CBMA

My research interests include soil ecology and plant-parasitic nematode management in agroecosystems.

My research focus has been on soil-dwelling nematodes, investigating their interactions with other soil organisms, that can be exploited to develop alternative, environmentally-friendly plant-parasitic nematode control strategies. These include biological control, plant mutualists such as rhizobial bacteria, and plant host resistance (including plant grafting).

Having developed research in both natural and agricultural systems, I am to turnknowledge on soil -and particularly- nematode ecology into practical applications.

Arosa ML, Freitas H, Costa SR. 2016. Temporal effects dominate land use as factors affecting soil nematode communities in Mediterranean oak woodlands. Agroforestry systems 90: 127-136

Costa SR 2015 Ecologia de Nemátodes e seu interesse na enxertia de plantas hortícolas (ParteII/II). AGROTEC 14:28-30

Costa, S.R., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R.D. and Kerry, B.R. 2012. Interactions between Nematodes and their Microbial Enemies in Coastal Sand Dunes. Oecologia 170: 1053-1066

Costa, S.R., van der Putten, W. and Kerry, B.R. 2011. Microbial Ecology and Nematode Control in Natural Ecosystems. In: K.G. Davies and I. Spiegel Eds. Biological Control of Plant Parasitic Nematodes: Building Coherence between Microbial Ecology and Nematology. Progress in Biological Control vol 11. Springer Netherlands. p 39- 64

van der Putten, W.H., Cook, R., Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Fargette, M., Freitas, H., Hol,, W.H.G., Kerry, B.R., Maher, N., Mateille, T., Moens, M., de la Peña, E., Piskiewicz, A., Raeymaekers, A., Rodríguez-Echeverría, S. & van der Wurff, A.W.G. 2006. Nematode Interactions in Nature: Models for Sustainable Control of Nematode Pests of Crop Plants? Advances in Agronomy 89: 227-260

Team member:

COCCOON - Combined sustainable strategies for root-knot nematode management in protected crops - PTDC/AGRPRO/3438/2014 / COMPETE 016611

EcoAgriFood: Innovative green products and processes to promote Agri-Food BioEconomy Projecto Estruturado (Norte 2020-01-0145 FEDER 000 009), coordinated by Universidade do Minho

Consultant:

Pestisense - Novel tools and data for the detection and assessment of ecological risks of pesticides - CBMA Universidade do Minho Internal project

 PI:

RESCOE: Risk Assessment and Ecological Sustainability of Cork Oak in Montado Ecosystems. Funded by FCT (PTDC/BIA-BEC/102834/2008) (PI)

‘What Turns a Quiet Alien into a Powerful Invader? An assessment of introduction history and invasive plant traits’ Funded by: Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar (III/62/2008) (PI)

Team member:

MIRRI Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure, European Union FP7 theme INFRA-2012-2.2.5 Grant 312251 (Post-doc Researcher)

HiCC-Luta Biológica por Hipovirulência contra o Cancro do Castanheiro em Portugal. Funded by FCT PTDC/AGR-PRO/4606/2012 (Research Assistant)

Montado: from biodiversity to ecosystem services, funded by COMPETE/Ciência Viva (Team Member)

Robin – Rhizosphere organisms as determinants of Biological Invasion, Funded by: FCT Portugal (POCI/BIA/BDE/56941/2004) (Team Member)

EcoTrain – Ecology of plant parasitic nematodes, their host plants and antagonists in European sand dunes: Training opportunity for ecologists and agricultural biocontrol researchers. Funded by: Marie Curie European Union Research and Training Network (RTN) program contract RTN2-0464 (PhD Student/Team Member)

Consultant:

CBC – CarBuCida Parte II – Bolsa de Ignição inovC 2012: Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, IPC

 Maleita CMN, Costa SR, Abrantes IMO. 2017 Laimaphelenchus suberensis sp. nov. associated with Quercus suber in Portugal. European Journal of Plant Pathology. DOI 10.1007/s10658-017-1324-4

Martins A, Freitas H, Costa SR. 2017. Corema album: unbiased dioecy in a competitive environment. Plant Biology 19(5): 824-834

Arosa ML, Bastos R, Cabral JA, Freitas H, Costa SR, Santos M. 2017. Long-term sustainability of cork oak agro-forests in the Iberian Peninsula: a model-based approach aimed at supporting the best management options for the montado conservation. Ecological Modelling 343: 68-79;

