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Forest Agrarian Systems and Plant Health

Soil and Nutrition

 

Current members
Corina Carranca Researcher
Isabel Videira e Castro Researcher
Paula Fareleira Researcher
Nádia Castanheira Researcher
Regina Menino Researcher
Paula Coelho Researcher

Collaborators
   

Current Projects
2022 – 2025 | SoiLife1st - Adaptação de sistemas produtivos em contexto de alterações climáticas (PRR-C05-i03-I-000006)
2022 – 2025 | MO PLUS (PRR-C05i03-000018)
2022 – 2023 | Organic Oak - Apoio à transição climática - Combate à Desertificação através da Rearborização e de Ações que promovam o aumento da fixação de Carbono e de nutrientes no solo (POCI-07-62G4-FEDER-181645)
2021 – 2024 | CarboSeq - Soil organic carbon sequestration potential of agricultural soils in Europe
2021 – 2023 | STEROPES - Stimulating novel Technologies from Earth Remote Observation to Predict European Soil carbon.
2020 – 2025 | EJP SOIL: Towards climate-smart sustainable management of agricultural soils (H2020-SFS-2018-2020 Grant agreement ID: 862695) Coordinator: Claire Chenu, French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment
2020 – 2023 | HortiCover - Melhoria dos sistemas agrícolas de monocultura do Vale do Tejo com recurso a culturas de cobertura (LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-072223)
2020 – 2023 | EcoSeed - Otimização do microbioma da semente para obtenção de fenótipos geradores de fertilidade e adaptados às alterações climáticas (LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-072228)
2020 – 2022 | SmartProtect: Smart agriculture for innovative vegetable crop protection: harnessing advanced methodologies and technologies (H2020-RUR-2019-1 Grant agreement ID: 862563) Coordinator: Peter Bleyaert, INAGRO – Research & Advice in Agriculture & Horticulture
2017-2022 | MaisSolo  (PDR2020 -101 – 030821) Project Coordinator: Ana Paula Nunes, COTHN – Centro Operativo e Tecnológico Hortofruticola Nacional
2016-2022 | MONTADO & CLIMATE; A NEED TO ADAPT  (LIFE15 CCA/PT/000043) Coordinator: María Bastidas, Associação de Defesa do Património de Mértola
2016-2022 | EGIS - Estratégias para uma gestão integrada do solo e da água em espécies produtoras de frutos secos (PDR2020 -101 – 030980) Coordinator: Carlos Silva Centro Nacional de Competências dos Frutos Secos – Associação CNCFS

Past Projects
2016-2019 | Melhoria da produção de pastagens em solos ácidos no Montado: abordagem química e biológica (ALT20-03-0145-000039) Coordinator: Universidade de Évora
2016-2019 | EntoValor - Insetos como uma oportunidade na valorização de resíduos (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-017675) Coordinator: EntoGreen

