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Agricultural and Forestry Sciences Evaluation Panel - 2012

Evaluation

Aase Hansen
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Andreas Bolte
Von Thünen-Institute (National Forest Research Agency), Germany
Charles Michler
Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, United States
David Lindsay
Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura, Spain
Henry-Eric Spinnler
AgroParisTech, France
Jacqueline Grima-Pettenati
Université Toulouse, France
José Manuel Guillamón
Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Spain
Lene Sisgaard
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Núria Duran-Vila
IVIA, Valencia, Spain
Peter de Ruiter
Wageningen UR, Germany
Peter Jeffries
University of Ken, United Kingdom
Ragab Ragab
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, United Kingdom
Ricardo Alia Miranda
Centre of Forest Research, Spain

Projects assigned

FCT-ANR/AGR-FOR/0004/2012

Fine dissection of a genomic region controlling lignin content and composition in Eucalyptus and application in breeding.
Jorge Almiro Barceló Caldeira Pinto Paiva
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

FCT-ANR/AGR-FOR/0050/2012

Maritime pine and Douglas-fir Adaptation to climate warming
Maria João Magalhães Gaspar
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/2147/2012

Climate change and Mediterranean ecosystems - the effect of temperature and precipitation change on the understorey of cork oak woodlands
Maria Johanna Elisabeth Jongen
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/2169/2012

Innovative Wood&Cork Engineered Products
Sofia Knapic
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/2232/2012

Resolving 3-dimensional feedbacks of plant carbon inputs to the soil carbon-cycle and carbon-sequestration in a typical montado ecosystem using stable isotopes.
Stephan Unger
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/2238/2012

Elucidation of the molecular and genetic basis of volatiles in Thymus caespititius
Maria Helena Machado Trindade Donato
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/2368/2012

Biodiverse, Permanent Pastures in Montado Ecosystems: feedbacks on Biogeochemical Cycles of Water, Carbon and Nitrogen
Catarina Fernandes Moura
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/2402/2012

SEQRES: A transcriptomic approach to identify genes responsible for the tolerance to drought in Quercus suber L.
Luísa Cristina dos Mártires Ferreira de Carvalho
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/2432/2012

Multivariable Assessment of Forest Pest Risk
Carlos Manuel Bolota Alexandre Correia
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Departamento de Física da Universidade de Coimbra (ADDFUC/FCT/UC)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/2471/2012

A multi-scale approach to study the naturalization of blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.) in Portugal
Joaquim Sande Silva
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/2565/2012

Biotechnological tools to enhance forest plant establishment under stress conditions - drought and Phytophtora attack
Sofia Isabel Almeida Pereira
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/2719/2012

Tracing/removing antibiotic drugs in aquatic environment by cork modified with plastic antibodies
Maria Goreti Ferreira Sales
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/2831/2012

Copper impacts on the grape berry: a biochemical and molecular approach
Hernâni Gerós
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/2950/2012

Identification of genes, molecular markers and mechanisms of resistance to Bursaphelenchues xylophilus in mediterranean pines for molecular assisted selection.
Rita Maria Lourenço da Costa
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3272/2012

Flexibility in forest logistics short-term planning under uncertainty
Alexandra Marques
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto (INESC Porto/FE/UP)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3361/2012

RhizoLyptus - Rhizobia as PGPR to improve Eucalyptus globulus rooting
Etelvina Figueira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3409/2012

Ecological factors determining invasion by high impact alien forest pests: risk assessment and adaptive management.
Carla Sofia Madeira Gomes Pimentel
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3424/2012

Identification of male progenitors of cork oak seedlings from families tolerant to Phytophthora and characterization of pollination patterns in cork oak ecosystems of southern Portugal (montados)
Alfredo Jaime Morais Cravador
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3497/2012

SILOXUNS - Biomonitoring of siloxanes by pine needles in beach resorts
Nuno Miguel Ratola Neto
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3642/2012

Mushroot - A sustained selection of fungal strains for edible mycorrhizal mushroom production
NADINE MARISA REIS DE SOUSA
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3654/2012

Application of advanced analytical tools to improve sustainability of silvopasture systems in (semi)-arid areas
Carla Isabel Igreja Rodrigues
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3685/2012

Management of the economic and environmental impacts of the pinewood nematode
Valeria Reva
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3743/2012

MicroSuber - Soil Microbiome and Cork Oak Decline
Maria da Conceição Venâncio Egas
BIOCANT - Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia (BIOCANT)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3793/2012

BioZone - Green Technology for Cellulosic Pulp Bleaching by Catalytic Ozonation and Enzymes
Anatoly Shatalov
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3804/2012

Modelling growth and pine nuts production for Pinus pinea under changing environmental conditions (PINEA Project)
Luis Mendes Godinho Milheiriço Fontes
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3822/2012

Shortening Juvenile-Mature Phase Transition in Cork Oak using Agrobacterium tumefaciens and gamma-rays
Patrícia Eduarda Domingos Vidigal
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3856/2012

Cork quality: Genetic and environmental factors behind it
Rita Teresa Pereira Teixeira
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3872/2012

The forgotten components of forest sustainability: the below-ground biomass of E. globulus
Jorge Gominho
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3924/2012

Controlling Cork Damaging Organisms to Produce More and Better Cork
Edmundo Manuel Rodrigues de Sousa
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3930/2012

