Publications Susana T. Leitão
Scientific papers - Book chapters
Thesis - Communications - Other publications
Scientific papers
Santos C and Leitão ST (2024) The exceptionally large genomes of the Fabeae tribe: Comparative genomics and applications in abiotic and biotic stress studies. Agriculture 14(1), 77;. DOI: 10.3390/agriculture14010077. [Full text – Open Access]
Leitão ST, Rubiales D, Vaz Patto MC (2023) Identification of novel sources of partial and incomplete hypersensitive resistance to rust and associated genomic regions in common bean. BMC Plant Biol 23:610. DOI: 10.1186/s12870-023-04619-8. [Full text – Open Access]
Leitão ST, Mendes FA, Rubiales D, Vaz Patto MC (2023) Oligogenic control of quantitative resistance against powdery mildew revealed in Portuguese common bean germplasm. Plant Disease 107:3113-3122. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-02-23-0313-RE. [Full text – Open Access]
Mendes FA, Leitão ST, Correia V, Mecha E, Rubiales D, Bronze, MR, Vaz Patto MC (2022) Genome-wide association study for nutritional quality in a Portuguese collection of common bean. Plants 11(1):26. DOI: 10.3390/plants11010026. [Full text – Open Access]
Mecha E, Erny GL, Guerreiro ACL, Feliciano RP, Barbosa I, Bento da Silva A, Leitão ST, Veloso MM, Rubiales D, Rodriguez-Mateos A, Figueira ME, Vaz Patto MC, Bronze MR (2021) Metabolomics profile responses to changing environments in a Portuguese common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) germplasm collection. Food Chemistry 1370:131003. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131003. [Full text – Open Access]
Leitão ST, Alves ML, Pereira P, Zerrouk A, Godinho B, Barradas A, Vaz Patto MC (2021) Towards a trait-based approach to potentiate yield under drought in legume-rich annual forage mixture. Plants 10(9): 1763. DOI: 10.3390/plants10091763. [Full text – Open Access]
Leitão ST, Santos C, Araújo SS, Rubiales D, Vaz Patto MC (2021) Shared and tailored transcriptomic responses to combined fusarium wilt and water deficit in common bean. Horticulture research 8:149. DOI: 10.1038/s41438-021-00583-2. [Full text – Open Access]
Mecha E, Natalello S, Carbas B, Bento da Silva A, Leitão ST, Brites C, Veloso MM, Rubiales D, Costa J, Cabral MF, Figueira ME, Vaz Patto MC, Bronze MR (2021) Disclosing the nutritional quality diversity of Portuguese common beans – the missing link for its effective use on protein quality breeding programmes. Agronomy 11(2): 221. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy11020221. [Full text – Open Access]
Leitão ST, Bicho MC, Pereira P, Paulo MJ, Malosetti M, Araújo SS, van Eeuwijk F, Vaz Patto MC (2021) Common bean SNP alleles and candidate genes affecting photosynthesis under contrasting water regimes. Horticultural Research 8:4. DOI:10.1038/s41438-020-00434-6. [Full text - Open Access]
Leitão ST, Malosetti M, Song Q, van Eeuwijk F, Rubiales D, Vaz Patto MC (2020) Natural variation in Portuguese common bean germplasm reveals new sources of resistance against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. phaseoli and resistance-associated candidate genes. Phytopathology 110(3): 633-647. (Published on line). DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-06-19-0207-R. [Abstract and full text links]
Mecha E., Leitão S.T., Carbas B., Serra A.T., Moreira P.M., Veloso M.M., Gomes R., Figueira M.E., Brites C., Vaz Patto M.C., Bronze M.R. (2019) Characterization of soaking process’ impact in common beans phenolic composition: contribute from the unexplored Portuguese germplasm. Foods 8: 296. [Full text - Open Access]
Leitão S.T., Ferreira E., Bicho M.C., Alves M.L., Pintado D., Santos D., Mendes-Moreira P., Araújo S.S., Costa J.M., Vaz Patto M.C. (2019) Maize Open-Pollinated Populations Physiological Improvement: Validating Tools for Drought Response Participatory Selection. Sustainability 11(21): 6081. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11216081. [Full text - Open Access]
Santos C., Almeida N.F., Alves M.L., Horres R., Krezdorn N., Leitão S.T., Aznar-Fernández T., Rotter B., Winter P., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2018) First genetic linkage map of Lathyrus cicera based on RNA sequencing-derived markers: Key tool for genetic mapping of disease resistance. Horticulture Research 5:45. [Full text - Open Access]