Main Publications
2022
ESTEVES C, Fareleira P, Castelo-Branco MA, Lopes IG, Mota M, Murta D, Menino R (2022) Black Soldier Fly Larvae Frass Increases the Soil’s Residual Nutrient Content and Enzymatic Activity – a Lettuce Production Trial. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 8(12) 1431-1440. doi: 10.3920/JIFF2022.000
MENINO R, Esteves C, Fareleira P, Castelo-Branco A (2022) Do Mineral Fertilisers Have a Deleterious Effect on Soil Fertility? – Case Report. Open Access J Sci., 5(1) 12?14. doi: 10.15406/oajs.2022.05.00168
CARRANCA C, Pedra F, Madeira M (2022) Enhancing Carbon Sequestration in Mediterranean Agroforestry Systems: A Review. Agriculture (Switzerland),12(10). doi: 10.3390/agriculture12101598
2021
TASSINARI A, da Silva LOS, Drescher GL, de Oliveira RA, Baldi E, de Melo GWB, Zalamena J, Mayer NA, Giacomini SJ, Carranca CLDAF, Ferreira PAA (2021) Contribution of Cover Crop Residue Decomposition to Peach Tree Nitrogen Nutrition. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, pp.1-13. DOI:10.1007/s42729-021-00508-x
MAQUIA ISA, Fareleira P, Videira e Castro I, Soares R, Brito DRA, Mbanze AA, Chaúque A, Máguas C, Ezeokoli OT, Ribeiro NS, Marques I, Ribeiro-Barros AI (2021) The nexus between fire and soil bacterial diversity in the African Miombo woodlands of Niassa Special Reserve, Mozambique. Microorganisms, 9(8):1562. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9081562. IF 4.128. Q2
Other Selected Publications
PEREIRA JLS, Carranca C, Coutinho J, Trindade H (2020) The effect of soil type on gaseous emissions from flooded rice fields in Portugal. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 20:1732–1740. DOI: 10.1007/s42729-020-00243-9
SOARES R, Trejo J, Lorite MJ, Figueira E, Sanjuán J, Castro IV (2020) Diversity, Phylogeny and Plant Growth Promotion Traits of Nodule Associated Bacteria Isolated from Lotus parviflorus. Microorganisms 8, 499. DOI:10.3390/microorganisms8040499
MAQUIA IS, Fareleira P, Castro IV, Brito DRA, Soares R, Chaúque A, Ferreira-Pinto MM, Lumini E, Berruti A, Ribeiro NS, Marques I, Ribeiro-Barros AI (2020) Mining the microbiome of key species from African savanna woodlands: potential for soil health improvement and plant growth promotion. Microorganisms, 8, 1291. DOI:10.3390/microorganisms8091291
MARQUES AC, Piccin R, Tiecher T, De Oliveira LB, Kaminski J, Bellinaso RJS, Krug AV, Gatiboni LC, De Quadros FLF, Carranca C, Brunetto G (2019) Phosphorus fractionation in grasses with different resource-acquisition characteristics in natural grasslands of South America. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 35(5): 203 – 212. DOI: 10.1017/S0266467419000166
BOUCHO AC, Carranca C, Redondo R, Calouro F, Madeira M (2019) Biomass, nodulation and N2 symbiotic fixation response by subclover and pink serradela to phosphorus fertilization. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 65(10): 1431-1445. DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2019.1566712
CASTRO IV, SIlva M, Colavolpe B, Machado H (2019) The potential of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the sustainability of agro-forestry ecosystems. In: Doris Zúñiga, Ernesto Ormeño and Fernando González-Andrés (eds.) "Microbial probiotics for agricultural systems. Advances in agronomic use", Cap.5, pp.71-82, Springer (ISBN 978-3-030-17597-9 (eBook). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-17597-9
CARRANCA C, Brunnetto G, Tagliavini M. (2018) Nitrogen nutrition of fruit trees to reconcile productivity and environmental concerns. Plants, 7(4): 1-12. DOI: 10.3390/plants7010004
LORITE MJ, Estrella MJ, Escaray FJ, Sannazzaro A, Videira e Castro IM, Monza J, Sanjuán J, León-Barrios M (2018) The Rhizobia-Lotus symbioses: deeply specific and widely diverse. Frontiers in microbiology. Sep 12;9:2055. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02055

 

Plant Health

 

Current members
Edmundo Sousa Researcher
Eugénia de Andrade Researcher
Helena Bragança Researcher
Luís Bonifácio Researcher
Maria de Lurdes Inácio Researcher
Paula Sá Pereira Researcher
Pedro Naves Researcher
Isabel Miranda Calha Researcher
Márcia Silva Researcher