Arosa ML, Costa SR, Freitas H. 2017 Cork oak leaf decomposition in three different land uses within a montado of southern Portugal. Soil Research 55: 215-221

Mourão I, Brito LM, Ferreira ME, Moura ML, Costa S. 2017. The effect of pruning systems on yield and fruit quality of greenhouse grown grafted tomato. Horticultura Brasileira 35(2): 247-251

Arosa, M.L., Freitas, H., Costa, S.R. 2016 Temporal effects dominate land use as factors affecting soil nematode communities in Mediterranean oak woodlands. Agroforestry systems 90: 127-136

Maleita, C., Costa, S.R., Abrantes, I. 2015 First report of Laimaphelenchus heidelbergi (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) associated with cork oak in Europe. Forest Pathology 45:76-81.

SR Costa, A Antunes, N Lima, The MIRRI Consortium 2015 Towards a strategic concept for innovative learning programmes and tools in the Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure (MIRRI). Intrinsic Activity, 2015; 3(Suppl. 1): A1.1 (abstract)

Arosa ML Ceia RS Costa SR Freitas H 2015 Factors affecting cork oak (Quercus suber) regeneration. Acorn sowing success and seedling survival under field conditions. Plant ecology and diversity 8 (4): 519-528

Costa, S.R, Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R.D. and Kerry, B.R. 2012. Ecology of Nematode Microbial Enemies in Coastal Sand Dunes. Oecologia 170: 1053-1066

Costa SR, Kerry BR, Bardgett RD & Davies KG (2011) Top-down control in a natural ecosystem: interactions between plant parasitic nematodes and their microbial enemies. Nematropica 41: 342 (abstract)

Costa SR, Martins AF, Arosa ML, Freitas H, Almeida MTM, Maleita CMN & Abrantes IMO (2011) Nematodes Associated with cork oak, Quercus suber, in Montado ecosystems. Nematropica 41: 393 (abstract)

Piskiewicz, A.M., Duyts, H., Berg, M.P., Costa, S.R. and van der Putten, W.H. 2007. Soil Microorganisms Control Plant Ectoparasitic Nematodes in Natural Coastal Foredunes. Oecologia 152 (3): 505-514

Kerry, B. and Costa, S. 2007. Plant-parasitic nematodes as components of the soil ecosystem. Phytopathology 97(7): S157-S158 (abstract)

van der Putten, W.H., Cook, R., Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Fargette, M., Freitas, H., Hol,, W.H.G., Kerry, B.R., Maher, N., Mateille, T., Moens, M., de la Peña, E., Piskiewicz, A., Raeymaekers, A., Rodríguez-Echeverría, S. & van der Wurff, A.W.G. 2006. Nematode Interactions in Nature: Models for Sustainable Control of Nematode Pests of Crop Plants? Advances in Agronomy 89: 227-260;

Costa, S.R., Kerry, B.R., Bardgett, R.D. and Davies, K. G. 2006. Exploitation of Immunofluorescence for the Quantification and Characterization of Small Numbers of Pasteuria Endospores in a Sand Dune System. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 58(3): 593-600. - Faculty of a 1000 Biology Recommended

Costa, S. dos S. da R., M. S. N. de A. Santos, and M. F. Ryan. 2003. Effect of Artemisia vulgaris Rhizome Extracts on Hatching, Mortality and Plant Infectivity of Meloidogyne megadora. Journal of Nematology 35(4): 437-442

Santos, M. C. V. dos, I. M. de O. Abrantes, S. dos S. da R. Costa and M. S. N. de A. Santos. 2002. Field evaluation of the effect of Verticillium chlamydosporium on Meloidogyne arenaria race 3. Nematology 4, 283-284. (abstract)

Pires D, Costa S, Mourão I, Almeida MT. 2016. Avaliação da resistência de cultivares de feijoeiro (Phaseolus spp.) a Meloidogyne javanica, para uso como porta-enxerto. Actas Portuguesas de Horticultura 25: 126-132.

Teixeira A, Almeida MT, Costa S. 2016. Estudo comparativo das comunidades de nemátodes em horticultura biológica e convencional. Actas Portuguesas de Horticultura 25: 120-125.

Vaz FB, Mourão I, Rodrigues R, Costa SR, Brito LM, Moura ML. 2016. Avaliação da enxertia na produtividade e qualidade de feijão-verde na região de Ponte de Lima. Actas Portuguesas de Horticultura 25: 21-27.