Integrated approach against pests and diseases affecting stone pine production in Portugal
Edmundo Manuel Rodrigues de Sousa
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3960/2012

Molecular approaches to the dissection of suberin biosynthesis pathway
Liliana Marum
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3975/2012

Evaluation of the ecossystem services of agricultural fields
Miguel Joao Goncalves dos Santos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4011/2012

EFCO - Measuring and modelling energy fluxes from cork oak
Fernanda Maria dos Reis Torroaes Valente
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4139/2012

Developing new models and tools for integarting wood quality in adaptive forest management.
Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4153/2012

Biology of the functional relation between cork oak (Quercus suber L.) and Phytophthora cinnamomi in the cork oak woodland
NUNO MANUEL CABRAL DE ALMEIDA RIBEIRO
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4214/2012

Innovative methodologies to control food-borne pathogens in Portuguese fermented meat products by combination of physical preservation methods enhanced by bacteriocinogenic cultures
Jorge Manuel Alexandre Saraiva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4218/2012

A systems approach to understand salt stress tolerance in Casuarina glauca and its relationship with symbiotic nitrogen fixation
Ana Isabel Faria Ribeiro
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4249/2012

Understanding the ecological processes determining natural regeneration of native oak forest to promote ecological restoration (RETURN)
Vânia Andreia Malheiro Proença
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4250/2012

CorKlima: Impacts of climate change in Cork Oak fitness and plant stock quality: an integrated approach from genes to plant physiology
Glória Catarina Pinto
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4285/2012

Gold nanoprobe microfluidic based biosensor for the detection of Phytophthora cinnamomi-(GoMIBIPHYCI)
Pedro Ricardo Charters Ribeiro da Cunha Sanguino
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4344/2012

Understanding cork performance based on internal structural features using non-destructive methods
Ofélia Anjos
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4384/2012

Interaction of cork oak trees with the vegetation in their neigborhood
Maria Margarida Branco de Brito Tavares Tomé
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4443/2012

Development of innovative tools to trace Australian acacias under limited invasive distribution. (IsoTraceAcacia)
Cristina Maria Filipe Máguas da Silva Hanson
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4446/2012

Genomic selection and adaptation in Cork Oak
Octavio Salgueiro Paulo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4462/2012

Time thresholds for safe natural regeneration of Quercus suber in oak woodlands: Towards proper management for restoration
Manuel Armando Valeriano MADEIRA
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4466/2012

Ancient Woodlands from Centre and South Portugal (SILVANTIQUA)
José Eduardo Ribeiro do Rosário Mateus
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4526/2012

Models and Decision Support Systems for Adressing Risk and Uncertainty in Forest Planning (SADRI)
Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4555/2012

Contribution of hydraulic redistribution on evergreen oak woodland´s water balance: from the tree to the regional scale and from the present to the future.
Cathy Beatrice Kurz Besson
Universidade de Lisboa (UL)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4559/2012

Are microbial communities different in crop-associated and non-crop-associated spiders?
Mahnaz Khadem
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4584/2012

Climate change and its impact on coastal pine forests in west Portugal: the case of two recently emerged pests
Maria Teresa Calvão Rodrigues
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4691/2012

Effects of voluntary forest certification on the conservation of forest ecosystems: cork oak woodlands and associated biodiversity
Miguel Nuno do Sacramento Monteiro Bugalho
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4726/2012

Development of a management plan for increasing the interest of Mediterranean reservoirs for recreational fishing activities
Pedro Miguel Raposo de Almeida
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/2155/2012

Genetic data for the Control of Olive Fly: Populations, Parasitoids and Insecticide Resistance
Luis Filipe Marques Ribeiro teixeira da Costa
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/2209/2012

Breeding management of chickpea - Increasing of glyphosate tolerance through directed symbiosis
Paula Sá-Pereira
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/2230/2012

Proteomics during grape ripening of Trincadeira cultivar upon Botrytis cinerea infection and functional analyses in grape fruits
Ana Margarida da Costa Macedo Fortes
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/2260/2012

Greenhouse climate and disease control with wireless sensor networks
Fátima de Jesus Folgôa Baptista
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/2306/2012

CutiBerry Grape berry cuticle: First barrier in berry adaptation to environmental stresses
Olfa Zarrouk
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/2322/2012

AGROCropping: Evaluating the intercropping agrosystems and modeling their sustainability in Madeira and Azores
Miguel Angelo Almeida Pinheiro de Carvalho
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/2335/2012

STATinGEN - STrategies to Analyze and To detect INconsistent Genotypic responses to ENvironmental factors
Paulo Jorge Canas Rodrigues
Associação de Estudos e de Investigação Científica do ISLA Lisboa (AEIC)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/2342/2012

Prediction and monitoring of the optimal harvest date of Algarve Citrus fruit by a portable Vis/NIR system combined with GIS
Ana Margarida Cavaco Guerra
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/2390/2012

Climate change and quality of wine. Effect on the accumulation of off-flavors produced by Botrytis cinerea, Penicillium expansum and emergent fungal grape diseases in must and wine
Héctor Braulio Morales Valle
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/2536/2012

Can rhizobia defend plants against phytopathogens?
Marta Laranjo
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/2606/2012

Control of an emerging tomato virus through a new VIGS vector
Carla Varanda
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/2607/2012

Metabolic modelling of infection pathways in Phytophthora cinnamomi
Altino Branco Choupina
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/2926/2012

