PUBLICATIONS & COMMUNICATIONS
Publications
Ribeiro A, Gouveia M, Bessa A, Ferreira A, Magumisse AT, Manjate M, Faria T. Population structure and genetic diversity of wild Helianthus species from Mozambique. Russian Journal of Genetics (2010) 46 (8): 967-975. DOI: 10.1134/S1022795410080089
Santos P, Fortunato A, Graça I, Martins SM, Gouveia MM, Auguy F, Boguz D, Ricardo CPP, Pawlowski K & Ribeiro A. Characterization of four defense-related genes up-regulated in root nodules of Casuarina glauca. Symbiosis (2010) 50: 27-35. DOI: 10.1007/s13199-009-0031-0
Pestana M, Gouveia M & Abrantes I. Efeitos de Solanum sisymbriifolium e S. nigrum sobre o nemátode-das-lesões-radiculares, Pratylenchus goodeyi, parasita da bananeira. Revista de Ciências Agrárias (2009) 32 (2): 173-181.
Fortunato A, Santos P, Graça I, Gouveia MM, Martins SM, Ricardo CPP, Pawlowski K & Ribeiro A. Isolation and characterization of cgchi3, a nodule-specific gene from Casuarina glauca encoding a class III chitinase. Physiologia Plantarum (2007) 130: 418-426. DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00864.x
Gouveia MMC, Ribeiro A, Várzea VMP & Rodrigues Jr CJ. Genetic diversity in Hemileia vastatrix based on RAPD markers. Mycologia (2005) 97(2): 396-404. DOI: 10.3852/mycologia.97.2.396
Santos P, Machado E, Gouveia MM, Bon MC, Agostini C, Petitot AS, Silva M, Guerra-Guimarães L, Ribeiro A, Fernandez D. Novel insights about coffee - leaf rust interactions: identification of genes involved in the resistance process. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum (2004) 26: 269-269 Suppl. S (Abstr.)
Svistoonoff S, Laplaze L, Liang J, Ribeiro A, Gouveia MC, Auguy F, Fevereiro P, Franche C & Bogusz D. Infection-related activation of the cg12 promoter is conserved between actinorhizal and legume-rhizobia root nodule symbiosis. Plant Physiology (2004) 136: 3191-3197. DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.048967
Várzea VMP, Silva MC, Guerra-Guimarães L, Ribeiro A, Gouveia M, Azinheira H, Rodrigues Jr CJ Coffee leaf rust: a brief review. Biologia Vegetal e Agro-Industrial (2004) 1: 87 - 102.
Chen ZJ, Ribeiro A, Silva MC, Santos P, Guerra-Guimarães L, Gouveia M, Fernandez D & Rodrigues Jr CJ. Heat shock-induced susceptibility of green coffee leaves and berries to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and its association to PR- and hsp70 gene expression. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology (2003) 63: 181-190. DOI: 10.1016/j.pmpp.2003.11.004
Várzea VMP, Rodrigues Jr CJ, Silva MCML, Gouveia M, Marques DV, Guerra-Guimarães L & Ribeiro A (2002). Resistência do cafeeiro a Hemileia vastatrix. In: L Zambolim – Viçosa, ed, O estado da arte de tecnologias na produção de café, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais. Brasil, pp 297 – 320.
Communications
Pestana M, Rodrigues M, Teixeira L, Abrantes IMdeO, Gouveia M & Cordeiro N. Nematicidal activity of Solanum sisymbriifolium and S. nigrum extracts against the root-lesion nematode Pratylenchus goodeyi. In Book of Abstracts III International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (BioMicroWorld2009), p. 223, 1-4 Dezembro 2009, Lisboa, Portugal.
Gouveia M, Maquia I, Moura I, Rodrigues JC, Garcia-Fernandez C, Ribeiro A, & Ribeiro N. Sustainable forest management of miombo woodlands in Niassa National Reserve, northern Mozambique: a multidisciplinary approach of fire resistance analysis. 8th Plant Genomics European Meeting, 7-10 Outubro 2009, Lisboa, Portugal.
