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MOUNTAIN
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CENTER

O Norte Somos Nós

CIMO is the winner of the "O Norte Somos Nós" Awards in
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MOUNTAIN
RESEARCH
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MOUNTAIN
RESEARCH
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Polytechnic Institute
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FROM NATURE TO PRODUCTS, TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY.

Sofia dos Santos da Rocha Costa

Auxiliary Professor
Group: Socio-Ecological Systems
Supervisor: Isabel de Maria Cardoso Gonsalves Mourão
E-mail: ssrcosta@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0003-0100-1518
Scopus Author ID: 15062508400

Career

  • Since 2015: Post-Doc FCT, CIMO and CBMA, Portugal
  • 2014 - 2015: Bolseira Post-Doc MIRRI EU Project, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
  • 2014 - 2014: Bolseira BIM Projecto Castanheiro, IPVC, Portugal
  • 2012 - 2013: Director FitoLab, Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal
  • 2002 - 2006: Senior Scientific Assistant, Rothamsted Research, UK

Qualifications

  • 2014 - Post-graduate degree in Organic Agriculture, ESA-IPVC, Portugal
  • 2007 - PhD. in Biological Sciences, Lancaster University, UK
  • 2002 - MSc. in Ecology, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
  • 1998 - First degree in Biology, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Awards and Honors

  • 2012 - Second Best Poster – ESN 31st International Symposium, Turkey
  • 2006 - Faculty of a 1000 recommended paper: FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • 2005 - Best student paper, Advances in Nematology, UK

Interests

  • Soil ecology and plant-parasitic nematode management in agroecosystems.

Projects:

COCOON - Combined sustainable strategies for rootknot nematode management in protected crops
Funding body: PTDC - Projectos em todos os domínios científicos
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Isabel Mourão
Start: 2016-01-01
End: 2019-12-31

Total results: 19
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van den Hoogen J.,Geisen S.,Wall D.H.,Wardle D.A.,Traunspurger W.,de Goede R.G.M.,Adams B.J.,Ahmad W.,Ferris H.,Bardgett R.D.,Bonkowski M.,Campos-Herrera R.,Cares J.E.,Caruso T.,de Brito Caixeta L.,Chen X.,Costa S.R.,Creamer R.,da Cunha e Castro J.M.,Dam M.,Djigal D.,Escuer M.,Griffiths B.S.,Gutiérrez C.,Hohberg K.,Kalinkina D.,Kardol P.,Kergunteuil A.,Korthals G.,Krashevska V.,Kudrin A.A.,Li Q.,Liang W.,Magilton M.,Marais M.,Martín J.A.R.,Matveeva E.,Mayad E.H.,Mzough E.,Mulder C.,Mullin P.,Neilson R.,Nguyen T.A.D.,Nielsen U.N.,Okada H.,Rius J.E.P.,Pan K.,Peneva V.,Pellissier L.,da Silva J.C.P.,Pitteloud C.,Powers T.O.,Powers K.,Quist C.W.,Rasmann S.,Moreno S.S.,Scheu S.,Setälä H.,Sushchuk A.,Tiunov A.V.,Trap J.,Vestergård M.,Villenave C.,Waeyenberge L.,Wilschut R.A.,Wright D.G.,Keith A.M.,Yang J.i.,Schmidt O.,Bouharroud R.,Ferji Z.,van der Putten W.H.,Routh D.,Crowther T.W.
A global database of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition
Scientific Data, 7, , 2020

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Mourão I.,Moura L.,Brito L.M.,Coutinho J.,Costa S.R.
Grafting green beans for improved yield and fruit quality
Acta Horticulturae, 1286, 141-148, 2020