New Integrated Tools to Bust Fireblight Agent Erwinia amylovora in Portugal
Leonor Cruz
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3079/2012

Valorization of berries quality. New challenges and opportunities
ANA PAULA CALVÃO MOREIRA DA SILVA
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3234/2012

Genetic and epigenetic studies in Portuguese bread wheats for selection of genotypes with high cold tolerance
Ana Carvalho
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3351/2012

Low-input farming systems: The fertilisation of Mediterranean grasslands component
María Esther Fernández Núñez
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3356/2012

Use of fungicides in Portuguese Vinhos Verdes production: impact on quality, environment and health
César João Santos Oliveira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3386/2012

Implications of environmental changes of CO2 and temperature at the plant and bean quality levels in the coffee tree (Coffea spp.) - Multidisciplinary characterization of the impact and acclimation ability of the producing species
José Domingos Cochicho Ramalho
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3392/2012

Role of soil thermophilic bacteria and their potencial use in agrobiology
Margarida Maria Cabral Lages Azevedo Santana
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3413/2012

Cover cropping with self-reseeding annual legumes in rainfed olive orchards.
Margarida Maria Pereira Arrobas Rodrigues
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3434/2012

Biodiversity of old and new polyploidy cereals: exploitation of abiotic stress tolerance and impact of transgenerational effects
Maria Manuela Antunes Gomes Silva
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3442/2012

Changing received solar radiation on the vineyard canopies to improve the production quality with minimal environmental impact
Manuel João Teles De Oliveira
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3486/2012

Validation of raspberries phytochemicals bioefficacy for production of healthier berries by exploitation of natural variation
Maria Cláudia Nunes dos Santos
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3492/2012

Climate change adaptation measures for olive rainfed orchards
Carlos Correia
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3498/2012

NewGreenVitis - Rescue and valorization of minority grapevine cultivars in Vinhos Verdes DOC Region for wine production.
Olinda Pinto-Carnide
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3503/2012

VITICHAR - Ameliorating Portuguese Viticulture by Applying Biochar to Soil
Frank Verheijen
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3505/2012

A NEW TECHNOLOGY APPROACH AND HEALTH BENEFITS AS KEY COMPETITIVENESS FACTORS OF RASPBERRY (RUBUS IDAEUS) PRODUCTION IN PORTUGAL
Agostinho Mesquita Antunes de Carvalho
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL (CESEM)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3629/2012

Functional evaluation of the potencial of tradicional agro-products from Centre Inner portuguese region and influence in obesity
Ana Rita Álvaro
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3657/2012

Mushroom propagation challenges using agro-industry by-products, studies on their bioactive properties and utilization of resulting spent for animal feed as well as fertilizer
Ana Cristina Cardoso Freitas Lopes de Freitas
Instituto Piaget, Cooperativa para o Desenvolvimento Humano, Integral e Ecológico CRL (IPiaget)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3678/2012

Tracing Natural AOX Gene Polymorphisms: Novel Concepts for the Identification of Functional Markers for Stress
Anthony Joseph Burke
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3705/2012

A transcriptomic approach to the genetic control of powdery mildew desease (Erysiphe necator) in grapevine
Jorge Manuel Martins Cunha
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3711/2012

Risk evaluation for the spread of the quarantine disease ´Grapevine Flavescence dorée´ (FD) in Portugal.
Esmeraldina do Nascimento Agostinho de Sousa
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3718/2012

Evaluation of Composts Application on Soil Properties and Edible Crop Quality
Maria João Marques Nunes
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3734/2012

The Laurisilva forest in the biological protection of conservation against African Citrus Psylla and Codling moth.
Susana Maria Gouveia Sá Ventura Fontinha
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3740/2012

Comparative and functional genomics to disclose pathogenicity mechanisms and sexual behaviour of Colletotrichum kahawae, the causal agent of Coffee Berry Disease
Helena Manuela Gil Azinheira
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3814/2012

SeeD - exploring seed quality, protein functional properties and bio-activity
CARLA MARIA ALEXANDRE PINHEIRO
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3861/2012

Transport of iron in plants: novel approaches to an old problem. Improved iron mobility and development of a new fertilizer based on grass-clipping extracts.
Maribela Pestana
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3887/2012

The Mycorrhizal Contribution to Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Horticultural Crops Performance (MUNCH)
Corina Carranca
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3939/2012

Edible wild plants of Madeira as promising new crop opportunities
Susana Maria Gouveia Sá Ventura Fontinha
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3964/2012

An integrated approach to alleviate the constraints on cereal production in the inland region of northern Portugal
Manuel Ângelo Rosa Rodrigues
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3994/2012

Vegetable production on sustainable soilless culture system
Mário Manuel Ferreira dos Reis
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4002/2012

RNA silencing based strategies to drive resistance to multiple grapevine viruses
Duarte Manuel da Silva Mendonça
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4004/2012

SoilScreening - Real time monitoring of plant-soil interactions using advanced automated continuous flow techniques
João Luís Machado dos Santos
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4021/2012

FFC NMR technique for characterization of wine and grapes
Duarte de Mesquita e Sousa
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4029/2012

Effect of drought stress on soybean lipid metabolism: identification and characterization of genes encoding the different lipid acyl hydrolases/phospholipase A families
Ana Rita Matos
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4039/2012

