In IBV class, 3rd-year Biology students tested #peptides against #fruit decay caused by #fungal infection. These peptides can extend shelf life and reduce food waste. Frutas Classe provided strawberries through the @fct_pt -funded #SustainStrawberry project.
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๐ฅWe congratulate @FortesMargarida on successfully completing her Habilitation in Biology (Molecular and Cellular Biology) at @cienciasulisboa. She presented the seminar โNew #Genomic Techniques in Improving the Resilience of #Fruit Species to #Climate Change.โ
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๐Patrรญcia Pardal defended her MSc thesis on #melatonin-based ##priming to enhance defence responses in table #grapes against #fungal pathogens. The work supports melatonin as a potential postharvest strategy to reduce decay and extend shelf life.
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@FortesMargarida gave a presentation in the ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ตรก๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ CU (@isagronomia) on how #FFGB uses #OMICs and #NGTs in fruits to tackle fungal infections and extend shelf-life, in collaboration with industry partners.
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Leonardo Oropeza showed that immersing strawberries in Nisin Z reduces fungal decay and extends shelf life to 7โ15 days in cold storage. With no antifungal activity in vitro, Nisin Z likely primes the fruitโs defences, reducing postharvest losses.
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At Frutas Classe, fruits & leaves from commercial #strawberry cultivars susceptible to Powdery mildew & Grey mould diseases have been sampled for two (๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ธ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ & ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ก) new @fct_pt -funded projects.
#Germplasm#OMICs#CRISPR#microfluidic
In the IPB-2025 (@SPBPlantas | @NewsSEBP), two thematic lines were presented:
- Gene Editing of Gras9 and Gras10 Genes Causes Ripening Delay in Tomato;
- Molecular, Metabolic and Hormonal Responses of Susceptible Ripe Grapes Under Esca-Symptomology;
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We congratulate @FortesMargarida on being named Professor of the Semester for the fourth time by the bachelor's students of Introduction to Plant Biotechnology (#Biology, specialising in Cellular Biology and Biotechnology). ๐๐ ๐
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๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ป Rute Amaro joined the @Recrop22157training on "Computational Genetics for Plant Biologists" at @AarhusUni_int .
Covered GWAS, SNP data, variant effect prediction, genomic selection and prediction โ all key to breeding disease-resistant crops!
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We welcome Josรฉ Guerrero, PhD candidate at @ICTAN. He works on elevated #COโ and #postharvest#blueberry quality during cold storage. During his exchange period at #FFGB, heโll deepen skills in molecular, physiological, and bioinformatics tools.
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๐The abstract โInvolvement of GRAS9/GRAS10 genes in tomato ripeningโ won 1st place in the โBest Abstracts Scientific Competition for 2024โ of the Union of European Academies for Science Applied to Agriculture, Food and Nature.๐
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