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Joseph Opoku
Pest Management and Biocontrol Research
Research Plant Pathologist

Phone: (520) 345-1588
Fax:

416 WEST CONGRESS STREET
MARICOPA, AZ 857010000

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Projects
Innovative Food and Feed Safety Research to Eliminate Mycotoxin Contamination in Corn and other Crops
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 438647

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Population structure and genetic diversity of Fusarium graminearum from southwestern Russia and the Russian Far East as compared to northern Europe and North America Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Yli-Mattila, T., Opoku, J., Ward, T.J. 2023. Population structure and genetic diversity of Fusarium graminearum from southwestern Russia and the Russian Far East as compared to northern Europe and North America. Mycologia. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2023.2198927.
Why do plant-pathogenic fungi produce mycotoxins? Potential roles for mycotoxins in the plant ecosystem Reprint Icon - (Review Article)
Sweany, R.R., Breunig, M., Opoku, J., Clay, K., Spatafora, J.W., Drott, M.T., Baldwin, T.T., Fountain, J.C. 2022. Why do plant-pathogenic fungi produce mycotoxins? Potential roles for mycotoxins in the plant ecosystem. Phytopathology. 112(10):2044-2051. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-02-22-0053-SYM.
Enzymatic degradation is an effective means to reduce aflatoxin contamination in maize Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Schmidt, M., Mao, Y., Opoku, J., Mehl, H.L. 2021. Enzymatic degradation is an effective means to reduce aflatoxin contamination in maize. BioMed Central (BMC)Biotechnology. 21. Article 70. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12896-021-00730-6.