Leitão S.T., Dinis M., Veloso M.M., Šatović Z.,Vaz Patto M.C. (2017) Establishing the basis for introducing the unexplored Portuguese common bean germplasm into the breeding world. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 8:1296. [Full text - Open Access]
Almeida N.F., Leitão S.T., Krezdorn N., Rotter B., Winter P., Rubiales D., 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., 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., 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]
Christensen N.J., Leitão S.M.T., Petersen M.A., Jespersen B.M., Engelsen S.B. (2009) A quantitative structure-property relationship study of the release of some esters and alcohols from barley and oat β-glucan matrices. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 57: 4924-4930. [Abstract and full text links]
Book chapters
Leitão ST, Araújo SS, Rubiales D, Vaz Patto MC (2020) Chapter 9. Abiotic and biotic stresses interaction in Fabaceae plants. Contributions from the grain legumes/soilborne vascular diseases/drought stress triangle. In: The plant family Fabaceae - Biology and physiological responses to environmental stresses (Hasanuzzaman M, Araújo S, Gill S Eds.) Springer, Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4752-2_9. [Abstract and full text links]
Vaz Patto M.C., Mecha E, Pereira A.B., Leitão S.T., Alves M.L., Bronze M.R. (2018) Deciphering grain legumes quality riddle: The genomics of bioactive compounds. In: Breeding Grasses and Protein Crops in the Era of Genomics (Brazauskas G et al., Eds.). pp. 1-3. Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature.
Thesis
Leitão S.T. (2019) "Unravelling the genetic control of combined biotic/abiotic stress resistance in Phaseolus vulgaris L. The fusarium wilt – drought interaction." Dissertation presented to obtain the Ph.D. degree in Plant Sciences, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.
Leitão, S.T. (2007) “Flavour release from beta-glucan matrices”. Dissertation submitted to obtain the Master degree in Biological Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Communications
Oral Presentations
Marques R, Barros P, Leitão ST, Rubiales D, Vaz Patto MC, Santos C* (2023) Comparative transcriptomics reveals accession and time-point-specific Gene expression patterns in grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) upon Erysiphe pisi infection. 4th International Legume Society Conference. Granada, Spain. 19-22 September (* Oral Presentation)
Leitão S.T.*, Santos C., Araújo S.S., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2022) Candidate genes involved in common bean response to fusarium wilt and water deficit revealed by genome wide association study and transcriptomics approaches. EcoLeg workshop in the framework of the PRIMA DiVicia project. 30 May - 03 June. Online Event. (* Oral Presentation)
Leitão S.T.* (2021) Shared and tailored common bean transcriptomic responses to combined fusarium wilt and water deficit. Scientific seminar at noon (SCAN) at Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), 3rd February, Oeiras, Portugal.(* Invited Oral Presentation)
Leitão S.T., Ferreira E, Alves M.L., Santos D, Mendes-Moreira P., Costa J.M., Araújo S.S., Vaz Patto M.C.* (2019) Physiological maize landraces breeding: Validating tools for participatory selection approaches. XVI Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Fisiologia Vegetal. 26-28 June. Pamplona, Spain. (*Oral presentation)
Dinis M., Leitão S.T.*, Veloso M.M., Šatović Z., Vaz Patto M.C. (2013) Where does Portugal stand in a world of diverse common bean? In: Book of Abstracts of the First Legume Society Conference. 9-11 May, Novi Sad, Serbia, p. 24. (*Oral presentation)
Almeida N.F.*, Leitão S.T., Rotter B., Winter P., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2013) Transcriptional profiling of grass pea genes differentially regulated in response to infection with Ascochyta pisi. In: Book of Abstracts of the First Legume Society Conference. 9-11 May, Novi Sad, Serbia, p. 140. (*Oral presentation)
Leitão S.T.*, Araújo S., Satovic Z., Vaz Patto M.C. (2012) Comparison of photosynthetic parameters in a collection of Portuguese common bean traditional varieties: settling the basis for drought resistance studies. Ecophysiology Techniques Workshop, organized by the British Ecological Society and Society for Experimental Biology. 10-15 September, Lisbon, Portugal. (Oral presentation)
