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Molecular biologist in plant breeding (PhD, 2019) at COMAV – Universitat Politècnica de València, fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English, has developed activities in interdisciplinary teams dedicated to the breeding of climate-smart, nutritionally rich, pest-resistant Solanaceae crops. Has collaborated as core team member in competitive, international projects such as BRESOV, G2P-SOL, TRADITOM, funded by the Horizon2020 programme, and SOLNUE and PIMCERA, funded by AEI. Has experience collaborating with companies, regional entities, and farmers' associations to design and develop added-value varieties, increasing profitability and market competitiveness. Currently holding a prestigious Margarita Salas Postdoctoral Fellowship on the application of microbe-derived peptides against phytopathogens undermining tomato cultivation, as a green alternative to conventional agrochemicals, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Universities and the NextGenerationEU programme. A recent fellowship at iB2Lab-FCUP involved him in the prospection of green-based solutions to mitigate the impacts of ESCA-like disease on kiwifruit and climate change on grapevine in the projects KiwiBol (FCUP team Task Leader) and VineProtect (FCUP team Molecular Tasks Leader), through the inoculation with microbial peptides, biological control agents and plant growth promoters, funded by FCT and PRIMA, respectively. Core tasks included culturomics, antibiograms, antagonism assays, and amplicon sequencing metagenomics of trunk and soil microbiome to unveil the pathosystem’s dynamics. Has experience in designing and executing high-throughput breeding schemes, and plant stress and infection assays to evaluate fitness, resilience, and the genetics of traits. Proficient in several methodologies related to plant breeding, such as phenomics, metabolomics, marker-assisted selection, gene expression, and GWAS. Now he is expanding his expertise to include CRISPR-Cas editing in tomato, broadening his molecular toolkit. Proficient in statistical and bioinformatics analysis, acquired through self-study, collaborations with experts, and specialized training. Has authored 19 high-impact scientific papers, 3 book chapters, 3 magazine articles, and 29 conference communications. Over the years, he has served as a regular reviewer and guest editor for prestigious scientific journals. Possesses practical teaching experience through the design and instruction of a course on the manipulation of laboratory equipment for RNA extraction and RT-PCR. Demonstrated strong teaching abilities and in-depth expertise in guiding students through hands-on techniques and complex concepts. His academic mentorship includes supervising several BSc and MSc theses, as well as serving on MSc and PhD thesis defense committees, reflecting his commitment to advancing the field. In 2023, he was awarded competitive funding for his first project as Principal Investigator (PI), focusing on the genetics of polyphenol biosynthesis in tomato plants, underscoring his ability to lead research initiatives and marking a significant milestone in his research trajectory.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Leandro Pereira-Dias
Date of birth
1988/02/02

Citation names

  • Pereira-Dias, Leandro

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D51D-F5F7-4EFD
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6246-0294
Researcher Id
JZU-0576-2024
Scopus Author Id
57195641095

Email addresses

  • leapedia@etsiamn.upv.es (Professional)
  • leandro.dias@fc.up.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Plant Breeding and Plant Protection
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/12/05
Concluded
 PhD in Biotechnology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
"Study and exploitation of varietal diversity for agroclimatic adaptation and nutritional content improvement in Capsicum spp." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Cum laude
2016/06/28
Concluded
 MSc in Forestry Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
"(PT)Desenvolvimento de equações de volume em florestas tropicais: Ensaio de metodologia de agrupamento de dados para as espécies de Timor-Leste (EN)Development of volume equations in tropical forests: Testing data-clustering method for Timor-Leste species" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 13/20
2014/07/28
Concluded
 MSc in Plant Breeding (Master)
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
"Study of the genetic diversity in Spanish and foreign peppers, chillis and ajís, and validation of SSR for marker-assisted genetic fixation in open pollination populations." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 7.4/10
2011/09/28
Concluded
 BSc in Forestry Engineering (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
"(PT) Identificação e despiste de Fusarium circinatum por análises laboratoriais. (En) Identification and screening of Fusarium circinatum through laboratorial analysis." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 13/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/12/30 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