Ferreira AL, Capitão JA, Mourão I, Costa SR, Brito LM, Moura ML. 2016. Avaliação da enxertia na cultura protegida de feijão-verde na região Litoral Norte. Actas Portuguesas de Horticultura 25: 15-20.

Costa S, Martins MF, Mourão I, Moura ML. 2016. Avaliação da resistência de linhagens de feijoeiro ao nemátode Meloidogyne javanica e ao fungo Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. phaseoli. Actas Portuguesas de Horticultura 25: 143-149.

Moura L, Pereira G, Costa S, Martins M, Gouveia E 2015. Cancro do castanheiro na região do Minho. Estrutura populacional e variabilidade genética de populações de Cryphonectria parasitica. Revista de Ciências Agrárias 38(2): 238-247

 Costa S Riberiro S Moura C Lecomte X Martins A Caldeira MC 2015 Comunidades de nemátodes da rizosfera assoicadas à expansão de Cistus ladanifer no ecossistema Montado. Simpósio: "O Solo na Investigação Científica em Portugal" ISA, Lisboa 27 Novembro

Costa SR & Freitas H (2011) Invasão Biológica: a Perspectiva do Solo. 62º Congresso Nacional de Botânica, 7-12 August, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.

 Costa, S.R., van der Putten, W. and Kerry, B.R. (2011) Microbial Ecology and Nematode Control in Natural Ecosystems. p 39-64 In: K.G. Davies and I. Spiegel Eds. Biological Control of Plant Parasitic Nematodes: Building Coherence between Microbial Ecology and Molecular Methods. Progress in Biological Control 11, Springer

Rodriguez, S.E., Costa, S.R. and Freitas, H. (2007) Biodiversity and interactions in the rhizosphere: effects on ecosystem functioning In: Handbook of functional Plant Ecology, Ed. F.I. Pugnaire 2nd Edition.. CRC Press. p. 581-600

Collaboration in the Translation and Editing of the Portuguese version of DL Coyne, JM Nicol and B Claudius-Cole 2007 Nematologia prática: um guia de campo e de laboratório. SP-IM Secretariat, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Cotonou, Benin.

S Costa, N Lima 2015 WP7. Capacity Building, education and training „MIRRI Insights“.MIRRI Newsletter. MIRRI News 4

S Costa 4th LifeTrain Workshop: Achievements and challenges in lifelong learning for the biomedical sciences; UCB, Brussels, March 2-3, 2015 MIRRI News 4

Costa SR 2015 Ecologia de Nemátodes e seu interesse na enxertia de plantas hortícolas (ParteII/II). AGROTEC 14:28-30

Costa SR 2014 Ecologia de Nemátodes e seu interesse na enxertia de plantas hortícolas (ParteI/II). AGROTEC 13: 38-41

Costa S. 2012 Rescoe - Um projecto de investigação Científica de avaliacao do Risco e Sustentabilidade Ecologica de Sobreiro. Newsletter COMPETE nº 27 online 24.01.2012.

Costa, S. 2011. Projecto RESCOE - Avaliação do risco e sustentabilidade ecológica de sobreiro em ecossistemas de Montado. Ecologi@ 1 (SPECO online)

Costa, S. 2005.The 57th International Crop Protection Symposium Report, Nematology News 66(2):6

Freitas, HMO, Gouveia, AC & Costa, SR 2010 A Biodiversidade: um compromisso global. Rua Larga 30: 65-67

K-H Wang, BS Sipes, S Schmitt, AE MacGuidwin, M McKenry, TJ Bliss, BR Kerry and S Costa (2008). Plant Nematological Contributions to Phytopathology. APSnet Feature Story November 2008. The American Phytopathological Society.

Collaboration in editing and compilation of the species index in the book: MF Ryan 2002. Insect Chemoreception: Fundamental and Applied. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/ Boston/ London.330 pp.

 Comunicações orais por convite

Costa SR. 2016. Sustainable nematode management in agroecosystems. University of Hertfordshire. 24 Oct, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK.

Costa S. 2016. Gestão Sustentável de nemátodes em agroecossistemas. XVII Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada, Universidade do Minho. 10-12 Feb, Braga, Portugal.

