Plant Cell Biotechnology Lab

	Pedro Fevereiro
	Principal Investigator
	psalema@itqb.unl.pt
	Plant Cell Biotechnology Lab

Current members
Ana Confraria	Researcher
Sofia Duque	Researcher
Leonor Margalha	Researcher
Cláudia Lopes	PhD Student

Current Projects
2018 – 2022 \| Programa de conservação e melhoramento de Espécies Forrageiras Anuais (PDR2020-784-042743)
2018-2022 \| Programa de Conservação e Melhoramento Genético Vegetal da Oliveira (PDR2020-784-042744). Project Coordinator: Pedro Fevereiro

Past Projects
018-2021 \| RESISCAST - Molecular Breeding of chestnut for resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi, the causal agent of root rot (LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-028760)

Main Publications
2022
TEDESCO S, Fevereiro P, Kragler F, Pina A (2022) Plant grafting and graft incompatibility: A review from the grapevine perspective. Scientia Horticulturae,299. doi: 10.1016/j.scienta.2022.111019
2021
PARREIRA JR, Cappuccio M, Balestrazzi A, Fevereiro P, Araújo SS (2021) MicroRNAs expression dynamics reveal post-transcriptional mechanisms regulating seed development in Phaseolus vulgaris L. Horticulture Research, 8(1), 18. DOI: 10.1038/s41438-020-00448-0
LEITÃO ST, Bicho MC, Pereira P, Paulo MJ, Malosetti M, de Sousa Araújo S, van Eeuwijk F, Patto MC (2021) Common bean SNP alleles and candidate genes affecting photosynthesis under contrasting water regimes. Horticulture Research, 8(1):1-4. DOI: 10.1038/s41438-020-00434-6
Other Selected Publications
CUNHA J, Ibáñez J, Teixeira-Santos M, Brazão J, Fevereiro P, Martínez-Zapater JM, Eiras‐Dias JE (2020) Genetic Relationships Among Portuguese Cultivated and Wild Vitis vinifera L. Germplasm. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, 127. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00127
MARTINS D, Araújo SS, Rubiales D, Patto MCV (2020) Legume crops and biotrophic pathogen interactions: A continuous cross-talk of a multilayered array of defense mechanisms. Plants, 9(11), pp. 1–24, 1460. DOI: 10.3390/plants9111460
SAMPAIO AM, De Sousa Araújo S, Rubiales D, Patto MCV (2020) Fusarium wilt management in legume crops. Agronomy, 10(8), 1073. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10081073
PAGANO A, L’Andolina C, Sabatini ME, de Sousa Araújo S, Balestrazzi A, Macovei A (2020) Sodium butyrate induces genotoxic stress in function of photoperiod variations and differentially modulates the expression of genes involved in chromatin modification and DNA repair in Petunia hybrida seedlings. Planta, 251(5):1-5. DOI: 10.1007/s00425-020-03392-4
DORIA E, Pagano A, Ferreri C, Larocca AV, Macovei A, Araújo SD, Balestrazzi A (2019) How does the seed pre-germinative metabolism fight against imbibition damage? Emerging roles of fatty acid cohort and antioxidant defence. Frontiers in Plant Science, 21;10:1505. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01505
MACOVEI A, Pagano A, Cappuccio M, Gallotti L, Dondi D, De Sousa Araujo SS, Fevereiro P, Balestrazzi A (2019) A Snapshot of the Trehalose Pathway During Seed Imbibition in Medicago truncatula Reveals Temporal- and Stress-Dependent Shifts in Gene Expression Patterns Associated With Metabolite Changes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, 1590. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01590
BARRETO HG, Ságio SA, Chalfun-Júnior A, Fevereiro P, Benedito VA (2019) Transcriptional profiling of the AFL subfamily of B3-type transcription factors during the in vitro induction of somatic embryogenesis in the model legume Medicago truncatula. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 139(2), pp. 327–337. DOI: 10.1007/s11240-019-01687-3
HIDALGO-CASTELLANOS J, Duque AS, Burgueño A, Herrea-Cervero JA, Fevereiro P, López-Gómez M (2019) Overexpression of the arginine decarboxylase gene promotes the symbiotic interaction Medicago truncatula-Sinorhizobium meliloti and induces the accumulation of proline and spermine in nodules under salt stress conditions. Journal of Plant Physiology, 241, 153034. DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2019.153034
ASSUNÇÃO M, Santos C, Brazão J, Eiras-Dias JE, Fevereiro P (2019) Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying graft success in grapevine. BMC Plant Biology, 19(1), 396. DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-1967-8
PARREIRA JR, Balestrazzi A, Fevereiro P, Araújo SS (2018) Maintaining genome integrity during seed development in phaseolus vulgaris l.: Evidence from a transcriptomic profiling study. Genes, 9(10), pp. 1.–24. DOI: 10.3390/genes9100463.
MACOVEI A, Faè M, Biggiogera M, de Sousa Araújo S, Carbonera D, Balestrazzi A (2018) Ultrastructural and molecular analyses reveal enhanced nucleolar activity in medicago truncatula cells overexpressing the MtTdp2α Gene. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11;9:596. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00596
SANTOS C, Duarte, S, Tedesco, S, Fevereiro, P, Costa, RL (2017) Expression profiling of castanea genes during resistant and susceptible interactions with the oomycete pathogen phytophthora cinnamomi reveal possible mechanisms of immunity. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 515. DOI:10.3389/fpls.2017.00515
PAGANO A, De Sousa Araújo S, Macovei A, Leonetti P, Balestrazzi A (2017) The seed repair response during germination: Disclosing correlations between DNA repair, antioxidant response, and chromatin remodeling in medicago truncatula. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 1972. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01972
Parreira JR, Bouraada J, Silvestre S, Marques da Silva J, Almeida AM, Fevereiro P, Altelaar AFM, Araújo SS (2016) Differential proteomics reveals the hallmarks of seed development in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Journal of proteomics, 143:188-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2016.03.002