2021/12/30 - 2023/12/29 Postdoc (Research) Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/03/01 - 2021/02/28 Research Assistant (Research) Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Instituto Universitario de Conservación y Mejora de la Agrodiversidad Valenciana, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/12/30 - Current AMP.FACTORIES: Bioactivity of antimicrobial peptides on Solanaceae pathogens and their synthesis in biofactories
C16665
Post-doc Fellow
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
 European Commission
Ongoing
2012/09/01 - 2015/08/31 Consecución de una colección nuclear de pimiento y especies relacionadas (Capsicum spp.) basada en marcadores AFLPs y SSRs
Grisolía/2012/044
Master Student Fellow
Instituto Universitario de Conservación y Mejora de la Agrodiversidad Valenciana, Spain
 Conselleria De Educació, Formació i Ocupació, Generalitat Valenciana
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/04/01 - Current KIWIBOL: Looking beyond KIWIfruit ESCA Complex to define a peptaibol-based strategy to disease control
PTDC/ASP-PLA/2440/2021
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/03/16 - Current VineProtect: Ecological survey for biological management and protection of Mediterranean vineyards facing climate changes
PRIMA/0011/2021
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area

European Commission
Ongoing
2023/01/31 - 2024/06/30 Identification of genes associated with polyphenols biosynthesis and accumulation and their correlation with biotic resistance
PAID-06-22
Principal investigator
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
 Universitat Politècnica de València
Concluded
2022/03/15 - 2023/12/29 OmicBots: High-Throughput Integrative Omic-Robots Platform for a Next Generation Physiology-based Precision Viticulture
PTDC/ASP-HOR/1338/2021
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/05 - 2022/05 Exploiting new sources of resistance to TSWV isolates breaking the resistance gene tsw and development of associated molecular markers
nd
Researcher
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
 Bejo Zaden BV
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2021/12/29 Las variedades tradicionales de tomate para el desarrollo de una horticultura biodiversa y sostenible en un contexto de cambio climático
AICO/2020/042
Researcher
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
 Generalitat Valenciana
Concluded
2019/05/01 - 2021/12/29 SOLNUE: Eficiencia del uso del nitrógeno del tomate y berenjena en ambientes mediterráneos
PCI2019-103375
Researcher
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
 Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Ongoing
2018/05/01 - 2021/12/29 BRESOV: Breeding for Resilient, Efficient and Sustainable Organic Vegetable
774244
Researcher
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
 European Commission
Ongoing
2016/03/01 - 2021/03/31 G2P-SOL: Linking Genetic Resources, Genomes and Phenotypes of Solanaceous
677379
Researcher
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
 European Commission
Concluded
2017/01 - 2021/01 Mejora genética de una variedad de calabaza blanca valenciana de Biar
nd
Researcher
Frutas Coloma – Cooperativa Valenciana, Spain
Concluded
2020/06/02 - 2020/11/15 Selección y desarrollo de variedades de tomate de penjar adaptadas al cultivo ecológico en el entorno agroclimático de Alcalá de Xivert
2020/VALORIZA/VSC/004
Researcher
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
 Generalitat Valenciana
Concluded
2017/10 - 2019/10 Desarrollo de variedades de lechuga competitivas con resistencia incorporada a razas de Bremia lactucae españolas y a vena rosa
nd
Researcher
MERIDIEM SEEDS, S.L., Spain
Concluded
2018/07/18 - 2018/12/31 Tomata del penjar de Alcalá de Xivert: Desarrollo de variedades con resistencia al virus del bronceado del tomate
AGCOOP_A/2018/008
Researcher
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
 Agencia Valenciana de Fomento y Garantía Agraria
Concluded
2016/05/20 - 2018/12/31 PIMCERA: Nueva variabilidad en Solanum pimpinellifolium y Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme para la mejora de caracteres agronómicos y resistencia a estreses en tomate
AGL2015-71011-R
Researcher
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
 Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital
Concluded
2016/05/20 - 2018/12/31 TRADITOM: Traditional tomato varieties and cultural practices: A case for agricultural diversification with impact on food security and health of European population
634561
Researcher
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
 European Commission
Concluded
2014/01/01 - 2016/07/31 Obtención de patrones de pimiento tolerantes a bajos insumos de fósforo y genética de la adaptación radicular a estreses abióticos
RTA2013-00022-C02-02
Researcher
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
 Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Paulo R. Oliveira-Pinto; Juliana Oliveira-Fernandes; Leandro Pereira-Dias; Rose M. O. F. Sousa; Conceição Santos. "Organic Nanoparticles as Delivery Tools for Bio-Based Antimicrobials". 2024.
    10.1007/978-981-97-0851-2_5
  2. Adrián Rodríguez-Burruezo; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Ana Fita. "Pimiento". In Variedades Locales En La Mejora Genética De Plantas, 405-426. Gráficas Irudi, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 2016.