Costa SR 2015 Nematode ecology and sustainable strategies for root-knot nematode control – Dbio Seminars, 8 April, Universidade do Minho, Braga

Costa SR 2014 Nematode ecology and plant grafting. COST Action FA1204 Annual Conference Innovation in Vegetable Grafting for Sustainability. Carcavelos 20-22 October

Costa SR, Freitas H & Mathesius U (2011) The nematode perspective of plant invasion. Joint CSIRO-RSB Plant Biology Seminar Series, 2nd November, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

Costa SR, Kerry BR, Bardgett RD & Davies KG (2011) Top-down control in a natural ecosystem: interactions between plant parasitic nematodes and their microbial enemies. XLIII ONTA Meeting, 4-9 September, Coimbra, Portugal.

Costa SR & Freitas H (2011) Invasão Biológica: a Perspectiva do Solo. 62º Congresso Nacional de Botânica, 7-12 August, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.

Costa SR Sustentabilidade e Vulnerabilidade de Ecossistemas Agrícolas e Florestais. CC Dolce Vita Coimbra, 25th November 2010.

Costa, SR, Mathesius, U & Freitas, H (2010) Plant Invasion: the Nematode Perspective. AAB Advances in Nematology, London, UK, 14 December.

Costa, SR 2010 Rhizosphere Nematodes and Plant Distribution. Plant Biology Seminar, Joint CSIRO and Research School Biology, Canberra, Australia 24th February 2010

Costa, S.R., Freitas, H. and Mathesius, U. Below-ground interactions between plants, nematodes, rhizobia and their potential role in plant distribution. CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, Feb 2009

Costa, S.R. 2009. Interacções na Rizosfera: o Papel dos Nemátodes na Distribuição de Plantas. Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisboa, Portugal, 18 November 2009

Costa, SR, Freitas, H & Mathesius, U. 2008. Interactions between nematodes and rhizobia: from proteomics to plant distribution. 5th International Congress of Nematology, Brisbane, Australia, 13-18th July.

Costa, S.R. Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Natural Ecosystems. CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, 23rd November 2007

Costa, S.R. Nematode Regulation in Sand Dunes. School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Canberra, Australia. 23rd October 2007

Outras comunicações orais

Mourão I, Moura ML, Costa SR, Rodrigues JR, Brito LM, Coutinho J 2016. Rootstock effect on grafted green bean yield and fruit quality. COST Action FA-1204 Vegetable grafting to improve yield and fruit quality under biotic and abiotic stress conditions. Final Conference Pula, Croatia 19-21 Sep

Costa SR, Mourão I, Rodrigues JR, Moura ML, Brito LM 2016. Crop management affects success of grafted beans against plant parasitic nematodes. COST Action FA-1204 Vegetable grafting to improve yield and fruit quality under biotic and abiotic stress conditions. Final Conference Pula, Croatia 19-21 Sep

Martins A, Tavares D, Freitas H, Costa S 2016. Host sex and phenological state influence the nematode community associated with a dioecious coastal shrub. 32nd Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists, 28 Aug-1 Sep 2016, Braga, Portugal

Vaz FB, Mourão I, Rodrigues R, Brito LM, Costa S 2016. Efeito da enxertia na produtividade de duas cultivares de feijão-verde. IV Colóquio Nacional de Horticultura Biológica. 17-19 Mar. Faro, Portugal;

Teixeira A, Almeida MT, Costa S 2016. Estudo comparativo das comunidades de nemátodes em horticultura biológica e convencional. IV Colóquio Nacional de Horticultura Biológica. 17-19 Mar. Faro, Portugal

Mourão I, Costa S, Brito LM, Ferreira ME, Moura ML 2015 Efeito da enxertia na produtividade e qualidade das vagens na cultura de feijão-verde. I Congresso Nacional das Escolas Superiores Agrárias. Bragança 2 a 3 de Dezembro

S Costa . Capacity Building, Education and Training- WP7 Overview and Strategy. 4th MIRRI General Meeting, Schiphol, The Netherlands October 8-10

Mourão I, Costa S, Brito LM, Ferreira ME, Moura ML 2015 Rootstock effect on grafted runner bean yield and fruit quality. 2nd COST Action FA1204 Annual Conference - Vegetable Grafting and the Rhizosphere 14 – 16 September 2015, Berlin, Germany

Costa SR, Gouveia AC, Castro H, Azul AM, Freitas H (2012) Land use and biotic factors contribute to the ecological sustainability of Montado Ecosystems. 5-10 August, Portland, Oregon, USA

Costa, SR, Mathesius, U and Freitas, H The Potential Role of Rhizobia-Plant-Nematode Interactions in Plant Invasion. 30th International European Society of Nematologists Symposium, Vienna, Austria, 19-23th September 2010

Costa, S.R. and Kerry, B.R. Plant-parasitic Nematodes as Components of the Soil Ecosystem. AAB Advances in Nematology London, UK, 11 December 2007.