Poster Presentations
Leitão ST, Mecha E, Bronze MR, Vaz Patto MC (2023) Genetic basis of Portuguese common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) metabolic profile for enhancing nutritional quality. 4th International Legume Society Conference. Granada, Spain. 19-22 September
Gonçalves L, Leitão ST, Rubiales D, Vaz Patto MC (2023) Genetic basis of Grass pea agronomic traits for precision breeding toward climate change more adapted varieties. 4th International Legume Society Conference. Granada, Spain. 19-22 September
Marques R, Barros P, Leitão ST, Rubiales D, Vaz Patto MC, Santos C. (2023) Comparative transcriptomics reveals accession and time-point-specific Gene expression patterns in grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) upon Erysiphe pisi infection. 4th International Legume Society Conference. Granada, Spain. 19-22 September
Martins DC, Sampaio AM, Marques B, Uberegui E, Leitão ST, Vaz Patto MC (2023) Mediterranean faba bean germplasm: important source of water deficit tolerance? Plant Biology 2023. Braga, Portugal. 9-12 July
Leitão ST, Rubiales D, Vaz Patto MC (2022) Comparison of the genetic basis of common bean response to biotrophic airborne powdery mildew and rust fungi revealed by association studies in the Portuguese germplasm. XVIIIth Eucarpia Biometrics in Plant Breeding Conference. 21-23 September, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Pereira P, Alves ML, Leitão ST, Godinho B, Barradas A, Vaz Patto MC (2021) Across time analysis of morphological and physiological traits in grassland plant mixtures versus monocultures. Intercropping for Sustainability Conference 2021. 18-20 January 2021. On line. (Aspects of Applied Biology 146: 325-330)
Bicho M.C., Alves M.L., Leitão S.T., Ferreira E., Mendes-Moreira P., Costa J.M., Vaz Patto M.C. (2018) Multiple-criteria approach to select drought-resistant maize populations. DIVERSIFOOD Final Congress: Cultivating diversity and food quality. 10-12 December. Rennes, France.
Leitão S.T., Ferreira E., Alves M.L., Araújo S.S., Santos D., Mendes-Moreira P., Costa J.M., Vaz Patto M.C. (2018) Field phenotyping of maize landraces under imposed water stress conditions: First steps on the establishment of a physiological breeding approach. Integrative Plant Biology Conference. 7-9 November. Poznan, Poland.
Leitão S.T., Rubiales D. and Vaz Patto M.C. (2017) Elucidation of the rust resistance genetic control in Portuguese common bean through a genome-wide association study. In the book of abstracts of the 15th Congress of Mediterranean Phytopathological Union - Plant Health Sustaining Mediterranean Ecosystems. 20-23 June, Córdoba, Spain. p. 125. (Best Poster Award Winner)
Leitão S.T., Rubiales D. and Vaz Patto M.C. (2017) Portuguese common bean landraces vs. Fusarium oxysporum: a diverse array of resistances (first steps into an unexploited source for resistance breeding). 4th Annual and Final Meeting COST Action Sustain (FA1208). 1–3 March, Bled, Slovenia.
Leitão S.T., Araújo S.S, Rubiales D. and Vaz Patto M.C. (2017) Core collection multiple stress screening to unlock the breeding potential of Portuguese common bean germplasm. 3rd general COSTFA1405 Meeting, 31 January - 2 February, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Leitão S.T., Alves M.L., Rubiales D. and Vaz Patto M.C. (2016) Genome-wide association study of common bean disease resistance in Portuguese germplasm. In the book of abstracts of the 2nd International Legume Society Conference. 11-14 October, Troia, Portugal. p. 298.
Leitão S.T., Mecha E., Alves M.L., Istas G., Feliciano R., Rodriguez-Mateos A., Bronze M.R., Vaz Patto M.C. (2016) Genome-wide association study for common bean phenolic compounds in Portuguese germplasm. In the book of abstracts of the 20th EUCARPIA General Congress, 29 August – 1 September, Zurich, Switzerland. p. 289.
Leitão S.T., Alves M.L., Rubiales D. and Vaz Patto M.C. (2016) Exploiting the forgotten common bean landrace phenotypes: Disease resistance and genomic data integration. 2nd general COST FA1306 Meeting. 18-20 April, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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.