    Published
  3. Ana Fita; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Ana Ribes-Moya; Carla Guijarro; Jaime Prohens; Adrián Rodríguez-Burruezo. "Efecto de la fotoxidación en el contenido en carotenoides y el color del pimentón de frutos de pimiento (Capsicum annuum)". In Avances En La Postcosecha De Frutas Y Hortalizas, 529-534. Fundación Universidad-Empresa ADEIT, 2014.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Jaime Prohens; Salvador Soler; Tripodi, Pasquale; Campanelli, Gabriele; Sestili, Sara; Figàs, María R.; Cristina Casanova; et al. "(Coauthor) Selección y mejora genética de tomate para cultivo ecológico y de bajos insumos". Paper presented in X Congreso de Mejora Genética de Plantas, Pontevedra, 2022.
    Published
  2. Rosa-Martínez, Elena; M.R. Figàs; Cristina Casanova; Elena Soler; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Jaime Prohens; Salvador Soler. "(Coauthor) Caracterización morfológica, agronómica y de calidad de una colección de variedades tradicionales de pimiento de Castelló en condiciones de bajos insumos". Paper presented in IX Congreso De Mejora Genética De Plantas, 2018.
  3. M.R. Figàs; Cristina Casanova; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Rosa-Martínez, Elena; M. Calduch; J.J. Herrera; Jaime Prohens; Salvador Soler. "(Coauthor) Mejora genética de tres variedades de tomate "de penjar" valencianas para resistencia al virus del mosaico del tomate". Paper presented in IX Congreso De Mejora Genética De Plantas, 2018.
  4. Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Figàs, María R.; Cristina Casanova; Elena Soler; Rosa-Martínez, Elena; Jaime Prohens; Salvador Soler. "(Speaker) Caracterización morfoagronómica de tres variedades de tomate "de penjar" valencianas en distintos sistemas de cultivo". Paper presented in IX Congreso De Mejora Genética De Plantas, 2018.
  5. Cristina Casanova; M.R. Figàs; V. Coloma; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Jaime Prohens; Salvador Soler. "(Coauthor) Caracterización de selecciones masales de Calabaza Blanca Valenciana de Biar (Lagenaria siceraria), variedades comerciales e híbridos para caracteres de interés agronómico". Paper presented in IX Congreso De Mejora Genética De Plantas, 2018.
  6. Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Daniel Gil-Villar; Adrián Rodríguez-Burruezo; Salvador Lopez-Galarza; Alberto SanBautista; Vicente Castell; Ana Fita. "(Speaker) Root morphology and phosphorus starvation adaptation in pepper". Paper presented in XVI EUCARPIA Capsicum and Eggplant Working Group Meeting, 2016.
  7. Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Daniel Gil-Villar; Lidia López-Serrano; Castell-Zeising, Vincente; Adrián Rodríguez-Burruezo; Ángeles Calatayud; Quiñones, Ana; Ana Fita. "(Coauthor) Estudio de la diversidad en la adquisición y uso de fósforo en Capsicum sp". Paper presented in XIV Congreso Nacional De Ciencias Hortícolas: Retos De La Nueva Agricultura Mediterránea, 2015.
  8. Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Julio Cesar Sosa Choque; Rosa-Martínez, Elena; Ana Fita; Santiago Vilanova; Adrián Rodríguez Burruezo. "(Coauthor) Caracterización morfoagronómica de variedades tradicionales de pimiento (Capsicum annuum L.) mediante descriptores Capsicum y tratamiento de imagen". Paper presented in XIV Congreso Nacional De Ciencias Hortícolas: Retos De La Nueva Agricultura Mediterránea, 2015.
Conference poster
  1. Andrea Arrones; Oussama Antar; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Andrea Solana; Paola Ferrante; Giuseppe Aprea; Mariola Plazas; et al. "(Coauthor) Desarrollo de una población inter-específica de tomate (Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme y S. pimpinellifolium) y análisis GWAS en la misma para caracteres de interés". Paper presented in XI Congreso Nacional de Mejora Genética de Plantas, 2024.
  2. Antonella Cardacino; Silvia Turco; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Oliveira-Pinto, Paulo R.; Conceição Santos; Giorgio Balestra. "(Coauthor) Deciphering Kiwifruit Vine Decline Syndrome: insights into microbial communities, gene expression, and hormonal dynamics". Paper presented in XXIX Congress of the Italian Phytopathological Society, 2024.