Kerry, B.R. and Costa, S.R. Plant-parasitic Nematodes as Components of the Soil Ecosystem. APS/SON Joint Meeting, , San Diego, USA. July 27th- August 1st 2007

Costa, S.R. and Freitas, H. 2007. A Lei da Selva: o Submundo das Interacções Tróficas. XI ENEB, 31 de Março de 2007, Aveiro, Portugal.

Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Immunological tools for the detection of Pasteuria spp. endospores. 58th International Symposium on Crop Protection, Ghent, Belgium 23rd May 2006.

Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Friends, Enemies, and Opportunists in the Sand Dunes, Ecotrain Project Meeting, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK, 27th March 2006;

Costa, S. R. , Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Bayesian Statistical Approaches to Modelling Pasteuria-Root-Knot Nematode Interactions, AAB Advances in Nematology, London, UK, 13th December 2005;

Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Microbial Enemy – Nematode Interactions in Sand Dunes, Ecotrain Project Meeting, Coimbra, Portugal, 11-13 October 2005;

Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Can Bayesian Statistics Help Model Pasteuria Interactions? Rhizosphere Biology Programme Meeting, Rothamsted Research, UK, 25th August 2005;

Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Diversity and Dynamics of Microbial Enemies to Nematodes in a Natural System. PhD Symposium, Rothamsted Research, UK, 13th May 2005;

Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Microbial Enemies of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes in a Natural System. 57th International Symposium on Crop Protection, Ghent, Belgium 10th May 2005;

Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes in a Natural System: II the Diversity and Dynamics of Microbial Enemies. AAB Centenary 2004: Advances in Applied Biology: providing new opportunities for consumers and producers in the 21st Century, Oxford, UK, 15-17 December 2004;

Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Microbial Enemies to Nematodes in Sand Dunes, Ecotrain Project Meeting and Mid-term review, Montpellier, France, 11-13 October 2004;

Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes by Microbial Enemies in a Sand Dune System, Plant Pathogen Interactions Division Seminar, Rothamsted Research, UK, 22nd April 2004;

Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Microbial Antagonists to Nematodes – The First Few Samples, Ecotrain Project Meeting, Ghent, Belgium, 27-29 October 2003;

Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Multitrophic Interactions in Sand Dunes – Microbial Antagonists to Nematodes, Ecotrain Project Meeting, Aberystwyth, UK. 1-2 July 2003.

Loxdale, H.D., Costa, S., Emelianov, I. & Davies, K. Some Thoughts about Asexuals. The Paradox of Asexuality – An Evaluation, PARTNER 4, Joint International ESF and the Linean Society, London, UK, 22-24 September 2005 (by the first author)

Comunicações em painel ("poster")

Santos F, Mourão I, Costa SR, Brito LM, Moura L. 2017. Avaliação da resistência de cultivares de feijoeiro ao fungo Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. phaseoli em condições controladas. I Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Horticultura, 1-4 Nov, Lisboa, Portugal

Gil Sá C, Vieira dos Santos MC, Mourão I, Moura L, Costa SR. 2017 Deteção do fungo nematófago Pochonia chlamydosporia em estufas de produção de tomate na Região do Algarve. Proteção das Plantas 2017 – 2º Simpósio SCAP de Proteção das Plantas; 8º Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitopatologia e 11º Encontro Nacional de Proteção Integrada, Santarém, Portugal, 26-27 Oct

Gonçalves AR, Almeida MTM, Costa SR. 2017. Prevalência de espécies de nemátodes-das-galhas-radiculares, Meloidogyne spp., em cultura protegida na região de Entre Douro e Minho. Proteção das Plantas 2017 – 2º Simpósio SCAP de Proteção das Plantas; 8º Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitopatologia e 11º Encontro Nacional de Proteção Integrada, Santarém, Portugal, 26-27 Oct

Maia da Silva MRT, Costa SR, Lino-Neto T, Pereira AM, Almeida MTM 2017. Comunidade de nemátodes do solo associada a sobreiro, Quercus suber, em declínio. Proteção das Plantas 2017 – 2º Simpósio SCAP de Proteção das Plantas; 8º Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitopatologia e 11º Encontro Nacional de Proteção Integrada, Santarém, Portugal, 26-27 Oct

