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Proposals for Research Projects in all Scientific Domains - 2006

Agricultural and Forestry Sciences - Agriculture and Environment

    Painel de Avaliação de Ciências Agronómicas e Florestais - 2006
  • Julian Cuevas
  • Alberto Federes Castiel
  • Luca Sebastiani
  • Angus Murphy
  • Sheryl Barringer
  • Steven Talcott
  • Charles Michler
  • George Parker
  • Jules Janick
PTDC/AGR-AAM/64078/2006

Molecular Evaluation and Characterization of Tolerance Mechanisms to Adverse Environmental Conditions in Coffea sp. - Central Role of the Oxidative Stress Control at Leaf Level. José Domingos Cochicho Ramalho, Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE). €151,349.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/64150/2006

Pieris brassicae as laboratory of synthesis of new compounds with biological potential, starting from Brassica oleracea var. costata, Brassica oleracea var. acephala and Brassica rapa var. rapa. Paula Cristina Branquinho de Andrade, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €167,000.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/65024/2006

Regulation of glutamine synthetase by phosphorylation and protein-protein interaction in Medicago truncatula. Paula Melo, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP). €95,632.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/65094/2006

Molecular re-assessment of taxonomic units within Ampelovirus and its implications under the new grapevine certification scheme. Filomena Maria Coelho Guerra da Fonseca, Universidade do Algarve (UAlg). €104,000.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/65611/2006

Tannin polymerase, a novel and previously unknown enzyme that is required by obligate pathogens to invade grapevine tissues. Ricardo Manuel de Seixas Boavida Ferreira, ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL). €180,456.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/66004/2006

Optimization of Nitrogen Fertilization according to Irrigation Water Salt Content (NITROSAL). Maria da Conceição Pinto Baptista Gonçalves, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV). €158,116.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/66224/2006

Evaluation of the Selective Pearmeability of Cork. Orlando Manuel Neves Duarte Teodoro, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCTUNL/UNL). €112,215.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/66414/2006

Study of Salvia species crop production aiming at the evaluation of their constituents for the potential control of the Alzheimer disease. Jorge Alberto Guerra Justino, Instituto Politécnico de Santarém (IPSantarém). €50,500.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/66977/2006

Role of the exopolysaccharides in the early steps of Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. Leonilde de Fátima Morais Moreira, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €102,812.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/67064/2006

The plant pathogenic genus Phomopsis and its Diaporthe teleomorphs: development and application of morphological, biological and phylogenetic species concepts. Alan John Lander Phillips, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL). €87,242.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/67082/2006

Modelling post-harvest quality of greenhouse roses: genotypic variation and environmental effects. Susana Maria Pinto de Carvalho, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP). €174,000.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/67182/2006

Ancestral irrigation management on mountain seminatural meadows using remote sensing. LAMESAT_XXI. Mário Manuel de Miranda Furtado Campos Cunha, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP). €95,191.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/67628/2006

Identification, characterization and role of molecular factors associated with the mechanisms of infection of Fagaceae species by Phytophthora cinnamomi. Alfredo Jaime Morais Cravador, Universidade do Algarve (UAlg). €145,617.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/67858/2006

Herbicide resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana: Role of plant multidrug resistance transporters. Paula Duque, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG). €129,600.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/68359/2006

Detection and quantification of antimicrobials in fish and in waters from aquaculture. Maria Goreti Ferreira Sales, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €131,553.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/68676/2006

AGROMIX- Mixture Toxicity evaluation in agricultural soils. Susana Patrícia Mendes Loureiro, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €123,646.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/68939/2006

Phytopathological applications of NIR spectroscopy. - Detection and identification of rice pests and coffee leaf rust as case studies. Jose Carlos Carvalho Rodrigues, Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE). €100,652.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/69077/2006

OAKWOODS.PT - Properties of wood from Portuguese oaks for high value solid and assembled wood products. Helena Margarida Nunes Pereira, Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa). €134,892.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/69614/2006

STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF WATER STRESS ON THE BIOENERGETIC PROCESSES IN PLANTS AND THEIR SURVIVAL, USING MUTANTS OF THE ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE OF ARABIDOSPSIS. João Daniel Correia Arrabaça, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa). €97,284.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/69637/2006

BioPast - An Integrated Approach to Sown Biodiverse Permanent Pastures Rich in Legumes. Tiago Morais Delgado Domingos, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €158,000.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/69848/2006

Best management practices for deficit irrigation strategies in vineyards - water stress indicators and grape quality. Maria Isabel Freire Ribeiro Ferreira, Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa). €171,448.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/70136/2006

Portuguese aromatic endemic flora: chemical diversity versus molecular diversity and biological activity. Luís Manuel Gaspar Pedro, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa). €151,920.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/70418/2006

New bio-products and technologies for valorization of Hypericum species (HypericumBiotech.). Manuel Fernandes-Ferreira, Universidade do Minho (UM). €170,000.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/70845/2006

Analisis of the breeding potential of fasciation traits in Portuguese maize landraces. Maria Carlota Morais e Cunha Vaz Patto, ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL). €176,000.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/71533/2006

BIOREFINO - Demonstrating the feasibility of wheat straw and sweet sorghum biomass fermentation to ethanol using the biorefinery approach. Francisco Manuel Ferreira Girio, Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG). €147,000.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/71649/2006

Droughts Risk Management: Identification, Monitoring, Characterisation, Prediction and Mitigation. Luis Santos Pereira, Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa). €166,350.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/71866/2006

An interdisciplinary approach to characterize sources of potential durable resistance in coffee (Coffea spp.) to orange rust (Hemileia vastatrix). Maria do Céu Machado Lavado da Silva, Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE). €142,111.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/73144/2006

The wild relatives of Beta: genetic diversity assessment and biochemical studies. Maria Cristina Duarte, Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE). €145,086.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/73350/2006

Immediate soil management strategy for recovery after forest fires. Celeste de Oliveira Alves Coelho, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €141,960.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/73460/2006

Development of a biosensor based on ISFET system for assay of toxic amides. Amin Karmali, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL/IPL). €81,000.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/74526/2006

Overproduction, purification and characterization of novel intracellular and extracellular protein-bound polysaccharides from basidiomycete strains. Sónia Alexandra de Almeida Martins, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL/IPL). €119,064.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/74574/2006

The role of the fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia in the biological control of potato cyst nematodes, Globodera spp.. Isabel Maria de Oliveira Abrantes, IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR). €135,289.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/74579/2006

Evaluation and Development of Effective Natural Control for Economically-Important Parasitic Nematodes Using Phytochemicals from the Brassicaceae and Essential Oil-Producing Species. Manuel Galvão de Melo e Mota, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD). €192,238.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/75506/2006

Evaluation of defensive properties of apple chitinases. Cristina Maria Moniz Simões de Oliveira, Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa). €105,000.

PTDC/AGR-AAM/81271/2006

Development of an daptive, autonomous and automatic irrigation controller. Shakib Shahidian, Universidade de Évora (UE). €39,729.