  3. Andrea Arrones; Oussama Antar; Giulio Mangino; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; José Luna; Andrea Solana; Virginia Baraja; et al. "(Coauthor) New tomato and eggplant MAGIC populations as tools for research and breeding". Paper presented in EUCARPIA General Congress – "Global Challenges for Crop Improvement", 2024.
  4. Gimranov, Emil; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Pereira, RB; Santos, C; Gomes, P. "(Coauthor) Wood diseases of Kiwifruit and biocontrol strategies". Paper presented in International Conference on Sustainable Foods - Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, 2024.
  5. Oussama Antar; Andrea Arrones; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Andrea Solana; Paola Ferrante; Giovanni Giuliano; Jaime Prohens; et al. "(Coauthor) Development of an inter-specific MAGIC population combining Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme and S. pimpinellifolium genomes for dissecting quantitative traits". Paper presented in 7th International Conference of Quantitative Genetics, 2024.
  6. Andrea Arrones; Oussama Antar; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Andrea Solana; Paola Ferrante; Giuseppe Aprea; Mariola Plazas; et al. "(Coauthor) Development of an inter-specific MAGIC population combining Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme and S. pimpinellifolium genomes for studying tomato domestication traits". Paper presented in XX International Botanical Congress, 2024.
  7. Gloria Villanueva; Konstantina Kleftogianni; Ana M. Adalid; Andrea Arrones; Santiago Vilanova; Mariola Plazas; Pereira-Dias, Leandro. Corresponding author: Pereira-Dias, Leandro. "(Speaker) Leveraging a tomato MAGIC population to produce biofortified plants with potential applications in several sectors". Paper presented in 1st Mediterranean Fruit Symposium: Hub for Innovation, 2024.
  8. Andrea Arrones; Oussama Antar; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Andrea Solana; Daniel Gil-Villar; Paola Ferrante; Giuseppe Aprea; et al. "(Coauthor) Development of an inter-specific MAGIC population combining Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme and S. pimpinellifolium genomes as a tool for tomato breeding". Paper presented in Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG 31), 2024.
  9. Igor Portis; Tosin, Renan; Oliveira-Pinto, Paulo R.; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Conceição Santos; Rui Martins; Mário Cunha. "(Coauthor) Leveraging digital twin-based system biology for improved omics diagnosis of grapevine physiology and metabolic pathways under abiotic stress". Paper presented in The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Chemical Sensors and Analytical Chemistry, 2023.
  10. Dalton Diogo; Cristina Soares; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Cristina Delerue-Matos. "(Coauthor) Chemical and physical characterization of commercial biodegradable pots for plant production". Paper presented in 16ª edição do Encontro de Investigação Jovem da U.Porto (IJUP), 2023.
  11. Andrea Arrones; Pietro Gramazio; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Jaime Prohens; Salvador Soler; J. Esteras; A. Garmendia; M.J. Díez; Santiago Vilanova Navarro. "(Coauthor) Caracterización morfoagronómica y resecuenciación del genoma completo de los ocho parentales de la primera población MAGIC interespecífica de tomate". Paper presented in X Congreso de Mejora Genética de Plantas, 2022.
  12. Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Varvara Marinopoulou; Figàs, María R.; Cristina Casanova; Salvador Soler; Jaime Prohens. "(Speaker) Screening local tomato accessions and breeding lines against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici". Paper presented in Organic Horticulture Symposium 2020, 2021.
  13. Rosa-Martínez, Elena; Ana Adalid; L.E. Alvarado; R. Burget; Dolores García-Martínez; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Casanova, Cristina; et al. "(Coauthor) Phenotypic and genetic diversity for yield and fruit composition in a collection of 'de penjar' long shelf-life tomato under two N fertilization levels". Paper presented in XLII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Genética, 2021.
  14. Rosa-Martínez, Elena; Ana Adalid; R. Burget; L.E. Alvarado; M. Plazas; Cristina Casanova; M.R. Figàs; et al. "(Coauthor) Evaluation of "de penjar" long shelf-life tomato under two N fertilization conditions". Paper presented in SOL International Online Meeting, 2020.
  15. Santiago Vilanova Navarro; Pietro Gramazio; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Jaime Prohens; Salvador Soler; M.J. Díez. "(Coauthor) Whole-genome resequencing of the eight Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme and S. pimpinellifolium parents of a MAGIC population". Paper presented in XVI Solanaceae Conference Yield & Nutrition, 2019.