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van den Hoogen J.,Geisen S.,Routh D.,Ferris H.,Traunspurger W.,Wardle D.A.,de Goede R.G.M.,Adams B.J.,Ahmad W.,Andriuzzi W.S.,Bardgett R.D.,Bonkowski M.,Campos-Herrera R.,Cares J.E.,Caruso T.,de Brito Caixeta L.,Chen X.,Costa S.R.,Creamer R.,Mauro da Cunha Castro J.,Dam M.,Djigal D.,Escuer M.,Griffiths B.S.,Gutiérrez C.,Hohberg K.,Kalinkina D.,Kardol P.,Kergunteuil A.,Korthals G.,Krashevska V.,Kudrin A.A.,Li Q.,Liang W.,Magilton M.,Marais M.,Martín J.A.R.,Matveeva E.,Mayad E.H.,Mulder C.,Mullin P.,Neilson R.,Nguyen T.A.D.,Nielsen U.N.,Okada H.,Rius J.E.P.,Pan K.,Peneva V.,Pellissier L.,Carlos Pereira da Silva J.,Pitteloud C.,Powers T.O.,Powers K.,Quist C.W.,Rasmann S.,Moreno S.S.,Scheu S.,Setälä H.,Sushchuk A.,Tiunov A.V.,Trap J.,van der Putten W.,Vestergård M.,Villenave C.,Waeyenberge L.,Wall D.H.,Wilschut R.,Wright D.G.,Yang J.i.,Crowther T.W.
Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale
Nature, 572, 194-198, 2019

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Vieira Dos Santos M.C.,Horta J.,Moura L.,Pires D.V.,Conceição I.,Abrantes I.,Costa S.R.
An integrative approach for the selection of Pochonia chlamydosporia isolates for biocontrol of potato cyst and root knot nematodes
Phytopathologia Mediterranea, 58, 187-199, 2019

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Martins A.,Tavares D.,Freitas H.,Costa S.
Plant sex and phenological stage affect interactions with rhizosphere nematode communities
Plant Ecology and Diversity, 11, 227-238, 2018

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Maleita C.,Costa S.,Abrantes I.
Laimaphelenchus suberensis sp. nov. associated with Quercus suber in Portugal
European Journal of Plant Pathology, 150, 747-758, 2018

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Martins A.,Freitas H.,Costa S.
Corema album: unbiased dioecy in a competitive environment
Plant Biology, 19, 824-834, 2017

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Mourão I.,Brito L.,Moura L.,Ferreira M.,Costa S.
The effect of pruning systems on yield and fruit quality of grafted tomato
Horticultura Brasileira, 35, 247-251, 2017

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Maleita C.,Costa S.,Abrantes I.
First report of Laimaphelenchus heidelbergi (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) in Europe
Forest Pathology, 45, 76-81, 2015

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Arosa M.,Ceia R.,Costa S.,Freitas H.
Factors affecting cork oak (Quercus suber) regeneration: acorn sowing success and seedling survival under field conditions
Plant Ecology and Diversity, 8, 519-528, 2015

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Costa S.,Kerry B.,Bardgett R.,Davies K.
Interactions between nematodes and their microbial enemies in coastal sand dunes
Oecologia, 170, 1053-1066, 2012

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Piśkiewicz A.,Duyts H.,Berg M.,Costa S.,Van Der Putten W.
Soil microorganisms control plant ectoparasitic nematodes in natural coastal foredunes
Oecologia, 152, 505-514, 2007

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Costa S.,Kerry B.,Bardgett R.,Davies K.
Exploitation of immunofluorescence for the quantification and characterization of small numbers of Pasteuria endospores
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 58, 593-600, 2006

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van der Putten W.,Cook R.,Costa S.,Davies K.,Fargette M.,Freitas H.,Hol W.,Kerry B.,Maher N.,Mateille T.,Moens M.,de la Peña E.,Piśkiewicz A.,Raeymaekers A.,Rodríguez-Echeverría S.,van der Wurff A.
Nematode Interactions in Nature: Models for Sustainable Control of Nematode Pests of Crop Plants?
Advances in Agronomy, 89, 227-260, 2006

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Costa S.,Santos M.,Ryan M.
Effect of Artemisia vulgaris rhizome extracts on hatching, mortality, and plant infectivity of Meloidogyne megadora
Journal of Nematology, 35, 437-442, 2003