Wheat genetic biofortification for zinc
Ana Sofia Almeida
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4072/2012

Olea europaea L. resistance against Colletotrichum acutatum - Nanotechnology approach for disease control
Sónia Gomes
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4082/2012

Nutritional and sensorial evaluation of monovarietal extra virgin olive oils from Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro region.
Fátima Paiva-Martins
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4099/2012

The role of Major Facilitator Superfamily transporters in plant tolerance to abiotic stress
Paula Duque
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4118/2012

Peer to peer approach on the use of novel soil amendments in sustainable agriculture
Cláudia Saramago de Carvalho Marques-dos-Santos
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4137/2012

Can the differences in the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway in several grapevine varieties be explained through Copy Number Variation?
Luísa Cristina dos Mártires Ferreira de Carvalho
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4151/2012

Integrated Assessment of Biochar Application to Soils (IABAS)
Frank Verheijen
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4259/2012

Rye Aluminum tolerance as model to understand how crops tolerate acid soils
Maria Manuela Outeiro Correia de Matos
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4334/2012

UrbGardenLis - Heavy metals and PAHs transfer in the systems air-soil-vegetables of urban gardens of Lisbon and its relationship with the atmospheric pollution and road traffic - Risk Assessment
Manuel José Matos
Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL/IPL)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4362/2012

Evaluation of fresh food irradiation for immunocompromised patients
Sandra Cabo Verde
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4366/2012

Exploitation of natural vegetal resources with industrial application and without environmental impact: production of Phlomis lychnitis L. and Agrimonia eupatoria L. and study of their anti-inflammatory active principles
Jorge Alberto Guerra Justino
Instituto Politécnico de Santarém (IPSantarém)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4368/2012

Safe alternatives to replace diphenylamine (DPA) in the control of superficial scald- incorporation of essential oils constituents into edible coatings
Maria Dulce Carlos Antunes
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4494/2012

Long-term effects of girdling on the mandarin productivity and fruit quality.
Amílcar Manuel Marreiros Duarte
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4524/2012

Impact of commercial biological control agents and pollinators on the genetic variability of indigenous populations
António Maria Marques Mexia
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4611/2012

Quality of edible crops produced in urban farms: influence of soil and water on the contamination by toxic chemical elements
Maria Luisa Louro Martins
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4667/2012

Enhancing the potential of portuguese wheat genotypes as regards heat and drought tolerance
Paula Scotti Lorenzini Borges Campos
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4696/2012

Remote monitoring of crop water requirements, for efficient water management in large irrigated areas - IRRIMOTE
Ricardo Serralheiro
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/2216/2012

Balance protein stability in white wines. A close-up on the multifactorial molecular mechanism responsible for supramolecular protein assembly
Ana Lourenço
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/2225/2012

Potential for commercial usage of cucurtaceae through drying and products development
Raquel de Pinho Ferreira Guiné
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu (IPV)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/2234/2012

Tomato lycopene extraction scale-up at low-cost process: valorization of a common dietary bioactive compound for a new pharmaceutical application
Sandra Simões
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/2279/2012

Isolation/purification of wine polysaccharides for calcium tartaric stabilization and heavy metal removal
Sofia Cristina Gomes Catarino
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/2343/2012

MEPHISTOPHELES: Mechanistic Elucidation of PatHways from amIno acidS, Toward flavOurs Produced in cHEeses in traditionaL Environments and Settings
Francisco Xavier Delgado Domingos Antunes Malcata
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/2380/2012

Production of conjugated linoleic acid by microbial fermentation: novel process strategies, incorporation in ‘metabolite specific probiotic dairy products and associated lipid-lowering and anticarcinogenic actions
Ana Maria Pereira Gomes
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/2403/2012

YEAST_SOS - SO2 Stress response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: cellular and molecular mechanisms
ANA ALEXANDRA MENDES FERREIRA
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/2501/2012

Recycle of agro-industrial waste for therapeutic application
Solange Inês Mussatto Dragone
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/2608/2012

Staple foods with biopolymer mixtures of Psyllium fibre and Fucose-EPS: impact on health
Anabela Cristina da Silva Naret Moreira Raymundo
Instituto Piaget, Cooperativa para o Desenvolvimento Humano, Integral e Ecológico CRL (IPiaget)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/2662/2012

New strategies to improve and stabilize the Rose Port Wine quality.
Joana Alexandra da Silva Oliveira Pinto da Silva
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Ciências (ADFCUP/FCUP/UP)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/2751/2012

Innovation and Enhancement of Bee Products
Maria Margarida Boavida Pontes Gonçalves
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCTUNL/UNL)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/2765/2012

Elucidação à escala do genoma dos mecanismos de resistência a ácidos fracos conservantes alimentares em leveduras contaminantes: dos modelos laboratoriais para isolados reais de alimentos contaminados
Nuno Gonçalo Pereira Mira
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/2770/2012

Target Analysis Based Approach using Melatonin as a Potential Marker of Adulteration in Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Raquel Marta Neves dos Santos Garcia
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/2775/2012

Tropical fruits: development, validation and scalability of biosensors-based methodologies; benefits and risks of consumption
Simone Barreira Morais
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/2826/2012

BioValor - Bioprocesses integration for valorization of pulp and paper industrial subproduct: a Biorefinery approach
ANA MARIA REBELO BARRETO XAVIER
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/2846/2012

