 325-342. In Arora, D. K. (ed.) Fungal Biotechnology in Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Applications, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York. 2004.
KALE, S.P., CARY, J.W., BAKER, C., WALKER, D., BHATNAGAR, D., BENNETT, J.W. GENETIC ANALYSIS OF MORPHOLOGICAL VARIANTS OF ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS DEFICIENT IN SECONDARY METABOLITE PRODUCTION. MYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH. 2003. V. 107. P. 831-840.
Cleveland, T.E., Dowd, P.F., Desjardins, A.E., Bhatnagar, D., Cotty, P.J. 2003. United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service research pre-harvest prevention of mycotoxins and mycotoxigenic fungi in U.S. crops. Pest Management Science ARS Special Issue. 59:629-642.
Cleveland, T.E., Dowd, P.F., Desjardins, A.E., Bhatnagar, D., Cotty, P.J. 2003. United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service research pre-harvest prevention of mycotoxins and mycotoxigenic fungi in U.S. crops. Pest Management Science ARS Special Issue. 59:629-642.
Cleveland, T.E., Dowd, P.F., Desjardins, A.E., Bhatnagar, D., Cotty, P.J. 2003. United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service research pre-harvest prevention of mycotoxins and mycotoxigenic fungi in U.S. crops. Pest Management Science ARS Special Issue. 59:629-642.
Cleveland, T.E., Dowd, P.F., Desjardins, A.E., Bhatnagar, D., Cotty, P.J. 2003. United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service research pre-harvest prevention of mycotoxins and mycotoxigenic fungi in U.S. crops. Pest Management Science ARS Special Issue. 59:629-642.
Bhatnagar, D., Payne, G.A., Cleveland, T.E., Robens, J.F. Mycotoxins: Current issues in U.S.A. [abstract]. Proceedings of the 2nd Second World Mycotoxin Forum, February 17-18, 2003, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
Kale, S.P., Bhatnagar, D. 2004. Protoplast isolation, regeneration, and fusion in filamentous fungi. In: Aurora, D.K., editor. Handbook of Fungal Biotechnology. New York NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc. p. 9-24.
Bhatnagar, D., Ehrlich, K., Cleveland, T.E. 2003. Molecular genetic analysis and regulation of aflatoxin biosynthesis. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 61:83-93.
YU, J., CHANG, P., BHATNAGAR, D., CLEVELAND, T.E. CLONING AND FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION OF AN ESTERASE GENE IN ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS. MYCOPATHOLOGIA. 2003. V. 156(3). P. 227-234.
Brown, R.L., Chen, Z.-Y., Bhatnagar, D., Cleveland, T.E. 2004. Molecular biology for control of mycotoxigenic fungi. In: Arora, D., Bridge, P., Bhatnagar, D., editors. Fungal Biotechnology in Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Applications. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc. p. 69-77.
Cleveland, T.E., Rajasekaran, K., Cary, J.W., Chen, Z.-Y., Brown, R.L., Bhatnagar, D., Radin, J.W. 2002. Balancing the benefits and potential risks of using biotechnology to enhance resistance in crops to Aspergillus flavus infection and aflatoxin contamination. In: Pathogenic Microorganisms and Their Toxins: A Global Perspective of Their Risk (Book Chapter). IXth International Symposium, U.S.- Japan Natural Resources Panel on Toxic Microorganisms (UJNR). p. 268-301.