Collaborators
   

Current Projects
2022 – 2025 | AlVigen (PV21-00081). Coordinator: Ricardo Ramiro (InPP)
2022 – 2024 | Nemawaars - A motif to unveil mechanisms of parasitism gene regulation in the pinewood nematode as a target for disease control and plant resistance (PTDC/ASP-PLA/1108/2021). Coordinator: University of Évora
2022 – 2023| LewisiPT - O ácaro-de-Lewis, Eotetranychus lewisi: uma nova praga emergente, ou apenas mais um ácaro exótico? (FCT EXPL/ASP-AGR/0082/2021). Coordinator: Pedro Naves, INIAV
2021 – 2025 | EUPHRESCO (2020-A-335): Pathotypes of Globodera pallida. Project Coordinator: Aarhus University
2020 - 2023 | Diseases in Eucalyptus (INIAV Institute/Forestry and Paper Research Institute-RAIZ /ALTRI) Project Coordinator:  Helena Bragança
2020-2023 | PratyOmics - Plant metabolomics for the control of the root-lesion nematode Pratylenchus penetrans (PTDC/ASP-PLA/0197/2020). Project Coordinator: Cláudia Vicente
2020-2022 | Sampling and analysis of asymptomatic Citrus fruits and leaf litter to detect the infection of Phyllostictacitricarpa. (CBS-DETECT) (Euphresco project 2019-A-318) Project Coordinator: Luca Riccioni,  CREA, Italy.
2020-2023 | Pinheiro bravo: Conservação e Melhoramento dos Recursos Genéticos (PDR2020-785-063762) Project Coordinator: Maria Isabel Carrasquinho de Freitas, INIAV
2020 - 2022 | Characterisation of Pratylenchus nematodes within Europe and populations moving in trade (EU non-competitive funding EUPHRESCO 2019-E-314) Project coordinator: Tom Priot, FERA, UK
2019-2022 | Smart Agri Hubs: Connecting the dots to unleash the innovation potential for digital transformation of the European agri-food sector (H2020-RUR-2018-1, Grant agreement ID: 818182). Project Coordinator: Peter Paree, Stichting Wageningen Research; co-leader for the Iberia Cluster: Consulai
2018-2022 | PineENEMY - Exploring the NEmatode-Mycobiota interactions in Pine Wilt Disease (LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-028724). Project Coordinator: Maria Inácio
2018 - 2024 | FRESAN - Programa de Fortalecimento da Resiliência e da Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional em Angola. Project Coordinator: Vitor Serrano/Patricia Carvalho, Instituto  Camões, I.P. - Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua
2018-2022 | Programa de conservação e melhoramento genético vegetal da oliveira (PDR2020-784- 042740). Project Coordinator: António Cordeiro
2018-2022 | KnowLuci - The threat of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne luci: pathogenicity and diagnostics (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031946; PTDC/ASP-PLA/31946/2017). Project Coordinator: Ivânia Sofia Grasina Esteves
2018 - 2022 | Study of the effects of fire and forest management in cork oak forest stands. (SFRH/BPD/93373/2013);  Project Coordinator: Filipe Catri/Francisco Castro Rego, CEABN InBIO
2018-2022 | PINASTER-PWN - Development of molecular markers for resistance to pine wilt disease in Pinus pinaster (PTDC-BAA-MOL-28379). Project Coordinator: Célia Miguel
2018-2022 | GI(PiN) - Gestão Integrada do Pinhal/Nemátode da Madeira do Pinheiro (PDR2020-101-032086). Project Coordinator: FNAPF, Federação Nacional das Associações dos Proprietários Florestais
2018-2022 | UNDERCORK - Gestão integrada da Cobrilha da Cortiça (PDR2020-101-031344) Project Coordinator: UNAC, União da Floresta Mediterrânica
2018-2022 | + Pinhão - Gestão integrada de agentes bióticos associados à perda de produção do pinhão (PDR2020-101-031187). Project Coordinator: Manuel Branco, Instituto Superior de Agronomia
2018-2022 | PLATISOR - Métodos para a gestão do montado de sobro com ataques de plátipo da região do Sor (PDR2020-101-031396) Project Coordinator: Inês Barracha, AFLOSOR - Associação de Produtores Florestais de Ponte de Sôr
2018-2022 | FITOGLOBULUS - Grupo Operacional para prevenção e controlo do Gonipterus Platensis (PDR2020-101-031161) Project Coordinator: Rosário Alves, FORESTIS - Associação Florestal de Portugal
2018-2022 | BioChestnut- IPM - Implementar estratégias de luta eficazes contra doenças do castanheiro e amendoeira (PDR2020-101-030943) Project Coordinator: Albino Bento, Centro Nacional de Competências dos Frutos Secos
2017-2022 | Mais Solo (PDR2020-101-030821). Project Coordinator: Ana Paula Nunes, COTHN - Centro Operativo e Tecnológico Hortofrutícola Nacional
2017-2022 | GO +PrevCRP - Desenvolvimento de estratégias integradas para prevenção do cancro-resinoso-do-pinheiro (PDR2020-101-031061) Project Coordinator: PI: Dina Ribeiro, Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas
2017-2022 | BIOPEST - Estratégias integradas de luta contra pragas-chave em espécies de frutos secos (PDR2020-101-030965). Project Coordinator: Albino Bento