Design of Microencapsulated Purslane by Spray Drying for Supplements and Functional Foods
Isabel Maria Marques Saraiva de Carvalho
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3029/2012

New added-value products for lignin bioconversion
Lina Bela Marília de Faria Baeta Hall
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3084/2012

Encapsulated bioactive compounds within food matrices: stability, release, bioavailability
Maria Luísa Duarte Martins Beirão da Costa
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3105/2012

Development of mushroom co-products as source of bioactive added-value products for the food industries and public health
Maria José Felix Saavedra
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3138/2012

Treatment and hydrolysis of lignocellulosic residues for fermentation supply
Maria da Graça Videira Sousa Carvalho
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3179/2012

Increase the economical return and sustainability of cork production and transformation
Maria Lúcia Almeida da Silva
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3223/2012

New bio-based functional compounds from fish processing by-products
José António Teixeira Lopes da Silva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3291/2012

Development of new beverages based on Mead
Maria Letícia Miranda Fernandes Estevinho
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3346/2012

SORO&ALFAETANOL - An emergent strategy for bioethanol production from cheese whey and carob pulp for a 2nd generation biorefinary
Maria Emilia Lima Costa
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3349/2012

Anti-fitopathogenic activity of plant aspartic proteases PSI domain
Pedro Miguel Dias Castanheira
BIOCANT - Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia (BIOCANT)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3377/2012

NANOSHELLS-Nature nanomaterials for energy and medicinal applications
Maria José Vitoriano Lourenço
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3378/2012

High valuable rosin derivatives by eco-sustainable processes
Ana Cristina Moreira Freire
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3396/2012

CAFESTOL from beans to coffee brews - improving technology effects on human health
Arminda Alves
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3404/2012

Truffle: Developing novel tools and processes for sustainable cultivation of Tuber borchii
Anabela Marisa de Jesus Rodrigues Azul
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3435/2012

Sustainable Process for Human Milk Fat Substitutes Production by Non-Commercial Lipases
Maria Suzana Leitão Ferreira Dias Vicente
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3455/2012

Research and Development of Bread Wheat for Production of Iron and Zinc Biofortified Flour
Fernando José Cebola Lidon
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3490/2012

Antiproteolytic and Antimocrobial peptides
Paula Cristina Veríssimo Pires
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3493/2012

Wine sensorial improvement by the use of non-Saccharomyces yeasts
Filomena Cristina Coelho Luz Duarte
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3509/2012

Bio-transformation of deproteinised whey waste into bioplastics using new materials
José Carlos Pereira Roseiro
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3521/2012

Nanoreactors in biopolymers with application as active and intelligent food packaging materials.
Dulcineia Maria de Sousa Ferreira Wessel
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu (IPV)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3544/2012

In vitro mycorrhization of Rock roses (Cistus) with desert truffle (Terfezia)
Celeste Maria Martins Santos-Silva
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3555/2012

Exploiting BEan GEnetics for food Quality and Attractiveness innovation
Maria Carlota Morais e Cunha Vaz Patto
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3626/2012

Recovery of fertility and productivity of coastal degraded soils - FERTICOAST
Ana Marques
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3676/2012

Bioconversion of cellulosic and hemicellulosic wastes from brewery and pulp/paper industries into 2G bioethanol
César Simões da Fonseca
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3706/2012

Viral metabolic engineering for resveratrol production in Nicotiana benthamiana
Gustavo Nuno Barbosa Nolasco
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3710/2012

WINYEAST - Impact of nitrogen availability on non-Saccharomyces yeasts in wine fermentations
Arlete Mendes-Faia
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3742/2012

High-pressure and Enzyme Immobilization: The Quest for Optimum Performance of Citrus Juices Processing
Maria Henriques Lourenço Ribeiro
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3767/2012

Powering Microbial Hemicellulolytic Capabilities
Isabel de Sá-Nogueira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3790/2012

NutraBrass - Nutraceuticals from Brassicaceae: High Pressure Processing of Cruciferous food plants to recover biologically active ingredients with health promoting effects
Catarina Maria Martins Duarte
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3791/2012

Melanoidins in honey and honey-like products
Maria da Graça Miguel
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3820/2012

Interactions between chitosan-based films and food components. Effect in films and acid beverage properties
Cláudia Sofia Cordeiro Nunes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3845/2012

sCAROBoost - Boosting the Utilization of the Residues From the Carob Industry in a Biorefinery Framework
Rafal Lukasik
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3886/2012

FormulaN - Natural product-based formulations for the control of the pine wood nematode and its insect vector
Mara Elga Medeiros Braga
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4043/2012

A tool to promote safe consumption of fruits and vegetables among children: The role of packaging
MARIA DE FÁTIMA DOS REIS FILIPE TAVARES POÇAS
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4049/2012

Development of sustainable processes for the production of textile fibers from forest resources
Bruno Medronho
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4061/2012

MAEfiber - Extraction and evaluation of the impact of the microwave assisted process to attain a productive valorization of coffee residue polysaccharides
Cláudia Pereira Passos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4086/2012

LitCoffee - Shedding light on roasted coffee production process towards a breakthrough on product design
João Pedro Martins de Almeida Lopes
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4102/2012

NANO-structured SYStems for LIPOphilic compounds - Development and characterization of nano-structured systems for lipophilic compounds (NANO-LIPOSYS)
Miguel Ângelo Parente Ribeiro Cerqueira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4103/2012