Leitão S.T., Šatović Z., Veloso M.M. and Vaz Patto M.C. (2015) Portuguese common bean performing live at the world diversity stage. In Book of Abstracts of the Research in Plant Genetics (From Mendel's peas to the present) Conference. 7-10 September, Brno, Czech Republic.
Leitão S.T., Bicho C., Araújo S.S., Vaz Patto M.C. (2015) Phenotyping Portuguese common bean germplasm for drought tolerance. 1st General Meeting Cost FA 1306. IPK Gatersleben, Germany, 22-24 June.
Leitão S.T., Bicho C., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2015) Unveiling the potential of Portuguese common bean varieties to genetics improvement: Rust and fusarium wilt resistance. Eucarpia International Symposium on protein Crops. Pontevedra, Spain, 4-7 May.
Leitão S.T., Bicho C., Araújo S.S., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2015) Common bean phenostressomics: Screening Portuguese common bean germplasm for disease and drought resistance. COST FA1306 Plant Phenotyping WG2 Meeting, Carcavelos, Portugal. 26-27 February.
Leitão S.T., Tomás D., Dinis M., Šatovic Z., Veloso, M.M., Vaz Patto M.C. (2014) Take a walk on the bean side: The Portuguese genetic diversity. In: 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., 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: 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: 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., Satovic Z., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2012) How resistant are the Portuguese common bean traditional landraces to powdery mildew and rust fungi? In: VI International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics (VI ICLGG). 2-7 October, Hyderabad, India.
Leitão S.T., Almeida N.F., Satovic Z., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2012) Can cross-species transferable molecular markers be useful on genetic diversity studies? In: 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., Mendes-Moreira P., Satovic Z., Rubiales D., Vaz Patto M.C. (2012) Establishing the basis for disease resistance genetic studies on Portuguese common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) germplasm. In: Book of Abstracts of the XXXVII Portuguese Genetics Conference. 28-30 May, Lisbon, Portugal. p. 38.
Alves M.L., Dinis M., Leitão S.T., Satovic Z., Mendes-Moreira P., Vaz Patto M.C. (2012) Portuguese maize and common bean landraces II – An ancient association under molecular scrutiny. In: Proceedings of the SOLIBAM 1st Stakeholder congress - Shaping the future of agriculture: The role of diversity in low input and organic cropping systems. 19-20 April, Grottaferrata, Italy. p. 2.
Gaspar D., Brites C., Paulo M., Alves M.L., Santos D., Dinis I., Dinis M., Leitão S.T., Vaz Patto M.C., Mendes-Moreira P. (2012) Portuguese maize and common bean landraces I - Commitment with tradition, farmers and paradigms. In: Proceedings of the SOLIBAM 1st Stakeholder congress - Shaping the future of agriculture: The role of diversity in low input and organic cropping systems. 19-20 April, Grottaferrata, Italy. p. 1.
Leitão S.T., Alves M.L., Almeida N.F., Mendes-Moreira P., Satovic 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. p. 83.
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 (Plant GEM). 4-7 May, Istanbul, Turkey. p. 26.
Leitão S.T., Mendonça D., Lopes, M.S., da Câmara Machado A. (2008) Identification and characterization of the molecular mechanisms implicated in the colour of grape berry. In: XVI National Congress of Biochemistry. 22-25 October, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Azores, Portugal.
Other publications
Leitão ST, Sampaio AM, Vaz Patto MC (2023) Lathyrus sativus – an unexplored source of resistance to Fusarium wilt disease. Cassava Cyanide Diseases and Neurolathyrism Network Newsletter (CCDNN News) Nº39. pp: 5-6.
Vaz Patto MC, Leitão ST, Alves ML, Gonçalves L, Sampaio AM, Bento da Silva A, Santos C, Martins DC, Sanches M (2021) Quando a investigação fundamental abraça a investigação participativa: o caso do chícharo de Alvaiázere. Revista do Centro de Competências para a Dieta Mediterrânica 1:30-33
Leitão ST,Vaz Patto MC (2017) Feijão português: uma mistura genética singular (estudo da diversidade do germoplasma português). Vida Rural
Mecha E, Leitão ST, Bronze MR, Vaz Patto MC (2014) Feijão, Diversidade Genética, Sustentabilidade e Saúde. Festival feijão.com(e), São Pedro do Sul, Portugal. ISBN 978-989-8748-05-8. [Full text - Open Access]