  16. Pereira-Dias, Leandro; J. Esteras; A. Garmendia; Salvador Soler; M.J. Díez. "(Speaker) MAGIC: Variabilidad para la mejora de caracteres de resistencia en Solanum pimpinellifolium y Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme". Paper presented in 1er Congreso De Jóvenes Investigadores En Ciencias Agroalimentarias, 2018.
  17. Figàs, Maria R.; Raigón, María D.; Casanova, Cristina; Soler, Elena; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Rosa, Elena; Amparo Martín; Prohens, Jaime; Soler, Salvador. "(Coauthor) Variation for composition in different varietal groups of lettuce". Paper presented in 16th International Symposium “Prospects for the 3rd Millennium Agriculture", 2017.
  18. Lidia López-Serrano; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Salvador López-Galarza; A. San Bautista; Ana Fita; Ángeles Calatayud. "(Coauthor) Differential response of grafted peppers depending on phosphorus concentration and genotype". Paper presented in XIV Solanaceae and III Cucurbitaceae Genomics Joint Conference, 2017.
  19. Salvador Soler; Figàs, M.R.; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Cristina Casanova; Elena Soler; Jaime Prohens. "(Speaker) Morphological, agronomic and quality characterization of "de penjar" traditional tomato varieties in different growing systems". Paper presented in XIV Solanaceae and III Cucurbitaceae Genomics Joint Conference, 2017.
  20. Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Miguel Bracho-Gil; Santiago Vilanova Navarro; José Luna; Ana Fita; Adrián Rodríguez-Burruezo. "Phylogenetic relationships of the Mexican chiltepín (Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum)". Paper presented in XIV Solanaceae and III Cucurbitaceae Genomics Joint Conference, 2017.
  21. Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Carla Guijarro; Ana Ribes-Moya; Adrián Rodríguez Burruezo; Ana Fita. "(Speaker) Methods for high throughput root phenotyping in pepper". Paper presented in 14th International Symposium Prospects for the 3rd Millennium Agriculture, 2015.
Journal article
  1. Emil Gimranov; João Santos; Regalado, Laura; Cátia Teixiera; Paula Gomes; Conceição Santos; Pereira-Dias, Leandro. "Synthetic peptides bioactive against phytopathogens have lower impact on some beneficial bacteria: an assessment of peptides biosafety in agriculture". Journal of Environmental Management (2024): https://ssrn.com/abstract=4956877.
    Open access • Accepted
  2. Andrea Arrones; Oussama Antar; Leandro Pereira-Dias; Andrea Solana; Paola Ferrante; Giuseppe Aprea; Mariola Plazas; et al. "A novel tomato inter-specific (Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme and S. pimpinellifolium) MAGIC population facilitates trait association and candidate gene discovery in untapped exotic germplasm". Horticulture Research (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhae154.
    10.1093/hr/uhae154
  3. Igor Portis; Tosin, Renan; Paulo R. Oliveira-Pinto; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Conceição Santos; Rui Martins; Mário Cunha. "Exploring the impact of water stress on grapevine gene expression and polyphenol production: Insights for developing a systems biology model". Engineering Proceedings 48 1 (2023): 36. https://doi.org/10.3390/CSAC2023-14917.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/CSAC2023-14917
  4. Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Oliveira-Pinto, Paulo R.; Fernandes, Juliana O.; Regalado, Laura; Mendes, Rafael; Teixeira, Cátia; Mariz-Ponte, Nuno; Gomes, Paula; Santos, Conceição. Corresponding author: Pereira-Dias, Leandro. "Peptaibiotics: Harnessing the potential of microbial secondary metabolites for mitigation of plant pathogens". Biotechnology Advances 68 (2023): 108223. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2023.108223.
    Published • 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2023.108223
  5. Rosa-Martínez, Elena; Bovy, Arnaud; Plazas, Mariola; Tikunov, Yury; Prohens, Jaime; Pereira-Dias, Leandro. Corresponding author: Pereira-Dias, Leandro. "Genetics and breeding of phenolic content in tomato, eggplant and pepper fruits". Frontiers in Plant Science 14 (2023): 1135237. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1135237.
    Open access • 10.3389/fpls.2023.1135237
  6. Prohens, J.T.; Soler, S.; Tripodi, P.; Campanelli, G.; Sestili, S.; Figàs, M.R.; Casanova, C.; et al. "Selection and breeding of tomato for organic conditions". Acta Horticulturae 1354 (2022): 95-104. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2022.1354.13.