BIO-based NANOhydroGEL films - development, characterization and incorporation of functional compounds (BIONANOGEL)
Miguel Ângelo Parente Ribeiro Cerqueira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4131/2012

Development of an innovative and promising PAOX sensor to establish a wine antioxidant scale. A valuable mean to predict wine arteriosclerotic diseases protection
Jorge Augusto Machado Pereira
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4140/2012

Biological strategies for the control of volatile phenols in wines
José António Gomes Couto
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4165/2012

Red Beet Root: From Coloring to Anti-neoplastic
Susana Cardoso
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (IPC)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4206/2012

Helichrysum species cultivation as sources of value essential oils for flavor and fragrance industries
Maria do Carmo Martins Serrano
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4207/2012

PhageFoodSafe-Detection: Development of phage-based detection methods for the rapid identification of foodborne pathogens
Joana Cecília Valente Rodrigues Azeredo
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4255/2012

Production and evaluation of new prebiotics from Cashew gum
Beatriz Gullón
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4269/2012

RefinerYeasts - Robust industrial yeast strains as biological platforms for the production of multiple bio-based products from agro-industrial residues
Lucília Maria Alves Ribeiro Domingues
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4298/2012

CorkSensor - Composites of cork and carton waste materials for possible piezoelectric applications
Maria do Carmo Henriques Lança
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4304/2012

YeastFiber - Innovative food ingredients from spent yeast polysaccharides
Elisabete Verde Martins Coelho
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4337/2012

New prebiotic ingredients based on chitosan
Alejandra Cardelle
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4358/2012

Valuable products obtained from residues of wine production (VALUEGRAPE)
Luísa Paula Gonçalves Oliveira Valente da Cruz Lopes
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu (IPV)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4372/2012

Development of novel bioactive cellulose films: studies on bioactivity and physical/structural properties
Freni Kekhasharú Tavaria
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4375/2012

Influence of grape varieties phenolic content, microbiological and chemical stabilization on concentration and composition in bioactive compounds of red wine
Fernanda Cosme
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4389/2012

Persistence of Listeria monocytogenes in foods and food processing environments: characteristics of the strains, risks for public health and tools for control
Paula Cristina Maia Teixeira
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4412/2012

Evaluating the impact of non-allergenic fining agents on wine aromatic quality
Fernanda Cosme
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4438/2012

Identification of natural compounds with modulatory activity in the protein of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)
Zélia Cristina Pereira Velez
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4445/2012

Improving Cabbage Crops for Enhanced Anticancer Activity
Susana Cardoso
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (IPC)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4520/2012

NatMicroRes - Natural sources of antimicrobial bioactive metabolites applied to human, animal and environment to development and sustainable use of endemic resources.
Marisa Rodrigues Machado
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4528/2012

INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR THE VALORIZATION OF CAPRINE CHEESE WHEY USING MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY
Antónia Teresa Zorro Nobre Macedo
Instituto Politécnico de Beja (IPBeja)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4529/2012

Development of 3D cell -based antioxidant assays for food research
Ana Teresa de Carvalho Negrão Serra
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4612/2012

GreenMadeira: Enhancing endogenous resources in a biorefinery framework: Madeira Archipelago as case study
Paula C Castilho
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4621/2012

Multi-scale/multi-disciplinary mathematical modeling of the biorefinery concept
Luís Jorge A Chorão de Q Duarte
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4625/2012

Entomopatogen K channel blocker as bioinsecticide
Duarte Toubarro
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4654/2012

Engineering nematode toxins from Steinernema carpocapsae to be used in biocontrol by means of recombinant Bacillus thuringiensis
Fatma Driss Ep Zouari
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4664/2012

Controlled processes for the bio-reduction of volatile acidity of acidic grape musts and wines by yeasts
Maria Manuela Sansonetty Goncalves Corte Real
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4673/2012

Functional characterization of the nacreous mineralized organic matrix of Anodonta cygnea: Applications on the structure of biosynthetic membranes.
Jorge Machado
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4697/2012

iGrape: definition and establishment of quality indices for wine grapes
João Pedro Martins de Almeida Lopes
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/4723/2012

Sulphur compounds occurrence and synthesis in grapes and wines
Nathalie Esperanza Oliveira Moreira
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

EXPL/AGR-FOR/0863/2012

New Tools for Functional Genomics of Cork Oak (Quercus suber L.)
Franklin Gregory
Universidade do Minho (UM)

EXPL/AGR-FOR/0896/2012

Joint venture for commercial augmentative biological control using natural resources of the Azores
António Onofre Costa Miranda Soares
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

EXPL/AGR-FOR/0974/2012

Two stage delignification as a scientific hypothesis to optimize kraft process conditions of hardwoods using Py-GC-MS as an analytical tool
Ana Lourenço
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

EXPL/AGR-FOR/1108/2012

The status of Phaeomoniella as an emerging pathogen of Eucalyptus
Alan John Lander Phillips
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

EXPL/AGR-FOR/1218/2012

Silver Wattle Eradication: a possible source for bioenergy and bioproducts
Marta Cristina Reis Carneiro Falcão Afonso
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

EXPL/AGR-FOR/1220/2012

IsoCork - Climate effects on cork growth assessed by isotope fingerprinting
Maria Augusta Fernandes Pereira da Costa de Sousa
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