Past Projects
2017 - 2020 | Melotrop - Global warming and distribution of root-knot nematode species (Meloidogyne spp.) of the tropical group (EU non-competitive funding EUPHRESCO 2016-A-199) Project coordinator: Sasa Circa, KIS, Slovenia
2017- 2020 | Lecanosticta -Brown spot disease of pines- spread in European forest ecosystems: impact on pines, predisposing and contributing factors, control (Euphresco Project 2016-G-223) Project Coordinator: Thomas L. Cech, BFW, Austria.
2016-2020 | Support to scientific activities to enhance the efficiency and reliability of surveillance for Pine wood nematode in particular in the buffer zone in Portugal (SI2.728274 & SI2.734897). Project Coordinator: Edmundo Sousa
2017-2021 | FDCONTROLO - Importância dos hospedeiros alternativos (plantas, insetos e vitis abandonada) na dispersão da doença da Flavescência dourada e nas populações de Scaphoideus titanus nas Sub-Regiões vitivinícolas de Basto, do Cávado e do Lima (PDR2020-101-031408). Project Coordinator: Esmeraldina Sousa, INIAV
2017-2021 | GO DivInA- DIVersificação e INovação na produção Apícola (PDR2020-101-031738; PDR2020) Project Coordinator: Miguel Vilas Boas, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
2018-2021 | GO HortInf – Gestão de Infestantes em culturas hortoindustriais (PDR2020-101-030857). Project Coordinator: Ana Paula Nunes, COTHN - Centro Operativo e Tecnológico Hortofrutícola Nacional
2018-2019 | HLBVALID - Comparison of multiple real-time PCR & real-time LAMP detection methods for the plant pathogen 'Candidatus Liberibacter' spp. causing the Huanglongbing disease on Citrus spp. (EUPHRESCO 2016-C A-232). Project Coordinator: French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety
2017-2020 | GO +ARROZ: Identificação e Controlo de Echinochloa spp. para uma melhor gestão da infestantes na cultura do arroz (PDR2020-101-031998). Project Coordinator: Lusosem
2017-2019 | GESVESPA – Estratégias de Gestão Sustentável da Vespa velutina (POSEUR-03-2215-FC-000008). Project Coodinator: Joana Godinho (INIAV)
2017-2019 | Hidrogenoma – Estudo do Microbismo Natural das Águas Minerais Naturais. (Contrato nº 2017/SGME/0118)
2016-2020 | EcoVetor - New eco-friendly approaches for the bio-management of the pinewood nematode vector at Eurasia (FCT PTDC/AGR-TEC/3049/2014). Project Coordinator: Mara Braga (PRODEQ)
2016-2019 | NEMATRANSFER - Quebrar o ciclo de declínio da Doença da Murchidão dos Pinheiros, possibilidade ou utopia? Descodificar os mecanismos subjacentes a transferência do nematode da madeira do pinheiro entre o inseto-vetor e a árvore hospedeira (PTDC/AGR-FOR/4391/2014). Project Coordinator: Luís Bonifácio
2016-2019 | EUPHRESCO (2016-A-232): Comparison of multiples real-time PCR & real-time LAMP detection methods for the plant pathogen ‘Candidatus Liberibacter' spp. causing the Huanglongbing disease on Citrus spp. Project Coordinator: Gilles Cellier
2016-2019 | PLURIFOR - Plans de gestions des risques transnationaux pour les espaces ruraux forestiers sensibles aux risques biotiques et abiotiques (SOE1/P4/F0112). Project Coordinator: Christophe Orazio (EFI-European Forest Institute. Bureau Régional Atlantique)
2016-2019 | XF-FREEOLIVE: Multifunctional study of xylem-sap of Portuguese olive cultivars and Its relation with susceptibility to infection by Xylella fastidiosa (PTDC/AGR-PRO/0856/2014). Project Coordinator: Paula Sá Pereira
2016-2018 | PROMODE -Harmonized protocol for monitoring and detection of Xylella fastidiosa in its host plants and its vectors (EUPHRESCO 2015-F-146). Project Coordinator: Maria Saponari
2016-2018 | EUPHRESCO (2015-a118) CERACRY: Identification and early detection of Cryphonectria parasitica and Ceratocystis platani occurring on trees in Europe. Project Coordinator: Gerard van Leeuwen
2015-2019 | PINESTRENGTH -“Pine pitch canker - strategies for management of Gibberella circinata in greenhouses and forests” (COST Action FP1406)
2015-2017 | SAFEBROCOLO -Melhoria do processo produtivo com base em modelos de risco para Alternária e mosca da couve (PRODER PA57153)
2014-2019 | Fatores envolvidos na resistência e suscetibilidade de coníferas à doença da murchidão dos pinheiros (FCT-CRM:0048124). Project Coordinator: Pedro Naves
2014-2018 | A global network of nurseries as early warning system against alien tree pests (Global Warning) (COST Action FP1401)
2014-2017 | InovPomo: Caraterização biomolecular dos clones de pereira Rocha e de cultivares regionais de macieira (PRODER 4998)
2014-2017 | SANIMILHO - Otimização da produção de milho prevenindo a Cefalosporiose (PRODER PA51917). Project Coordinator: Terramilho – Agrupamento de Produtores de Cereais, Lda
2014-2017 | Inovação na cadeia de produção de castanha: competitividade e sustentabilidade (PRODER 53593)