    Published • 10.17660/actahortic.2022.1354.13
  7. Tripodi, Pasquale; Soler, Salvador; Campanelli, Gabriele; Díez, María José; Esposito, Salvatore; Sestili, Sara; Figàs, Maria R.; et al. "Genome wide association mapping for agronomic, fruit quality, and root architectural traits in tomato under organic farming conditions". BMC Plant Biology 21 1 (2021): 481. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12870-021-03271-4.
    10.1186/s12870-021-03271-4
  8. Rosa-Martínez, Elena; García-Martínez, María Dolores; Adalid-Martínez, Ana María; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Casanova, Cristina; Soler, Elena; Figàs, María Rosario; et al. "Fruit composition profile of pepper, tomato and eggplant varieties grown under uniform conditions". Food Research International 147 (2021): 110531. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110531.
    10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110531
  9. Rosa-Martínez, Elena; Adalid, Ana M.; Alvarado, Luis E.; Burguet, Resurrección; García-Martínez, María D.; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Casanova, Cristina; et al. "Variation for Composition and Quality in a Collection of the Resilient Mediterranean "de penjar" Long Shelf-Life Tomato Under High and Low N Fertilization Levels". Frontiers in Plant Science 12 (2021): 633957. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.633957.
    10.3389/fpls.2021.633957
  10. Gramazio, Pietro; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Vilanova, Santiago; Prohens, Jaime; Soler, Salvador; Esteras, Javier; Garmendia, Alfonso; Díez, María José. "Morphoagronomic characterization and whole-genome resequencing of eight highly diverse wild and weedy S. pimpinellifolium and S. lycopersicum var. cerasiforme accessions used for the first interspecific tomato MAGIC population". Horticulture Research 7 1 (2020): 174. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41438-020-00395-w.
    Published • 10.1038/s41438-020-00395-w
  11. Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Soler, Salvador; López-Serrano, Lidia; Alonso, David; Calatayud, Ángeles; Díez, María José. "Adaptation to Water and Salt Stresses of Solanum pimpinellifolium and Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme". Agronomy 10 8 (2020): 1169. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10081169.
    Published • 10.3390/agronomy10081169
  12. Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Gil-Villar, Daniel; Castell-Zeising, Vincente; Quiñones, Ana; Calatayud, Ángeles; Rodríguez-Burruezo, Adrián; Fita, Ana. "Main Root Adaptations in Pepper Germplasm (Capsicum spp.) to Phosphorus Low-Input Conditions". Agronomy 10 5 (2020): 637. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10050637.
    Published • 10.3390/agronomy10050637
  13. Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Fita, Ana; Vilanova, Santiago; Sánchez-López, Elena; Rodríguez-Burruezo, Adrián. "Phenomics of elite heirlooms of peppers (Capsicum annuum L.) from the Spanish centre of diversity: Conventional and high-throughput digital tools towards varietal typification". Scientia Horticulturae 265 (2020): 109245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2020.109245.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scienta.2020.109245
  14. Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Vilanova, Santiago; Fita, Ana; Prohens, Jaime; Rodríguez-Burruezo, Adrián. "Genetic diversity, population structure, and relationships in a collection of pepper (Capsicum spp.) landraces from the Spanish centre of diversity revealed by genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS)". Horticulture Research 6 54 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41438-019-0132-8.
    Published • 10.1038/s41438-019-0132-8
  15. Figàs, Maria R.; Prohens, Jaime; Raigón, María D.; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Casanova, Cristina; García-Martínez, María D.; Rosa, Elena; et al. "Insights Into the Adaptation to Greenhouse Cultivation of the Traditional Mediterranean Long Shelf-Life Tomato Carrying the alc Mutation: A Multi-Trait Comparison of Landraces, Selections, and Hybrids in Open Field and Greenhouse". Frontiers in Plant Science 9 1774 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01774.
    Published • 10.3389/fpls.2018.01774
  16. Miguel Bracho-Gil; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Santiago Vilanova Navarro; Ana Fita; Jaime Prohens; Adrián Rodríguez-Burruezo. "Genetic diversity analysis and phylogenetic relationship among a representative collection of Spanish pepper (Capsicum annuum) landraces". Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca 75 1 (2018): 11-14. https://journals.usamvcluj.ro/index.php/horticulture/article/view/12951.