Pinto J, Pires D, Vieira dos Santos MC, Mourão IM, Moura L, Costa SR. 2017 Revestimento de sementes de tomateiro Solanum lycopersicum com clamidósporos do fungo nematófago Pochonia chlamydosporia. Proteção das Plantas 2017 – 2º Simpósio SCAP de Proteção das Plantas; 8º Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitopatologia e 11º Encontro Nacional de Proteção Integrada, Santarém, Portugal, 26-27 Outubro

Vaz F, Silva ML, Mourão I, Costa SR 2017. Reação hospedeira de porta-enxertos de tomateiro ao nemátode das galhas radiculares Meloidogyne incognita Proteção das Plantas 2017 – 2º Simpósio SCAP de Proteção das Plantas; 8º Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitopatologia e 11º Encontro Nacional de Proteção Integrada, Santarém, Portugal, 26-27 Oct

Costa SR, Almeida MT, Mourão IM. 2017. Nematode communities associated with greenhouse-grown tomato plants in conventional and organic farms. 3rd International Symposium on nematodes as environmental indicators. Carlow, Ireland 26-28 June

Martins A, Costa J, Freitas H, Costa SR 2017. Fruit production adjustment in a dynamic coastal environment: insights from Corema album, a dioecious shrub. XIX International Botanical Congress, Shenzen, PR China 23-29 June

Pires D, Costa SR, Mourão IM, Martins de Almeida MT. 2016. Host reaction of bean cultivars to the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica. Final COST Conference on Vegetable Grafting: vegetable grafting to improve yield and fruit quality under biotic and abiotic stress conditions. Pula, Croatia, 19-21 Sep.

Maleita CMN, Costa SR, Abrantes IMO 2016. A new species of Laimaphelenchus associated with Quercus suber. 32nd Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists, 28 Aug-1 Sep, Braga, Portugal

Pires D, Costa S, Mourão I, Almeida MT 2016. Assessing the resistance of bean cultivars (Phaseolus vulgaris) to Meloidogyne javanica. 32nd Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists, 28 Aug-1 Sep, Braga, Portugal

Teixeira A, Almeida MT, Costa S 2016. Nematode communities associated with crops in organic and conventional farms. 32nd Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists, 28 Aug-1 Sep, Braga, Portugal

Costa S, Capitão J, Ferreira A, Vaz F, Rodrigues R, Moura L, Brito LM, Mourão I 2016. Plant parasitic nematodes associated with grafted bean. 32nd Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists, 28 Aug-1 Sep, Braga, Portugal

Vieira dos Santos MC, Conceição IL, Abrantes I, Curtis RHC, Mourão I, Moura L, Brito M, Costa SR. 2016. Combined sustainable strategies for root-knot nematode management in protected crops – the COCOoN Project. 32nd Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists, 28 Aug-1 Sep, Braga, Portugal

Mourão I, Ferreira AL, Capitão JA, Vaz FB, Rodrigues JR, Moura ML, Costa S, Brito M, Coutinho J. 2016. Avaliação de cultivares de Phaseolus coccineus L. como potenciais porta-enxertos na cultura protegida de feijão-verde (P. vulgaris L). VI Congresso Internacional de Agroecoloxía, 16-17 Jun ,Vigo, Spain

Ferreira AL, Capitão JA, Mourão I, Brito LM, Moura L, Costa S. 2016. Avaliação da enxeria na cultura protegida de feijão-verde na região Litoral Norte. Pires D, Costa S, Mourão I, Almeida MT. 2016. Avaliação da resistência de cultivares de feijoeiro (Phaseolus spp.) a Meloidogyne javanica, para uso como porta-enxerto. IV Colóquio Nacional de Horticultura Biológica. 17-19 Mar, Faro, Portugal

Costa S, Martins MF, Mourão I, Moura L 2016. Avaliação da resistência de linhagens de feijoeiro ao nemátode Meloidogyne javanica e ao fungo Fusarium oxysporum f sp phaseoli. IV Colóquio Nacional de Horticultura Biológica. 17-19 Mar, Faro, Portugal


Moura ML, Pereira G, Costa S, Martins M, Gouveia E 2015 Cancro do Castanheiro na região do Minho. Estrutura populacional e variabilidade genética de populações de Cryphonectria parasitica. I Congresso Nacional das Escolas Superiores Agrárias. Bragança 2 a 3 de Dezembro

Costa S, Ribeiro S, Moura C, Lecomte X, Martins A, Caldeira MC 2015 Comunidades de nemátodes da rizosfera assoicadas à expansão de Cistus ladanifer no ecossistema Montado. Simpósio: "O Solo na Investigação Científica em Portugal" ISA, Lisboa 27 Novembro

