MOUNTAIN
RESEARCH
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Polytechnic Institute
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FROM NATURE TO PRODUCTS, TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY.

Isabel Rodrigues

Group: Socio-Ecological Systems
E-mail: irodrigues@ipb.pt
ORCID: 0000-0002-4827-2115
Scopus Author ID: 56963632000

Career

  • Since 2023: Junior Researcher (project VIAFOOD ) at Mountain Research Centre - Bragança Polytechnic Institute, Portugal
  • 2021 - 2023: PhD Fellow of FCT (2020.07051.BD)
  • 2018 - 2021: Research Project Grant at the AgroBioTechnology Lab. of Mountain Research Centre - Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (CIMO-IPB), Portugal

Qualifications

  • 2023 - PhD. in Biosystem Engineering, University of León, Spain
  • 2019 - Graduation in Agronomic Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal
  • 2018 - MSc. in Agronomic Engineering, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal
  • 2015 - Graduation in Biology, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal

Interests

  • Insects as Vectors of Plant Pathogens: The identification of insects that spread plant diseases and the development of management strategies to mitigate these threats
  • Insect-Plant Interactions: Interactions between insects and plants, with a particular focus on how insects disseminate plant pathogens
  • Biodiversity in Agriculture and Surrounding Landscapes: The diversity and richness of insect species on agroecosystems and the effects of landscape changes on this biodiversity
  • Insect Ecology: The behaviours and ecological roles of insects within their ecosystems
  • Biological Pest Control: The efficacy of natural predators in the control of agricultural pests
  • Insect Behaviour: The responses of insects to visual and olfactory stimuli, as well as their movement patterns

Projects:

OliveCoFree - Estratégias inovadoras para reduzir o Cobre na proteção da oliveira contra doenças
Funding body: Promove LA CAIXA
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2023-10-01
End: 2026-09-30
OLIVE4FUTURE - Centenarian olive trees as a source of resilience in the face of climate change
Funding body: FCT - PTDC - Projectos em todos os domínios científicos
Reference: 2022.07247.PTDC
Principal Investigator:Nuno Miguel de Sousa Rodrigues
Start: 2023-03-01
End: 2026-02-28
VIIAFOOD - Plataforma de Valorização, Industrialização e Inovação comercial para o AgroAlimentar
Funding body: PRR 2020 - Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência
Reference: C644929456-00000040
Principal Investigator:Lillian Bouçada de Barros
Start: 2023-01-01
End: 2025-12-31
Sustainolive - Azeite Biológico: implementação de estratégias inovadoras para a produção, valorização e consumo sustentáveis
Funding body: PRR 2020 - Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência
Reference: PRR-C05-i03-I-000187
Principal Investigator:Nuno Miguel de Sousa Rodrigues
Start: 2023-01-01
End: 2025-12-30
Bio4Med - Implementação de estratégias inovadoras para incremento da sustentabilidade em culturas perenes mediterrânicas
Funding body: PRR 2020 - Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência
Reference: PRR-C05-i03-I-000161
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2022-02-01
End: 2025-03-01
BioPest - Integrated strategies to fight against key pests in nut species
Funding body: PDR 2020 - Programa de desenvolvimento Rural 2014-2020 - 1.0.1 - Grupos operacionais
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Albino António Bento
Start: 2017-04-01
End: 2022-12-31
XF-ACTORS - Xylella Fastidiosa Active Containment Through a multidisciplinary-Oriented Research Strategy
Funding body: HORIZON 2020
Reference: PC0044
Principal Investigator:José Alberto Cardoso Pereira
Start: 2016-11-01
End: 2021-04-30
IBER-XYFAS - Red Iberoamericana para la Vigilancia de Xilella Fastidiosa
Funding body: CYTED - Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo
Reference:
Principal Investigator:José Alberto Cardoso Pereira
Start: 0000-00-00
End: 0000-00-00

Total results: 14
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Costa J.,Madureira M.,Pereira J.A.,Rodrigues I.
Spatial distribution pattern of male adults of Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in lemon orchards in Northern Portugal
Journal of Applied Entomology, 148, 643-650, 2024

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López-Mercadal J.,Benhadi-Marín J.,Rodrigues I.,Miranda M.Á.,Pereira J.A.
Does the superfluous killing exhibited by spiders mask the functional response parameters? A case study from the perspective of biological control
Journal of Applied Entomology, 148, 364-370, 2024

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Rodrigues I.,Baptista P.,Pereira J.A.
Cicadomorpha community (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) in different agroecosystems in the north of Portugal
Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 25, 571-583, 2023

4
Madureira M.,Rodrigues I.,Villa M.,Pereira J.A.
The surrounding landscape shapes the abundance of Sphaerophoria scripta and Melanostoma mellinum (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Portuguese vineyards
Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 25, 206-216, 2023

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Taranto L.,Rodrigues I.,Santos S.,Villa M.,Pereira J.A.
Intermediate fragmentation surrounding vineyards favours the Coleoptera community within the crop
Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 25, 9-19, 2023

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Rodrigues I.,Ramos V.,Benhadi-Marín J.,Moreno A.,Fereres A.,Pereira J.A.,Baptista P.
A novel molecular diagnostic method for the gut content analysis of Philaenus DNA
Scientific Reports, 12, , 2022

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Taranto L.,Rodrigues I.,Santos S.A.P.,Villa M.,Pereira J.A.
Response of the Coccinellidae Community within Sustainable Vineyards to the Surrounding Landscape
Agronomy, 12, , 2022

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Rodrigues I.,Benhadi-Marín J.,Rodrigues N.,Baptista P.,Pereira J.A.
Olfactory responses to volatile organic compounds and movement parameters of Philaenus spumarius and Cicadella viridis
Journal of Applied Entomology, 146, 486-497, 2022

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Sdiri Y.,Lopes T.,Rodrigues N.,Silva K.,Rodrigues I.,Pereira J.A.,Baptista P.
Biocontrol Ability and Production of Volatile Organic Compounds as a Potential Mechanism of Action of Olive Endophytes against Colletotrichum acutatum
Microorganisms, 10, , 2022

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Benhadi-Marín J.,Pereira L.F.,Rodrigues I.,Fereres A.,Alberto Pereira J.
Sampling and distribution pattern of Trioza erytreae Del Guercio, 1918 (Hemiptera: Triozidae) in citrus orchard
Journal of Applied Entomology, 145, 601-611, 2021

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Rodrigues I.,Rodrigues N.,Marx Í.M.G.,Veloso A.C.A.,Ramos A.C.,Pereira J.A.,Peres A.M.
Discrimination of sweet cherry cultivars based on electronic tongue potentiometric fingerprints
Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 10, 1-11, 2020

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Villa M.,Rodrigues I.,Baptista P.,Fereres A.,Pereira J.A.
Populations and host/non-host plants of spittlebugs nymphs in olive orchards from Northeastern Portugal
Insects, 11, 1-19, 2020

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