Main Publications
2022
INÁCIO ML, Marcelino J, Lima A, Sousa E, Nóbrega F (2022) Ceratocystiopsis quercina sp. nov. Associated with Platypus cylindrus on Declining Quercus suber in Portugal. Biology,11(5). doi: 10.3390/biology11050750 
NAVES P, Nóbrega F, de Sousa E (2022) An adult Leptoglossus occidentalis (Heteroptera: Coreidae) parasitized in Portugal by the native Tachinid fly Elomya lateralis (Diptera: Tachinidae). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France,58(4) 287-291. doi: 10.1080/00379271.2022.2101526
NAVES PM, Silva CS, Nóbrega F, de Sousa E (2022) Not just the cones: Dioryctria mendacella (Lepidotera Pyralidae) also attacks grafted pine shoots. Bulletin of Insectology,75(1) 55-58.
NONES S, Fernandes C, Duarte L, Cruz L, Sousa E (2022) Bacterial community associated with the ambrosia beetle Platypus cylindrus on declining Quercus suber trees in the Alentejo region of Portugal. Plant Pathology,71(4) 966-979. doi: 10.1111/ppa.13536
NONES S, Sousa E, Holighaus G (2022) Symbiotic Fungi of an Ambrosia Beetle Alter the Volatile Bouquet of Cork Oak Seedlings. Phytopathology,112(9) 1965-1978. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-08-21-0345-R
TRINDADE CS, Canas S, Inácio ML, Pereira-Lorenzo S, Sousa E, Naves P (2022) Phenolic Compounds Regulating the Susceptibility of Adult Pine Species to Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. Forests,13(4). doi: 10.3390/f13040500
PIRES D, Vicente CSL, Inácio ML, Mota M (2022) The Potential of Esteya spp. for the Biocontrol of the Pinewood Nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. Microorganisms,10(1). doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10010168
PIRES D, Vicente CSL, Menéndez E, Faria JMS, Rusinque L, Camacho MJ, Inácio ML (2022) The Fight against Plant-Parasitic Nematodes: Current Status of Bacterial and Fungal Biocontrol Agents. Pathogens,11(10). doi: 10.3390/pathogens11101178
RUSINQUE L, Nóbrega F, Cordeiro L, Lima A, Andrade S, Inácio ML (2022) Root-Knot Nematode Species Associated with Horticultural Crops in the Island of Azores, Portugal. Horticulturae,8(2). doi: 10.3390/horticulturae8020101
RUSINQUE L, Nóbrega F, Serra C, Inácio ML (2022) The Northern Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne hapla: New Host Records in Portugal. Biology,11(11). doi: 10.3390/biology11111567
VICENTE CSL, Soares M, Faria JMS, Espada M, Mota M, Nóbrega F, Ramos AP, Inácio ML (2022) Fungal Communities of the Pine Wilt Disease Complex: Studying the Interaction of Ophiostomatales With Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. Frontiers in Plant Science,13. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.908308
FRANIC I, Prospero S, Adamson K, Allan E, Attorre F, Auger-Rozenberg M, Augustin S, Avtzis D, Baert W, Barta M, Bauters K, Bellahirech A, Boron P, Braganca H, Brestovanska T, Brurberg MB, Burgess T, Burokiene D, Cleary M, Corley J, Coyle DR, Csoka G, Cerny K, Davydenko K, de Groot M, Diez JJ, Dogmus Lehtijarvi HT, Drenkhan R, Edwards J, Elsafy M, Eotvos Cb, Falko R, Fan J, Feddern N, Furjes-Miko A, Gossner MM, Grad B, Hartmann M, Havrdova L, Horakova MK, Hrabetova M, Justesen MJ, Kacprzyk M, Kenis M, Kirichenko N, Kovac M, Kramarets V, Lackovic N, Lantschner MV, Lazarevic J, Leskiv M, Li H, Madsen CL, Malumphy C, Matosevic D, Matsiakh I, May TW, Meffert J, Migliorini D, Nikolov C, O'Hanlon R, Oskay F, Paap T, Parpan T, Piskur B, Ravn HP, Richard J, Ronse A, Roques A, Ruffner B, Sivickis K, Soliani C, Talgo V, Tomoshevich M, Uimari A, Ulyshen M, Vettraino AM, Villari C, Wang Y, Witzell J, Zlatkovic M, Eschen R (2022). Worldwide diversity of endophytic fungi and insects associated with dormant tree twigs. Scientific Data 9: 62. doi: 10.1038/s41597-022-01162-3
LAAS M, Adamson K, Barnes I, Janoušek J, Mullett MS, Adamcíková K, Akiba M, Beenken L, Braganca H, Bulgakov TS, Capretti P, Cech T, Cleary M, Enderle R, Ghelardini L, Jankovský L, Markovskaja S, Matsiakh I, Meyer JB, Oskay F, Piškur B, Raitelaityte K, Sadikovic D, Drenkhan R (2022) Diversity, migration routes, and worldwide population genetic structure of Lecanosticta acicola, the causal agent of brown spot needle blight. Molecular Plant Pathology,23(11) 1620-1639. doi: 10.1111/mpp.13257
SEBTI S, Bonifácio L, Chakali G (2022) Role of Egg Parasitoids in Controlling the Pine Processionary Moth in the Cedar Forests of Chréa National Park (Algeria). Forests,13(2). doi: 10.3390/f13020211