EXPL/AGR-FOR/1239/2012

An in vitro model for studying the role of miRNAs in the differentiation of phellem
Inês Chaves
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

EXPL/AGR-FOR/1289/2012

An integrated metagenomics approach for the study of fungal communities in forest soils
PAULO GUILHERME LEANDRO DE OLIVEIRA
Universidade de Évora (UE)

EXPL/AGR-FOR/1304/2012

Screening of Asian oak species for potential resistance to Phytophthora spp.
Thomas Raimund Dr Jung
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

EXPL/AGR-FOR/1354/2012

Biotic and abiotic interactions in honey bee (Apis mellifera) Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)
Teresa Maria Pinto Coelho Amado Vasconcelos Vasconcelos
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (IPC)

EXPL/AGR-PRO/0937/2012

Optimize water use in wine production: finding tools and guidelines for sustainability in dry areas
Joaquim Miguel Rangel da Cunha Costa
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

EXPL/AGR-PRO/1089/2012

What is the real survival of bacterial inocula applied to soils to increase nutrient cycling?
Amarilis Paula Alberti de Varennes e Mendonça
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

EXPL/AGR-PRO/1170/2012

Underutilized crops with health nutritional added value for sustainable production
Marta Alves
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

EXPL/AGR-PRO/1192/2012

Physico-chemical characterization of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)and valorisation of its beneficial health effects
Maria da Conceicao Goncalves Barreto de Oliveira Castilho
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

EXPL/AGR-PRO/1224/2012

Development of a DNA array diagnostic test for phytosanitary certification of Olea europaea L.
MARIA IVONE ESTEVES DA CLARA
Universidade de Évora (UE)

EXPL/AGR-PRO/1230/2012

Dioxins in wood industry and its impacts on poultry food chain safety
Fernando Bernardo
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV/ULisboa)

EXPL/AGR-TEC/0872/2012

Tecnologia inovadora para a remoção da proteína de vinhos brancos
Luisa Maria da Silva Pinto Ferreira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

EXPL/AGR-TEC/0929/2012

The immune response of the Two-spotted spider mite (T. urticae) - a gateway for biological control of an agricultural pest?
Nelson Eduardo do Vale Martins
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

EXPL/AGR-TEC/0958/2012

Oligosaccharides as alleviators of chilling injury and enhancers of postharvest cold storage of tropical fruits
Luís Filipe Sanches Goulão
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE)

EXPL/AGR-TEC/1146/2012

Screening of potential G2 checkpoint and DNA damage response-targeting anticancer natural compounds and plant extracts
Rui Pedro Soares de Oliveira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

EXPL/AGR-TEC/1232/2012

Assessments of nutraceutical blackberry digested-polyphenols (BDP) ability to reach the brain
Lucélia Rodrigues Tavares
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

EXPL/AGR-TEC/1295/2012

Removal of tetracycline using a Moringa oleifera seeds sequencing batch reactor: kinetics and optimisation
Andréa de Fátima Silva Santos
Universidade do Minho (UM)

EXPL/AGR-TEC/1340/2012

FructProd - Uma abordagem não convencional para a produção de compostos à base de frutose
PEDRO CARLOS DE BARROS FERNANDES
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

EXPL/AGR-TEC/1343/2012

Development of a simple method to control grapevine fungal wood diseases. Adding value to a patent.
Sara Alexandra Valadas da Silva Monteiro
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

EXPL/AGR-TEC/1394/2012

Silencing of Myzus persicae genes by siRNA feeding from plants
Natália Tomás Marques
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

EXPL/AGR-TEC/1421/2012

Volatile phenols: recovery methodologies of red wines attacked by Dekkera bruxellensis
Luís Manuel Lopes Rodrigues da Silva
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

EXPL/AGR-TEC/1459/2012

Exploring structural effects on protein network systems induced by moderate ELECTRIC fields PROcessing
Ricardo Nuno Correia Pereira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

EXPL/AGR-TEC/1499/2012

Portuguese Propolis: Composition and Bioactivities
Cristina Alexandra Almeida Aguiar
Universidade do Minho (UM)

RECI/AGR-FOR/0302/2012

HARDCORE - Consolidating (HARD) research expertise, tools and human resources (CORE) to boost innovation and competitiveness on Tropical Forest and Agroforestry Research
Jorge Almiro Barceló Caldeira Pinto Paiva
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE)

RECI/AGR-FOR/0321/2012

Assessing the genetic diversity in agroecosystems using genomic tools
JOSÉ ANTÓNIO DOS SANTOS PEREIRA DE MATOS
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

RECI/AGR-PRO/0317/2012

Prospective and retrospective environmental risk assessment of pesticides mixtures toward sustainable agricultural systems in the Mediterranean
Maria José Antão Pais de Almeida Cerejeira
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

RECI/AGR-PRO/0444/2012

Advanced proteomic methodologies to support applied research in agro-forestry
Ana Varela Coelho
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

RECI/AGR-TEC/0285/2012

Development of a comprehensive quality knowledge system for rice cultivars using image, physico-chemical, chemometric and sensory tools to improve crop quality and value of utilisation (BEST-RICE-4-LIFE)
Carla Maria Cadete Martins Moita Brites
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

RECI/AGR-TEC/0384/2012

Authenticity assessment of herbal medicines and dietary supplements.
Patrícia Carla Ribeiro Valentão
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