    Open access • Published • 10.15835/buasmvcn-hort:000717
  17. Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Lidia López-Serrano; Vicente Castell; Salvador Lopez-Galarza; Alberto SanBautista; Ángeles Calatayud; Ana Fita. "(Speaker) Different root morphological responses to phosphorus supplies in grafted pepper". Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Horticulture 75 1 (2018): 59-61. https://journals.usamvcluj.ro/index.php/horticulture/article/view/12960.
    Open access • Published • 10.15835/buasmvcn-hort:001217
  18. Pereira-Dias, Leandro; CHÁVEZ-GONZÁLEZ, Gustavo; BRACHO-GIL, Miguel; FITA, Ana M.; VILANOVA, Santiago; LUNA-RUIZ, José J.; PÉREZ-CABRERA, Laura Eugenia; ARREDONDO-FIGUEROA, José Luis; RODRÍGUEZ-BURRUEZO, Adrián. "Use of Molecular Markers to Assist the Development of Inbred Lines under Open Field Conditions: the Case of Criollo Peppers (Capsicum annuum L.) from Mexico". Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca 45 2 (2017): 365-368. http://dx.doi.org/10.15835/nbha45210940.
    10.15835/nbha45210940
  19. Ana Ribes-Moya; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Carla Guijarro; Dolores Raigón; Ana Fita; Adrián Rodríguez-Burruezo. "Mineral content in Capsicum pepper landraces: effect of the genotype and the ripening stage". Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca 71 2 (2014): 359-360. http://dx.doi.org/10.15835/buasvmcn-hort:10679.
    Published • 10.15835/buasvmcn-hort:10679
Magazine article
  1. João Prada; Santos, Conceição; Pereira-Dias, Leandro. Corresponding author: Pereira-Dias, Leandro. "Trichoderma, um aliado da agricultura sustentável. Muito mais que um agente de controlo biológico.", Agrotec, 2023, http://www.agrotec.pt/noticias/agrotec-48-aborda-a-vinha-e-o-vinho/.
  2. Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Adrián Rodríguez Burruezo; Mª. Dolores Raigón Jiménez; Castell-Zeising, Vincente; ana fita. "Pimientos adaptados a agricultura ecológica y suelos pobres en fósforo", Ae Agricultura Y Ganadería Ecológica, 2017, https://dialnet.unirioja.es/ejemplar/472200.
  3. Figàs, M.R.; Dolores Raigón; Cristina Casanova; Elena Soler; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; M.D. García-Martínez; Rosa-Martínez, Elena; et al. "Caracterización de una colección de variedades tradicionales valencianas de lechuga (Lactuca sativa L.)", Agrícola Vergel, 2017
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Pereira-Dias, Leandro. "Study and exploitation of varietal diversity for agroclimatic adaptation and nutritional content improvement in Capsicum spp.". PhD, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019. https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/134055.
    10.4995/Thesis/10251/134055
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/12/16 (Invited Keynote Speaker) Doenças do lenho do kiwi: epidemiologia, desafios e estratégias de controlo APliKar: Jornadas técnicas da Associação Portuguesa de Kiwicultores (APK)
Associação Portuguesa de Kiwicultores (APK) (Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/07/15 - 2023/10/14 Supervision of MSc research grant activities within the project OmicBots (PTDC/ASP-HOR/1338/2021)
Supervisor
2022/05/02 - 2022/11/02 Supervision of BSc research grant activities within the project STOP.SUZUKII (NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-047034) (EURAXESS Job Offer id: 740924)
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/06/02 - 2024/06/07 I Curso Nacional de Genómica "From DNA to annotated genomes"
Workshop
 I Curso Nacional de Genómica "From DNA to annotated genomes"
Sociedad Española de Genética, Spain
2022/11/02 - 2022/11/02 6th Meeting in Functional Biology and Biotechnology of Plants
Meeting
 EUGLOH Plant Science Meeting 2022
The European University Alliance for Global Health (EUGLOH), Germany
2022/10/04 - 2022/10/04 Scopus para bibliografia: como otimizar a sua pesquisa bibliográfica?
Workshop
 Scopus para bibliografia: como otimizar a sua pesquisa bibliográfica?