Gouveia M, Maquia I, Moura I, Rodrigues JC, Ribeiro N, Ribeiro A. (2009). Isolamento de microssatélites de espécies florestais das matas de miombo. 2as Jornadas Científicas e Tecnológicas de Moçambique, 12-13 Agosto, Maputo, Moçambique. (OC by 2nd author).
Santos P, Fortunato A, Graça I, Martins SM, Gouveia MM, Auguy F, Bogusz D, Pinto Ricardo C, Pawlowski K, Ribeiro A. Characterization of four defence-related genes expressed in root nodules of Casuarina glauca. 15th International Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants Meeting, 19th-23rd October 2008, Bariloche, Argentina. (OC by last author).
Ribeiro A, Graça I, Santos P, Fortunato A, Liang J, Gouveia M, Pawlowski K. Genes de plantas envolvidos em simbioses actinorrízicas. I Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Fixação de Azoto - XII Reunião Nacional de Fixação de Azoto: Sessão V, 1-4 Junho 2008, Estoril, Portugal. (OC by 1st author).
Liang J, Gouveia M, Fevereiro P, Ribeiro A, & Pawlowski K. Activation of an actinorhizal nodulin gene promoter, Pdg282, in legume nodules of Medicago truncatula. In Livro de resumos do Congresso MICRO’07 BIOTEC’07 - XXXIII JPG, 30 Novembro – 2 Dezembro 2007, Lisboa, Portugal.
Pestana M, Gouveia M, & Abrantes IMO. Efeitos de Solanum sisymbriifolium e S. nigrum sobre o nemátode-das-lesões-radiculares, Pratylenchus goodeyi, parasita da bananeira. In Livro de resumos do 5º Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitopatologia, 22-23 Novembro 2007, Coimbra, Portugal.
Pestana M, Gouveia M, & Abrantes IMO. Acção de extractos de Solanum sisymbriifolium e S. nigrum sobre o nemátode-das-lesões-radiculares, Pratylenchus goodeyi, parasita da bananeira. In Livro de resumos do 5º Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitopatologia, 22-23 Novembro 2007, Coimbra, Portugal.
Ribeiro A, Bessa A, Ferreira A, Magumisse AT, Manjate M, Gouveia M, Faria T. (2007). Avaliação da diversidade genética de acessos selvagens do género Helianthus presentes no litoral da costa moçambicana em cinco distritos das províncias de Maputo, Gaza, Inhambane e Sofala. V Seminário de Investigação da UEM – A investigação científica e o seu papel no desenvolvimento de Moçambique, 17-19 Setembro 2007, Maputo, Moçambique. (OC by 4th author).
Eichler P, Fortunato A, Gouveia MM, Parteli F, Chaves MM, Ramalho JC & Ribeiro A. Molecular and physiological impact of cold stress on Coffea sp. In Book of Abstracts of the 2nd World Conference of Stress and 3rd Cell Stress Society International Congress on Stress Responses in Biology and Medicine, 4C-07-P, p. 19, 23-26 Agosto 2007, Budapeste, Hungria.
Fortunato A, Santos P, Graça I, Gouveia M, Auguy F, Franche C, Bougusz D, Pinto Ricardo CP, Pawlowski K & Ribeiro A. Defense-related genes during nodulation of Casuarina glauca by Frankia. In Book of Abstracts of the XIII International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 21-27 Julho 2007, Sorrento, Itália.
Communications (Invited Speaker)
Gouveia MM, Baldé A, Recourt K, Mooibroek H & Pais MS. Control of fruit ripening in tropical fruits. II Reunião Nacional da IAPTC. Novembro 1997, Coimbra, Portugal.
Gouveia M. Theory and practice of antisense RNA technology. Curso de iniciação à Engenharia Genética de Plantas. Setembro 1996, Oeiras, Portugal.
Gouveia MM, Pereira AP, Claassen PAM, & Mooibroek H. Aspects of potato PFP inhibition by antisense RNA. I Reunião Nacional da IAPTC. Novembro 1995, Lisboa, Portugal.
