Publications Nuno
Scientific papers - Book chapter - Thesis - Communications - Other international publications
Scientific papers
Almeida, N.F.; Krezdorn, N.; Rotter, B.; Winter, P.; Rubiales, D. and Vaz Patto, M.C. (2015) Lathyrus sativus transcriptome resistance response to Ascochyta lathyri investigated by deepSuperSAGE analysis. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 6:178. [Full text - Open Access]
Almeida, N.F.; Leitão, S.T.; Krezdorn, N.; Rotter, B.; Winter, P.; Rubiales, D. and Vaz Patto, M.C. (2014) Allelic diversity in the transcriptomes of contrasting rust-infected genotypes of Lathyrus sativus, a lasting resource for smart breeding. BMC Plant Biology 14:376. [Full text - Open Access]
Almeida, N.F.; Leitão, S.T.; Caminero, C.; Torres, A.M.; Rubiales, D. and Vaz Patto, M.C. (2014) Transferability of molecular markers from major legumes to Lathyrus spp. for their application in mapping and diversity studies. Molecular Biology Reports 41: 269-283. [Abstract and full text links]
Leitão, S.T.; Almeida, N.F.; Moral, A.; Rubiales, D. and Vaz Patto, M.C. (2013) Identification of resistance to rust (Uromyces appendiculatus) and powdery mildew (Erysiphe diffusa) in Portuguese common bean germplasm. Plant Breeding 132: 654-657. [Abstract and full text links]
Fondevilla S.; Almeida N.F.; Satovic Z; Rubiales D.; Vaz Patto M.C.; Cubero J.I.; and Torres A.M. (2011) Identification of common genomic regions controlling resistance to Mycosphaerella pinodes, earliness and architectural traits in different pea genetic backgrounds. Euphytica 182: 43-52. [Abstract and full text links]
Vaz Patto, M.C.; Alves, M.L.; Almeida, N.F.; Santos, C.; Mendes Moreira, P.; Satovic, Z. and Brites C. (2009) Is the bread making technological ability of Portuguese traditional maize landraces associated with their genetic diversity? Maydica 54: 297-311. [Full text - Open Access]
Vaz Patto, M.C.; Moreira, P.M.; Almeida, N.; Satovic, Z. and Pêgo, S. (2008) Genetic diversity evolution through participatory maize breeding in Portugal. Euphytica 161: 283-291. [Abstract and full text links]
Book chapters
Almeida, N.F., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2015) Grass pea. In Grain Legumes, Series Handbook of Plant Breeding (de Ron A, Ed.), pp. 251 - 265. Springer Science+Business Media, New York. [Full text links]
Thesis
Almeida, N.F. (2015) "Comparative mapping of disease resistance genes in Lathyrus spp. using model legume genetic information". Dissertation presented to obtain the PhD degree in Biology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. ISBN 978-989-20-5841-2.
Communications
Oral presentations:
Almeida, N. F.*, S. T. Leitão, M. L. Alves, T. Aznar-Fernandez, L. Gonçalves, D. Rubiales, M. C. Vaz Patto (2015). Lathyrus cicera: The first steps of an orphan crop in the omics era. Proceedings of the Eucarpia International Symposium on Protein Crops - V Meeting AEL, 4-7 May 2015. Pontevedra, Spain.
Almeida, N. F.*, S. T. Leitão, B. Rotter, P. Winter, D. Rubiales, M. C. Vaz Patto (2013). Transcriptional profiling of grass pea genes differentially regulated in response to infection with Ascochyta lathyri. Proceedings of the First Legume Society Conference 2013: A Legume Odyssey, 9-11 May. Novi Sad, Serbia.
Poster presentations:
Almeida N.F., Alves M.L., Leitão S.T., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2016). The pursuit of effector targets in Lathyrus cicera rust resistance QTLs. In: 3rd Annual Conference of the COST Action Sustain (FA1208). 17–19 February, Banyuls sur Mer, France.
Almeida, N. F., D. Rubiales, M. C. Vaz Patto. (2015). Is Uromyces pisi effectors’ expression host specific within related plant species? In: Proceedings of the SUSTAIN COST Action (FA1208) workshop on "Experimental approaches for the investigation of effector function", 10-12 February 2015, University of Tel-Aviv, Israel
Almeida, N. F., D. Rubiales, M. C. Vaz Patto (2014). RNA-Seq of plant/pathogen interactions as a tool for deciphering effector genes. In: Proceedings of the 2nd annual COST FA1208 meeting – “Pathogen-informed strategies for sustainable broad-spectrum crop resistance”, 15-17 October, Zakopane, Poland, Poland.
Almeida, N.F., Alves, M.L., Leitão, S.T., Rubiales, D., Vaz Patto, M.C. (2014). Chickling pea (Lathyrus cicera L.) resistance to rust and powdery mildew under QTLs scrutiny. In: Proceedings of the 6th International Food Legumes Research Conference (IFLRC VI) and 7th International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics (ICLGG VII). 7-11 July, Saskatoon, Canada.