FERNANDES C, Duarte L, Naves P, Sousa E, Cruz L (2022). First report of Brenneria goodwinii causing acute oak decline on Quercus suber in Portugal. Journal of Plant Pathology, 104: 837–838. DOI doi.org/10.1007/s42161-022-01046-w
NAVES P, Auger P, Migeon A, Navia D, Aguiar A, Santos M (2022). The invasive Lewis spider mite, Eotetranychus lewisi (Acari: Tetranychidae), in Europe—current status and associated risk. Zoosymposia, 22: 30 Nov. 2022. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOSYMPOSIA.22.1.35
CARBAS B, Soares A, Barros S, Carqueijo A, Freitas A, Silva AS, Simões D, Pinto T, de Andrade E, Brites C (2022) Evaluation of Biobased Solutions for Mycotoxin Mitigation on Stored Maize. Chem.Proc. 10, 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/IOCAG2022-12306
SIMÕES D, Diogo E, de Andrade E (2022) First Report of Fusarium andiyazi Presence in Portuguese Maize Kernels. Agriculture (Switzerland),12(3). doi: 10.3390/agriculture12030336
2021
NONES S, Simões F, Trindade CS, Matos J, Sousa E (2021) Microbiome Associated with the Mycangia of Female and Male Adults of the Ambrosia Beetle Platypus cylindrus Fab.(Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Insects, 12(10), p.881. DOI: 10.3390/insects12100881 
CAMACHO MJ, de Andrade E, Mota MG, Nóbrega F, Vicente CS, Rusinque L, Inácio ML (2021) Potato cyst nematodes: geographical distribution, phylogenetic relationships and integrated pest management outcomes in Portugal. Frontiers in Plant Science 11:1-9. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.606178
GONÇALVES E, Figueiredo AC, Barroso JG, Millar JG, Henriques J, Sousa E, Bonifácio L (2021) Characterization of cuticular compounds of the cerambycid beetles Monochamus galloprovincialis, Arhopalus syriacus, and Pogonocherus perroudi, potential vectors of pinewood nematode. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. (in press)
CARBAS B, Simões D, Soares A, Freitas A, Ferreira B, Carvalho ARF, Silva AS, Pinto T, Eugénio D, Andrade E, Brites C (2021) Occurrence of Fusarium spp. in maize grain harvested in Portugal and accumulation of mycotoxins during storage. Foods (accepted)
DJEBROUNE, Gahdab Chakali, Andrade E, Camacho MJ, Rusinque L, Inácio ML (2021) Integrative morphometric and molecular approach to update the impact and distribution of potato cyst nematodes Globodera rostochiensis and Globodera pallida (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae) in Algeria. Pathogens (accepted)
DIOGO E, Gonçalves CI, Silva AC, Valente C, Bragança H, Phillips AJ (2021) Five new species of Neopestalotiopsis associated with diseased Eucalyptus spp. in Portugal. Mycological Progress, 20(11), pp.1441-1456. DOI: 10.1007/s11557-021-01741-5
CORNEJO C, Hisano S, Bragança H, Suzuki N, Rigling D (2021) A new double-stranded RNA mycovirus in Cryphonectria naterciae is able to cross the species barrier and is deleterious to a new host. Journal of Fungi, 7(10), p.861. DOI:10.3390/jof7100861
AYACHE S, El Mokhefi M, Bonifácio L, Chakali G (2021) Egg Batches Parasitism of Processionary Moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera, Thaumetopoeidae) from Two Atlas Cedar Ecotypes in Algeria. Zoodiversity, 55(3), pp.239-250. DOI: 10.15407/zoo2021.03.239
AMOURA M, Ináçio ML, Nóbrega F, Bonifácio L, Sousa E, Chakali G (2021) Fungi associated with Platypus cylindrus Fab.(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Quercus suber L. in North-Eastern Algeria. International Journal of Agricultural Policy and Research. DOI: 10.15739/IJAPR.21.001
BELLAHIRECH A, Bonifacio L, Inácio ML, Jamâa MLB, Sousa E, Nóbrega F (2021) Ocorrência de Xyleborus mongraphus (Fabricius) e Xyleborinus saxesenii (Ratzeburg) juntamente com Platypus cylindrus, em Árvores de Carvalho de Cortiça na Tunísia. Silva Lusitana, 29(1), pp.39-52. DOI: 10.1051/silu/20212901039
Other Selected Publications
MITREA‐CĂLIN M, Inácio ML, Costache C, Nóbrega F, Mota M, Cristea S, Braasch H (2020) New observations on occurrence and distribution of Bursaphelenchus spp. (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) in conifers in Romania. For. Path; 50:e12629. DOI: 10.1111/efp.12629
RUSINQUE LC, Vicente CS, Inácio ML, Nóbrega F, Camacho MJ, Lima A, Ramos AP (2020) First Report of Pratylenchus penetrans (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae) Associated with Amaryllis (Hippeastrum × hybridum), in Portugal. Plant Disease 104:10, 2740. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-03-20-0524-PDN