Martins A, Tavares D, Freitas H, Costa S 2015The influence of plant-host sex on the plant-parasitic nematode community in dioceous plants. 4º Congresso Ibérico. Coimbra, Portugal, 16-18 Junho

Tavares D, Costa S, Martins A, Loureiro J, Castro S 2015 Increased resistance to a root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) in invasive populations of Oxalis pes-caprae. 4º Congresso Ibérico. Coimbra, Portugal, 16-18 Junho

Costa SR, Antunes A, Lima N 2015 The need for innovative learning programmes in the Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure (MIRRI) ECCO XXXIV European Culture Collections as tools in research and biotechnology, Paris, France 27-29 May

Helloin E, Favel A, Kempf F, Antunes A, Costa S, Lima N, The MIRRI Consortium 2015 Training and Education in microbiology provided in Europe: comparison of the current offer to needs of the customers of the MIRRI consortium: Gap analysis. ECCO XXXIV European Culture Collections as tools in research and biotechnology, Paris, France 27-29 May


Costa SR, Antunes A, Lima N, The MIRRI Consortium. 2015. Towards a strategic concept for innovative learning
programmes and tools in the Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure (MIRRI). 4th LifeTrain Workshop: Achievements and Challenges in Lifelong Learning for the Biomedical Sciences. Bruxelas, Bélgica 2–3 Março.

Martins A, Tavares D, Freitas H, Costa S 2014 Plant parasitic nematode communities relate to host sex in dioceous plants. XVII Congresso Português de Parasitologia" Coimbra 20 - 21 de Novembro

Costa SR, Pereira G, Moura L, Gouveia E (2014). Variabilidade Genética de populações de Cryphonectria parasitica na região do Minho. 7º Congresso Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitopatologia, Oeiras.

Mourão I, Costa S, Brito LM, Ferreira ME, Moura ML (2014) Effect of grafting on runner bean growth, yield and fruit quality COST Action FA1204 Annual Conference Innovation in Vegetable Grafting for Sustainability. Carcavelos 20-22 October

Paiva G, Abreu P, Costa S, Morais PV. 2013 Diversity of the endophytic microbial community of cork oak trees from healthy and declining areas of Montado. Microbiotec 2013, 6 a 8 de Dezembro, Aveiro.

Costa, MLF, Martins FJC, Moreira da Silva AM, Costa SSR e Galhano CIC 2013 CBC CARBUCIDA®: potencial nematodicida biológico para controlo de Bursaphelenchus xylophilus 7º Congresso Florestal Nacional “Florestas - Conhecimento e Inovação” Vila Real/Bragança 5 a 8 de Junho.

Paiva G, Abreu P, Costa S and Morais PV 2013 Structural diversity of the endophytic microbial community of Oak trees under two different land managements, I Encontro Ibérico sobre o Declínio do Montado (EIDM) 17 e 18 de Maio, Beja

Arosa ML, Costa SR, Freitas H 2013 The use of soil nematodes in a montado ecosystem as a measure of disturbance. ICAAM International Conference | Acknowledging the MONTADOS and DEHESAS as High Nature Value Farming Systems. 6 a 8 de Fevereiro de 2013. Évora.

Ribeiro S, Caldeira MC, Lecomte X, Moura C, Martins AF, Costa SR 2012 Nematode communities and dynamics associated with shrub encroachment. Joint BES-SEB-BS Meeting Aboveground-belowground interactions: technologies and new approaches. 8-10 October London, UK

Martins AF, Costa SR, Freitas H 2012 Plant-parasitic nematodes associated with cork oak decline in the Montado. Joint BES-SEB-BS Meeting Aboveground-belowground interactions: technologies and new approaches. 8-10 October London, UK

Maleita CMN, Martins AF, Costa SR, Abrantes I. (2012) Identification and molecular characterization of Laimaphelenchus spp. associated with cork oak. ESN 31st International Symposium,23-27 September, Adana, Turkey

Arosa ML, Costa SR, Freitas H (2012) The montado ecosystem and the role of soil nematodes in cork oak regeneration. 2nd International Symposium on nematodes as bioindicators. 5-6 July, Ghent, Belgium

Costa SR, Martins AF, Arosa ML, Freitas H, Almeida MTM, Maleita CMN & Abrantes IMO (2011) Nematodes Associated with cork oak, Quercus suber, in Montado ecosystems. XLIII ONTA Meeting, 4-9 September, Coimbra, Portugal.

