MOUNTAIN
RESEARCH
CENTER

Polytechnic Institute
of Bragança

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CIMO

CIMO - Mountain Research Center. See video HERE

FROM NATURE TO PRODUCTS, TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY.

Facilities

Laboratories

  • Agriculture Support Labs
  • Analytical Chemistry Lab
  • Atomic Absorption Room
  • Bacteriology Lab
  • Biochemistry Lab
  • Biotechnology Lab
  • Biology Lab
  • Cell Culture Lab
  • Chemical Engineering Labs
  • Chemistry Lab
  • Chromotagraphy and Mass Spectrometry Room
  • Digestion Room
  • Ecology Lab
  • Environment Systems Lab (IPVC)
  • Flow Cytrometry Room
  • Food Technology Lab
  • Geomatics Lab (IPVC)
  • Herbarium
  • Life and Hearth Sciences Lab (IPVC)
  • Molecular Biology Lab
  • Mycology Lab
  • Physical Analyses Lab
  • Plant Protection and Soil Fertility Lab
  • Brigantia Ecopark Pilot Scale Labs

Equipments

Equipments list

Libraries

IPB libraries

CIMO adopted Open Access Policy of Scientific Publications in the Biblioteca Digital do IPB - repository, in line with the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities.

CIMO shares scientific outcomes through the Repository Biblioteca Digital do IPB.

Experimental Farms

Pinheiro Manso Farm

Pinheiro Manso farm with 17.3 ha, where typical Mediterranean production activities predominate.

Address:
Quinta do Pinheiro Manso
Rua do Alcaide
5300-012 Bragança



Poulão Farm

Poulão farm with 13.4 ha, located at the foothills of Serra da Nogueira, has ecological conditions appropriate for the production activities typical of mountain areas with Atlantic influence, such as livestock production.

Address:
Quinta do Poulão
Nogueira
5300-701 Bragança

Greenhouses and Arboretum

The Greenhouses and Arboretum with 6.5 ha are occupied with clones of chestnut and other forest species. In this unit there are greenhouses for plant production, all of them air-conditioned, with drip irrigation and thermal screen, occupying a total area of ​​0.43 ha. They include two production greenhouses, two rooting/germination greenhouses, one production/acclimatization and one shade house, occupying a total covered area of ​​1275 m2.