Marta da Silva Lopes

Scientist Sustainable Field Crops Program @irtacat.Develop and inspire the next generation of agricultural scientists.
Views my own.

[SDSU Winter Wheat Breeding @WheatInnovation]

Planted last Thursday September 24 winter wheat is up in Dakota Lakes Research Farm, Pierre SD ❤️🌾🙏🌧️

[Marta da Silva Lopes @Marta_S_Lopes]

Thank you to everyone who applied for the Precision Ag postion and for the huge interest in joining our team - we received 269 applications!
We are now reviewing all applications and CVs, and selected candidates will be contacted regarding the next steps.

[Marta da Silva Lopes @Marta_S_Lopes]

HIRING: Join our Sustainable Field Crops Programme as a Researcher in Precision Agriculture for Field Crops.

📍 Lleida
📅 Apply by 26 Aug 2026
🔗 https://t.co/zONcGFTmW1

#PrecisionAgriculture #AgTech #ResearchJobs #IRTA

[Marta da Silva Lopes @Marta_S_Lopes]

Thank you to everyone who applied for the REWHEAT PhD position and for the huge interest in joining our team - we received 698 applications!
We are now reviewing all applications and CVs, and selected candidates will be contacted regarding the next steps.

[Marta da Silva Lopes @Marta_S_Lopes]

PhD opportunity in Wheat Agronomy & Breeding! Join the REWHEAT project, combine multiple methodologies to improve nitrogen application precision and define breeding strategies to achieve premium wheat baking-quality.

📅 Apply by 15 Sept 2026
🔗 https://t.co/92YTmPito0

[WheatUCO @WheatUCO]

📣 Our research group has just published a new study, this time in collaboration with the Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge (METK).

https://t.co/gqNk1giTOL

[Marta da Silva Lopes @Marta_S_Lopes]

Crop rotation is your ally.

Over the past weeks, I’ve been speaking at farmers’ field day and sector conference about how smarter rotations can improve resilience, resource use and sustainability in field crops.
#CropRotation #LEGENDARY #SustainableAgriculture

[Marta da Silva Lopes @Marta_S_Lopes]

@germmtz @ERC_Research Congrats @germmtz . So proud of you. Looking forward to follow up these activities.

[Marta da Silva Lopes @Marta_S_Lopes]

A sneak peek at our maize-soybean rotation trials (2nd year) at IRTA, featuring two hybrids/varieties.#Legendary, #Legume Crops. With my colleague Lin Tang

[WheatUCO @WheatUCO]

Happy mother’s day! 💕🌾

[Marta da Silva Lopes @Marta_S_Lopes]

PhD opportunity in Wheat Agronomy & Breeding! Join the REWHEAT project, combine multiple methodologies to improve nitrogen application precision and define breeding strategies to achieve premium wheat baking-quality.

📅 Apply by 15 Sept 2026
🔗 https://t.co/92YTmPito0

[Marta da Silva Lopes @Marta_S_Lopes]

HIRING: Join our Sustainable Field Crops Programme as a Researcher in Precision Agriculture for Field Crops.

📍 Lleida
📅 Apply by 26 Aug 2026
🔗 https://t.co/zONcGFTmW1

#PrecisionAgriculture #AgTech #ResearchJobs #IRTA

[Marta da Silva Lopes @Marta_S_Lopes]

@WheatInnovation @wheatsd @SDStateCAFES Fantastic plots!!!

[Marta da Silva Lopes @Marta_S_Lopes]

With harvest almost finished, and one more year of research ahead of us, we took a moment as a team to write down a few intentions for the work to come. Not just what we want to do, but why it matters.

For science, for farmers, for better tools, for resilience, for sustainability, and also for the way we work together as a team. Let me share these with you!

[Marta da Silva Lopes @Marta_S_Lopes]

A pleasure to host the @CIHEAMZaragoza "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Breeding" Master 25-26 cohort today .

We explored how bread wheat & Triticale varieties are developed: crosses, F1–F6, yield trials and post-registration testing.
Wishing them success: agriculture needs your talent!

[Bram Govaerts CIMMYT @bramaccimmyt]

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is down over 90 percent, pushing fertilizer prices up fast. With crops feeding 40% to 50% of the world relying on nitrogen, farmers are already cutting inputs. I talk about this and more in my new op-ed: https://t.co/7QkbvgJMvS

[Marta da Silva Lopes @Marta_S_Lopes]

I believe excellent research must remain connected to real needs. By collaborating with private seed companies we can better understand the challenges of the sector and turn scientific advances into improved bread wheat and triticale varieties. Thank you @AgrovegetalSA and specially to @SolisMIgnacio for sharing your knowledge and exchange of experiences so openly.

[Ignacio Solís Martel @SolisMIgnacio]

Selección de líneas avanzadas de trigo en el convenio entre @irtacat y @AgrovegetalSA

[Marta da Silva Lopes @Marta_S_Lopes]

I was initially skeptical about double haploids in wheat breeding, but some of the lines we are seeing are looking very promising.
Double haploids allow breeders to produce fully fixed lines in a single step, which can save several years in the breeding process. What is especially encouraging is that some of these lines are also showing high fertility, dense spikes, and strong agronomic potential in the field.

Great to see this in our collaboration with @EEAD_CSIC .

#WheatBreeding #DoubleHaploids #PlantBreeding #AulaDei