GUTIÉRREZ-GUTIÉRREZ C, Santos MT, Inácio ML, Eisenback JD, Mota M (2020) Description of Longidorus bordonensis sp. nov. from Portugal, with systematics and molecular phylogeny of the genus (Nematoda, Longidoridae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 96 1: 175-193. DOI: 10.3897/zse.96.49022.
MITREA-CALIN M, Inácio ML, Cean M, Costache C, Rusinque L, Paraschiv M, Camacho MJ, Vieira P, Cristea S, Nóbrega F (2020) First detection of Bursaphelenchus mucronatus (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) on Monochamus sutor (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Romania. Forest Pathology 50: e12578. DOI: 10.1111/efp.12578
INÁCIO ML, Camacho MJ, Serra C, Cordevile C, Cordeiro L, Andrade E (2020) First Report of the Potato Cyst Nematode, Globodera rostochiensis, on Potato in the Azores, Portugal. Plant Disease 104:6, 1874-1874. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-07-19-1429-PDN.
CANAS S, Trindade C, Sun B, Naves P (2020) Phenolic compounds involved in pine wilt disease: HPLC-based method development and validation for their quantification. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, (in press). DOI: 10.1007/s13562-020-00599-0
NETO AC, Mateus C, de Andrade E, Barateiro A, Bigolin M, Chaves M, Guerreiro V, Pereira F, Soares C, Tomé D, Coutinho JP, Franco, JC, Rebelo MT (2020). First record of the invasive leafhopper Sophonia orientalis in mainland Portugal. J Pest Sci. DOI: 10.1007/s10340-020-01289-5
CELLIER G, Redondo C, Cubero J, Roselló M, de Andrade E, Cruz L, Ince E, Yildiz HN, Güler PG, D’Onghia AM, Yaseen T (2020) Comparison of the performance of the main real-time and conventional PCR detection tests for ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’spp., plant pathogenic bacteria causing the Huanglongbing disease in Citrus spp. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 157(4), pp.919-941.
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-020-02052-3
INÁCIO ML, Camacho MJ, Serra C, Cordevile C, Cordeiro L, de Andrade E (2020) First Report of the Potato Cyst Nematode, Globodera rostochiensis, on Potato in the Azores, Portugal. Plant Disease (2020): PDIS-07. DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-19-1429-pdn
SILVA AC, Diogo E, Henriques J, Ramos AP, Sandoval-Denis M, Crous PW, Bragança H (2020) Pestalotiopsis pini sp. nov., an Emerging Pathogen on Stone Pine (Pinus pinea L.). Forests. 11(8):805. DOI: 10.3390/f11080805
ELVIRA-RECUENCO M, Cacciola SO, Sanz-Ros AV, Garbelotto M, Aguayo J, Solla A, Mullett M, Drenkhan T, Oskay F, Aday Kaya AG, Iturritxa E, Cleary M, Witzell J, Georgieva M, Papazova-Anakieva I, Chira D, Paraschiv M, Musolin DL, Selikhovkin AV, Varentsova EY, Adamčíková K, Markovskaja S, Mesanza N, Davydenko K, Capretti P, Scanu B, Gonthier P, Tsopelas P, Martín-García J, Morales-Rodríguez C, Lehtijärvi A, Doğmuş Lehtijärvi HT, Oszako T, Nowakowska JA, Bragança H, Fernández-Fernández M, Hantula J, Díez JJ, (2020) Potential Interactions between Invasive Fusarium circinatum and Other Pine Pathogens in Europe. Forests 2020, 11, 7. DOI: 10.3390/f11010007
NAVES P, Inácio ML, Nóbrega F, Sousa E, Michielsen M (2019) Pinewood nematode presence and survival in commercial pallets of different ages. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products 77: 301-309. DOI: 10.1007/s00107-019-01383-1.
INÁCIO ML, Rusinque LC, Camacho MJ, Nóbrega F (2019) First report of Mesocriconema xenoplax (Nematoda: Criconematidae) from turfgrass in Portugal and in Europe. J Nematol. 51:1-6. DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2019-035. PMID: 31339252; PMCID: PMC6916144.
BELLAHIRECH A, Inácio ML, Woodward S, Ben Jamâa ML, Nóbrega F (2019) Ophiostoma tsotsi and Ophiostoma quercus associated with Platypus cylindrus F. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in cork oak stands in Tunisia. For Path. 49:e12482. DOI: 10.1111/efp.12482
NAVES P, Bragança H, Nóbrega F, Valente C (2019) Ambrosiodmus rubricollis (Eichhoff) (Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Scolytinae) associated with young Tasmanian blue gum trees. Journal of Applied Entomology 143: 1200-1204. DOI: 10.1111/jen.12700
FERNÁNDEZ‐FERNÁNDEZ M, Naves P, Musolin D, Selikhovkin A, Cleary M, Chira D, Paraschiv M, Gordon T, Solla A, Papazova-Anakieva I, Drenkhan T, Georgieva M, Altunisik A, Morales-Rodriguez C, Tabaković-Tošić M, Avtzis D, Georgiev G, Doychev D, Nacheski S, Trestic T, Elvira-Recuenco M, Diez J, Witzell J (2019) Pine Pitch Canker and Insects: Regional Risks, Environmental Regulation, and Practical Management Options. Forests 10: 649. DOI:10.3390/f10080649