Almeida N.F., Leitão S.T., Rotter B., Winter P., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2012). Differential expression in Lathyrus sativus and Lathyrus cicera transcriptomes in response to rust (Uromyces pisi) infection. In: Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics (VI ICLGG). 2-7 October. Hyderabad, India.
Leitão S.T., Dinis M., Alves M.L., Almeida N.F., Šatović Z., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2012). How resistant are the Portuguese common bean traditional landraces to powdery mildew and rust fungi? In: Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics (VI ICLGG). 2-7 October. Hyderabad, India.
Leitão S.T., Almeida N.F., Šatović Z., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2012). Can cross-species transferable molecular markers be useful on genetic diversity studies? In: Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics (VI ICLGG). 2-7 October. Hyderabad, India.
Leitão S.T, Alves M. L., Almeida N.F., Pedro Mendes-Moreira P., Šatović Z., Vaz Patto M.C. (2011). Settling the potential of Portuguese maize germplasm for association studies. In: Proceedings of the XXII EUCARPIA Maize and Sorghum Conference, 20-23 June. Opatija, Croatia.
Almeida N.F., Leitão S.T., Rotter B., Winter P., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2011). Development of molecular tools for Lathyrus cicera using normalized cDNA libraries. In: Proceedings of the 9th Plant Genomics European Meeting. 4 - 7 May, 2011. Istanbul, Turquey.
Almeida N.F., Rispail N., Vaz Patto M.C., Rubiales D. (2010). Where do Ascochyta isolates infecting Lathyrus species stand on a grain legume-associated Ascochyta phylogenetic study? In: Proceedings of the 5th International Food Legume Research Conference (IFLRC) & 7th European Conference on Grain Legumes (AEP), 26 – 31 April, 2010. Antalya, Turkey
Fondevilla S., Almeida N.F., Šatović Z., Torres A.M., Vaz Patto M.C., Cubero J.I. and Rubiales D. (2010). Saturation of the P665 x Messire genetic map with SSRs markers to aid comparison with other pea maps and QTLs. In: Proceedings of the 5th International Food Legume Research Conference (IFLRC) & 7th European Conference on Grain Legumes (AEP), 26 – 31 April, 2010. Antalya, Turkey
Vaz Patto M.C.*, Alves M.L., Almeida N.F., Santos C., Mendes Moreira P., Šatović Z., Brites C. (2009). Is the bread making technological ability of Portuguese traditional maize landraces associated with their genetic diversity? In: Proceedings of the XXIth International EUCARPIA Conference on “Maize and Sorghum Breeding in the Genomics Era”. 21-24 June 2009. Bergamo. Italy. (Oral presentation)
Almeida N.F., Sardinha J., Šatović Z., Vaz Patto M.C. (2009). Molecular aspects of Iberian grass pea germplasm diversity. In: Proceedings of the 19th Eucarpia Conference - Genetic resources section. 26-29 May 2009. Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Alves M.L., Almeida N.F., Moreira P.M., Šatović Z., Brites C., Vaz Patto M.C. (2009). Bread making ablity, an important trait for Portuguese maize germplasm collections management. In: Proceedings of the 19th Eucarpia Conference - Genetic resources section. 26-29 May 2009. Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Almeida N.F., Caminero C., Vaz Patto M.C. (2008). Cross-amplification of pea (Pisum sativum L.) and lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) microsatellites in grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.). In: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Legume Genomics and Genetics. 7-12 December 2008. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Sardinha J., Almeida N.F., Vaz Patto M.C. (2007). Molecular characterization of Lathyrus sativus using AFLP markers. In: Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Grain Legumes. 12-16 November 2007. Lisbon, Portugal. pp 131.
(*) Oral presentation - Presenting author
Other international publications
Almeida, N.F., Rubiales, D., Vaz Patto, M.C. (2015). Transcriptional profiling comparison of related grain legume genes differentially regulated in response to infection with Ascochyta sp.. Legume Perspectives 8, 17-18. [Full text - Open Access]
Almeida, N.F., Leitão, S.T., Rubiales, D., Vaz Patto, M.C. (2012). Lathyrus research in Portugal. Cassava Cyanide Diseases and Neurolathyrism Network News 19, 6-7. [Full text - Open Access]
Rubiales, D., Fernández-Aparicio, M., Moral, A., Almeida, N.F., Vaz Patto, M.C. (2009). Disease resistance in Lathyrus sativus and L. cicera. Grain Legumes 54, 36-37. [Full text - Open Access]
Vaz Patto, M.C., Almeida, N.F. (2009). Progress in genetic markers development for Lathyrus species. Grain Legumes 54, 34-35. [Full text - Open Access]