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2016/12 - 2016/12 32 hours course on the Introduction to Next-Generation Sequences analysis
Workshop
 Introducción al análisis de secuencias NGS
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
2016/05 - 2016/05 21 hours course on Linux for life sciences
Workshop
 Linux para las ciencias de la vida
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/07/18 Genetic determinism of seed production in alfalfa used as living mulch.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Martín Andrés Guacaneme Moreno (Master)
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
2024/04/19 Innovative approaches to manage Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae by manipulating the disease triangle
(Thesis) Arguer
 Cristiana do Vale Correia (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/05/18 - 2023/06/12 Lecturer in course Técnicas em Laboratórios de Ciências da Vida/Laboratorial techniques in Life Sciences Técnicas em Laboratórios de Ciências da Vida (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2023/08/04 Universidade do Porto estuda “estratégias verdes” para mitigar impacto da crise climática na vinha PÚBLICO, Comunicação Social, SA.
2020/10/11 El Grupo de mejora de variedades tradicionales de hortalizas valencianas del COMAV-UPV lidera un proyecto para revalorizar la "Alubia del Confit" Universitat Politècnica de València
2020/07/30 La UPV impulsa la creación la 'Associació de Productors i Comercialitzadors de la Tomata Valenciana'. Universitat Politècnica de València
2020/04/02 Researchers obtain the most complete genetic map of peppers Universitat Politècnica de València

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/01/15 - Current Horticulturae (2311-7524) Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
2022 - Current Plants (2223-7747) Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
2021/08/28 - Current Genes (2073-4425) Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
2020/12/29 - Current Agronomy (2073-4395) Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/10/25 - 2024/04/25 Supervision of international PhD working on comparative analysis of the evolution and putative similarities of the kiwi orchards diseases of candidate-esca vs moria Antonella Cardacino
2023/10/16 - 2023/12/15 Supervision of international PhD working on in planta assessment of antimicrobial peptide efficiency against phytopathogens and the pathosystem transcriptome Neus Ortega Albero
2023/02/02 - 2023/07/31 Mentor of MSc student on Avaliação do impacto dos vasos biodegradáveis no microbioma de solo e no crescimento e desenvolvimento das plantas André Almeida Silva
2022 - 2023/07/17 Mentor of MSc student on Caraterização de vasos biodegradáveis: Uma possível solução para a substituição de plásticos agrícolas? Dalton Sebastião António Diogo
2022/09/01 - 2023/07/01 Mentor of BSc on Avaliação da atividade de péptidos antimicrobianos contra fitopatógenos e possíveis efeitos em organismos não-alvo João Claudio Pacheco Gonçalves dos Santos
2014/07/01 - 2015/07/07 Mentor of MSc student on Estudios de diversidad de pimientos chiles y ajíes españoles y extranjeros basados en descriptores morfoagronómicos y tratamiento de imagen Julio César Sosa Choque

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/06/21 - 2024/07/05 Member of the evaluation jury of applications for postdoctoral research contract within the project VineProtect (PRIMA/0011/2021) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2024/04/29 - 2024/05/13 Member of the evaluation jury of applications for MSc research grant within the project VineProtect (PRIMA/0011/2021) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/06/19 - 2023/06/30 Member of the evaluation jury of applications for MSc research grant within the project STOP.SUZUKII (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-047034) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/06/16 - 2023/06/29 Member of the evaluation jury of applications for postdoctoral research grant within the project DrosuGreen (PTDC/ASP-PLA/4477/2020) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/05/11 - 2023/05/24 Member of the evaluation jury of applications for postdoctoral research grant within the project OmicBots (PTDC/ASP-HOR/1338/2021) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/01/30 - 2023/02/10 Member of the evaluation jury of applications for MSc research grant within the project STOP.SUZUKII (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-047034) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/01/30 - 2023/02/10 Member of the evaluation jury of applications for MSc research grant within the project STOP.SUZUKII (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-047034) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/01/02 - 2023/01/13 Member of the evaluation jury of applications for postdoctoral research grant within the project STOP.SUZUKII (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-047034) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/01/02 - 2023/01/13 Member of the evaluation jury of applications for MSc research grant within the project STOP.SUZUKII (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-047034) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2017 Best Poster Award at 16th International Symposium Prospects for the 3rd Millennium Agriculture
Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara Cluj-Napoca Facultatea de Agricultura, Romania

Title

2023 Certified Professional Trainer in the domain of Natural Sciences (A111)
Conselho Científico-Pedagógico da Formação Contínua, Portugal
2023 Certified Professional Trainer in the domain of Laboratory Techniques (A169)
Conselho Científico-Pedagógico da Formação Contínua, Portugal

Other distinction

2024 Recognition of research activity by CNEAI (2013-2020)
Comisión Nacional Evaluadora de la Actividad Investigadora (CNEAI), Spain