Costa SR, Freitas H, Abrantes IMO, Cravador, A and Almeida, MTM. Risk Assessment and Ecological Sustainability of Cork Oak in Montado Ecosystems - the RESCOE Project. 30th International European Society of Nematologists Symposium, Vienna, Austria, 19-23th September 2010

Arosa M.L., Costa S.R., Gouveia A.C. & Freitas, H. Native and invasive plants differ in their nematode communities. 30th International European Society of Nematologists Symposium, Vienna, Austria, 19-23th September 2010

Gouveia, A, Costa, SR, Sousa AG and Freitas H What turns a quiet alien into a powerful invader? an asessment of invasive plant traits. 10th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions (EMAPi 10)”, Stellenbosch, South Africa, the 23rd July -7th of August 2009

Rodríguez-Echeverría, S., Costa, S.R., Crisóstomo, J.A. & Freitas, H. ROBIN: O papel dos organismos da rizosfera nas invasões biológicas. 2º Congresso Ibérico de Ecologia. Lisboa (Portugal) 18-21 July 2006

Crisóstomo, J.A., Rodríguez-Echeverría, S., Costa, S.R. & Freitas, H. Comparação da taxa de crescimento de três espécies de leguminosas lenhosas: implicações no proceso de invasão ecológica. 2º Congresso Ibérico de Ecologia. Lisboa (Portugal) 18-21 July 2006

Costa, S, Davies, K.G., Cook, R., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Population Dynamics of Nematodes in a Natural System. Plant Pathogen Interactions Day, Rothamsted Research, 29th November 2005;

Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Diversity and Dynamics of Microbial Enemies to Nematodes in a Coastal Sand Dune. Rothamsted Research Day, Rothamsted Research, UK, 4th November 2005;

Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Diversity and Dynamics of Microbial Enemies to Nematodes in a Coastal Sand Dune. IOBC Multitrophic Interactions in Soil. Wageningen, The Netherlands, 5-8 June 2005;

Costa, S, Davies, K.G., Cook, R., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Population Dynamics of Nematodes in a Natural System. 57th International Symposium on Crop Protection, Ghent, Belgium, 10th May 2005;

Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Pasteuria Spores in Coastal Sand Dunes: a Modified Method for Recovery and Quantification. XXVII ESN International Symposium, Rome, Italy, 14-18 June 2004;

Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Fungal and Bacterial Enemies to Nematodes in the Rhizosphere of Ammophila arenaria: Preliminary Analysis of a Tri-trophic Community. XXVII ESN International Symposium, Rome, Italy, 14-18 June 2004;

Fonseca, L., Vieira dos Santos, C., Costa, S., Abrantes, I. & Santos, M. S. Characterization of Mucronate Forms of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. XXVII ESN International Symposium, Rome, Italy, 14-18 June 2004;

Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Microbial Antagonists to Nematodes Parasitic on Ammophila arenaria, PhD Symposium, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK, 6-7 May 2004;

Costa, S., Davies, K.G., Bardgett, R. & Kerry, B.R. Fungal Antagonists to Nematodes Parasitic on Ammophila arenaria. BES Annual Symposium 2003: Biological Diversity and Function in Soils, Lancaster, UK, 25-27 March 2003;

Santos, M.C.V. dos, Abrantes, I.M. de O., Costa, S. dos S. da R. & Santos, M.S.N. de A. Field evaluation of the effect of Verticillium chlamydosporium on Meloidogyne arenaria race 3. Fourth International Congress of Nematology, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 8-13 June 2002;

Santos, M.C.V., Abrantes, I.M. de O., Costa, S. dos S. da R. & Santos, M. S. N. de A. Effect of Verticillium clamydosporium on tomato grown in a field infested with Meloidogyne arenaria race 3. 11th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union and 3rd Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitopatologia, Évora, Portugal, 17-19 September 2001

Galhano, C.I.C., Costa, S. dos S. da R., Ryan, M.F. & Santos, M.S.N. de A. Actividade Nematicida de Algumas Araceae. V Encontro Nacional de Protecção Integrada. Bragança, Portugal, 27-28 October1999;

Almeida, A.M.F.S. de, Costa, S. dos S. da R. & Santos, M.S.N. de A. Susceptibilidade de Plantas a Meloidogyne megadora. Segunda Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitopatologia. Oeiras, Portugal, 24-25 September 1998.