BOAVIDA C, Santos M, Naves P (2019) Biological traits of Epitrix papa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae), a new potato pest in Europe, and implications for its control. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 21: 379–387. DOI: 10.1111/afe.12344.
ERIKSSON D, de Andrade E, Bohanec B, Chatzopoulou S, Defez R, Leiva Eriksson N, van der Meer P, van der Meulen B, Ritala A, Sági L, Schiemann J (2019) Implementing an EU opt‐in mechanism for GM crop cultivation. EMBO reports May;20(5):e48036. DOI: 10.15252/embr.201948036
FRUTUOSO AN, Bragança H (2019) The Last Basket Weaver of São Mamede – Chapter 20. 131-134. In : Pullanikkatil D., Shackleton C. (eds) Poverty Reduction Through Non-Timber Forest Products. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham 160 pp
VAINIO EJ, Bezos D, Bragança H, Cleary M, Fourie G, Georgieva M, Ghelardini L, Hannunen S, Ioos R, Martín-García J, Martínez-Álvarez P (2019) Sampling and Detection Strategies for the Pine Pitch Canker (PPC) Disease Pathogen Fusarium circinatum in Europe. Forests, 10(9):723. DOI: 10.3390/f10090723 
IOOS R, Aloi F, Piškur B, Guinet C, Mullett M, Berbegal M, Bragança H, Cacciola SO, Oskay F, Cornejo C, Adamson K (2019) Transferability of PCR-based diagnostic protocols: An international collaborative case study assessing protocols targeting the quarantine pine pathogen Fusarium circinatum. Scientific reports, 3;9(1):1-7. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-44672-8
SILVA AC, Henriques J, Diogo E, Ramos AP, Bragança H (2019) First report of Sydowia polyspora causing disease on Pinus pinea shoots. Forest Pathology, 50(1), e12570. DOI:10.1111/efp.12570
CARRASQUINHO I, Lisboa A, Inácio ML, Gonçalves E (2018) Genetic variation in susceptibility to pine wilt disease of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aiton) half-sib families. Annals of Forest Science 75, 85. DOI: 10.1007%2Fs13595-018-0759-x.
ERIKSSON D, De Andrade E, Bohanec B, Chatzopolou S, Defez R, Eriksson NL, Van Der Meer P, Van Der Meulen B, Ritala A, Sági L, Schiemann J (2018) Why the European Union needs a national GMO opt-in mechanism. Nature biotechnology Jan;36(1):18-9. DOI: 10.1038/nbt.4051
MULLETT M, Adamson SK, Bragança H, Bulgakov TS, Georgieva M, Henriques J, Jürisoo L, Laas M, Drenkhan R (2018) New country and regional records of the pine needle blight pathogens Lecanosticta acicola, Dothistroma septosporum and D. pini. Forest Pathology 48 (5) DOI: 10.1111/efp.12440
BERKVENS N, Waeyenberge L, Casteels H, De Sutter N, Inácio ML, Fontes AM, Boone C, Grégoire J-C, Viaene N (2017) Effects of the wet catching method on the detection of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus from trapped longhorn beetle vectors. Nematology 19 6:671-680. DOI: 10.1163/15685411-00003079
INÁCIO ML, Nóbrega F, Mota M, Vieira P, Bonifácio L, Naves P, Sousa E (2017) First detection of Bursaphelenchus luxuriosae associated with Pinus pinaster in Portugal and in Europe. Forest Pathology 47: e12296. DOI: 10.1111/efp.12296
CAMACHO MJ, Nóbrega F, Lima A, Mota M, Inácio ML (2017) Morphological and molecular identification of the potato cyst nematodes Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida in Portuguese potato fields. Nematology 19 8:883-889. DOI: 10.1163/15685411-00003094
CATRY FX, Branco M, Sousa E, Caetano J, Naves P, Nóbrega F (2017) Presence and dynamics of ambrosia beetles and other xylophagous insects in a Mediterranean cork oak forest following fire. Forest Ecology and Management 404: 45–54. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.08.029.
MOREIRA AC, BRAGANÇA H, BOAVIDA C, TALGØ V (2017) Field diagnosis of damaging agents of woody plants. 4-7 pp. In: Field guide for the identification of damage on woody sentinel plants. Edited by Roques, A., Cleary, M., Matsiakh, I., Eschen, R. CABI . 289 pp. 10.1079/9781786394415.0004
BRAGANÇA H, Varela C (2017) Fraxinus angustifolia and forest health in Portugal – an overview, 284-287. In “Dieback of European Ash (Fraxinus spp.) . “Consequences and Guidelines for Sustainable Management”. Edited by Rimvydas Vasaitis & Rasmus Enderle - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden & Department of Forest Health, Forest Research Institute of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 300 pp

 

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