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News
29/03/2024 09:17
New paper: The conservation impact of botanical drones: Documenting and collecting rare plants from vertical cliffs and other hard-to-reach areas
Reference: Nyberg, B., Bairos, C., Brimhall, M., Deans, S.M., Hanser, S., Heintzman, S., Hillmann Kitalong, A., Menezes de Sequeira, M., Nobert, N., Rønsted, N., Soaladaob, N., Wood, K.R., & Williams, A.M. 2024. The conservation impact of botanical drones: Documenting and...
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22/07/2023 16:45
New paper: Contribution to the flora of the Selvagens archipelago (Portugal) (I)
Abstract: Plant specimens obtained by the authors from several expeditions to the Selvagens Islands (2004-2021), complemented by the study of herbarium specimens, led to the identification of several new species records for the Selvagens archipelago, namely the taxa currently considered as Canary...
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19/05/2023 16:13
Madeira: an Atlantic garden of rarities | 25th and 26th May 2023, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
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04/03/2023 15:26
New Paper: 1,3 Ma Flower and seed fossils Erica from Madeira Island
Description and systematic affinity of flower and seed fossils of Erica sect. Chlorocodon (Ericaceae) from the early Pleistocene of Madeira Island, Portugal
Góis-Marques, C.A., de Nascimento, L., Fernández-Palacios, J.M., Madeira, J., & Menezes de Sequeira, M. in press....
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28/01/2023 16:14
New Paper: Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Andryala glandulosa subsp. cheiranthifolia (Cichorieae, Asteraceae) from Madeira Island, Portugal
New paper by Mª Zita Ferreira (GBM), Inés Álvarez Fernández (RJBM) & Miguel Menezes de Sequeira (GBM).
Andryala subglabrata (DC) M.Z.Ferreira, Alv.Fern. & M.Seq., stat. & comb. nov.
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Andryala glandulosa L.
Abstract: Currently two subspecies of Andryala glandulosa...
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08/11/2022 17:44
Celebrating Richard Thomas Lowe’s 220th birthday
O Grupo de Botânica da Madeira (Faculdade de Ciências da Vida, Universidade da Madeira) organizará de 2 a 4 de Dezembro 2022 um evento comemorativo dos 220 anos do nascimento de Richard Thomas Lowe. Este simpósio inicia-se com uma visita à Holy Trinity Church, no Funchal, e termina no dia 4 com a...
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29/01/2021 09:37
New Paper: Goats eat emblematic but Critically Endangered species that was only described in 2007
Population decline in the Critically Endangered Musschia isambertoi (Campanulaceae) endemic to Desertas Islands (Madeira Archipelago) calls for urgent conservation management
Abstract:
Macaronesian islands display a high degree of plant endemicity and correspond to some of the most threatened...
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01/02/2020 13:08
New paper in TAXON describes the oldest known carrot and the first evidence of Insular Woodiness
Tracing insular woodiness in giant Daucus (s.l.) fruit fossils from the Early Pleistocene of Madeira Island (Portugal)
Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/tax.12175
Abstract: Plants on oceanic islands can evolve insular syndromes such as secondary woodiness, a generalized trend...
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17/11/2019 17:37
New Paper dealing with charcoalified wood from Faial Island
New paper is out: Góis-Marques, C.A., Rubiales, J., de Nascimento, L., Menezes de Sequeira, M., Fernández-Palacios, J.M., Madeira, J., 2020. Oceanic Island forests buried by Holocene (Meghalayan) explosive eruptions: palaeobiodiversity in pre-anthropic volcanic charcoal from Faial...
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20/09/2019 14:46
New paper: Nomenclature and Typification of Names in the Ibero–North African Andryala arenaria (Asteraceae) and Taxonomic Implications
A new paper was published by our group, by Zita Ferreira, Inés Álvarez and Miguel Menezes de Sequeira, available here: novon.mobot.org/index.php/novon/article/view/297
Title: Nomenclature and Typification of Names in the Ibero–North African Andryala arenaria (Asteraceae) and Taxonomic...
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