RECI/AGR-TEC/0451/2012

Quality and safety profiles of food products
Carlos Alberto Nunes dos Santos
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

RECI/AGR-TEC/0459/2012

New Products and Technologies of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for Fresh Food of Organic Agriculture and Health (NPT-MAP)
Manuel Fernandes-Ferreira
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

RECI/AGR-TEC/0471/2012

Bioenergy for road and jet transportation sectors
FRANCISCO MANUEL FERREIRA GIRIO
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

RECI/AGR-TEC/0493/2012

A holistic approach to assess phenotype-dependent variations in chemical composition of softwoods on the tree-ring level
Jose Carlos Carvalho Rodrigues
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

RECI/AGR-TEC/0497/2012

Selection, characterization, production and establishment of Azorean blueberry varieties
MARIA JOÃO BORNES TEIXEIRA PEREIRA TROTA
Universidade dos Açores (UAçores)

EXCL/AGR-FOR/0342/2012

An integrative approach for the molecular dissection of key traits in maritime pine
Célia Maria Romba Rodrigues Miguel
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

EXCL/AGR-FOR/0524/2012

Assessment, mitigation and modeling of soil erosion following wildfires
Jan Jacob Keizer
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

EXCL/AGR-FOR/0525/2012

An integrated research programme for a knowledge based strengthening of the cork oak multifuntional forests and of the cork chain in a context of changing environmental, social and market conditions
Helena Margarida Nunes Pereira
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

EXCL/AGR-FOR/0677/2012

Hyperspectral Imaging for Valuation of Ecosystem Services: Spatiotemporal Detection Tools in areas of High Risk of Desertification
Cláudia de Mendonça Costa Synek Listopad
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

EXCL/AGR-PRO/0438/2012

Grapevine genetic diversity for viticulture in a climate change environment
Sara Barros Queiroz Amancio
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

EXCL/AGR-TEC/0444/2012

Closing the gap with biotech: innovation for food security and environmental sustainability
Cristina Cruz
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

EXCL/AGR-TEC/0668/2012

Production of ethanol from woody biomass, through biological pretreatment, using ruminants and organisms
Gustavo Vieira Gonçalves Pacheco Duarte
Associação BLC3 - Campus de Tecnologia e Inovação (BLC3)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3090/2012

GlycoCBMs - Fiber modification using recombinant glycosylated cellulose-binding modules
Carla Cristina Marques de Oliveira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3187/2012

Eucalyptus triterpenic biological activity
MARIA DE FÁTIMA PEREIRA DUARTE RICARDO
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo (CEBAL)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3746/2012

Arbutus unedo plants and products quality improvement for the agro-forestry sector
Jorge Canhoto
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/3807/2012

Potential impact of climate changes on Botryosphaeriaceae-related diseases of Eucalyptus spp. in Portugal
Artur Jorge da Costa Peixoto Alves
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AGR-FOR/4360/2012

Cork carbon footprint: from trees to products
Ana Cláudia Relvas Vieira Dias
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/2510/2012

Biomanagement strategy to control phytoparasitic nematodes of emerging importance on potato - a new threat to Europe.
MARIA JOSÉ MORENO DA CUNHA
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/3496/2012

EnvironOme - Integrating Omics in ecotoxicology: tools for environmental risk assessment
Marco Lemos
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4091/2012

Bioavailability and trophic transfer of metal-based engineered nanoparticles in terrestrial foodchains
Maria Eduarda da Cunha Pereira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4354/2012

Isolation and selection of endophytic fungi from olive tree for the biological control of Colletotrichum acutatum and Verticillium dahliae
Paula Baptista
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/AGR-PRO/4606/2012

HiCC - Biological Control by Hypovirulence Against Chestnut Blight in Portugal
Maria Eugénia Madureira Gouveia
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/2227/2012

VINOFLAVO - Red wine flavonoids: bioavailability and biological properties.
Nuno Mateus
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3107/2012

Integral assessment of risk-based intervention strategies to improve the microbial safety of Portuguese traditional sausages
Joaquina Teresa Gaudêncio Dias
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3366/2012

Rose4Pack- Biodegradable active packaging with rosemary extract (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) to improve food shelf-life
Ana Sanches Silva
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3789/2012

Bioprospecting metagenome from Porcellio dilatatus (Crustacea,Isopoda) guts for plant biomass hydrolytic enzymes
António Verissimo
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/AGR-TEC/3900/2012

New bio-strategies for the detoxification of mycotoxins using lactic acid bacteria
Luís Abrunhosa
Universidade do Minho (UM)

EXCL/AGR-PRO/0038/2012

Tracing natural DcAOX1a gene polymorphism for efficient functional marker identification
Hélia Cristina Guerra Cardoso
Universidade de Évora (UE)

EXCL/AGR-PRO/0591/2012

Olive crop protection in sustainable production under global climatic changes: linking ecological infrastructures to ecosystem functions
José Alberto Cardoso Pereira
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

EXCL/AGR-TEC/0336/2012

HoliWine: Hollistic approaches to oenology
Ana Catarina Batista Gomes
BIOCANT - Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia (BIOCANT)

EXPL/AGR-PRO/1559/2012

What remote sensing data can really tell about vegetation dynamics in agricultural crops. Looking ahead
Mário Manuel de Miranda Furtado Campos Cunha
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)