Carla Pinheiro

Interesses Científicos

In recent years CPinheiro is contributing to the use of Portuguese germplasm as a source of useful traits for agriculture and forestry. In Portugal, it is possible to find local genotypes and wild relatives displaying high phenotypic plasticity. The phenotype of interest is controlled by the molecular traits that, when identified, are incorporated in breeding programs. The screening of genetic diversity is an initial goal in agricultural biotechnology and also allows for knowledge acquisition. The phenotypic plasticity has been evaluated for: resilience, i.e. some genotypes cope successfully in a given environment while others perish; productivity, i.e. only a few genotypes are able to produce high yields in contrasting environments; technological abilities, i.e. others uses than food and feed.

Publicações Representativas

Carréra JC, Guerra-Guimarães L, D’Auria JC, Sartori LJ, Pinheiro C, et al. Leaf untargeted metabolomic analysis of field-grown Coffea arabica cultivars reveals distinct metabolic signatures. 2025. Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology 37, 27 doi 10.1007/s40626-025-00373-4

Almeida JMGCF, Ricardo CP, Pinheiro C. 2025. Unveiling DIR proteins involved in cork formation: insights from transcriptome analysis and cis-element co-occurrence. Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology 37, 19 doi 10.1007/s40626-025-00369-0

Guerra-Guimarães L, Pinheiro C, Oliveira ASF, Mira-Jover A, Valverde J, Guedes FAF, Azevedo H, Várzea V, Pajares AJM. 2023. The chloroplast protein HCF164 is predicted to be associated with Coffea S_H9 resistance factor against Hemileia vastatrix. Scientific Reports 13, 16019. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41950-4

Pinheiro C, Emiliani G, Marino G, Fortunato AS, Haworth M, De Carlo A, Chaves MM, Loreto F, Centritto M. 2023. Metabolic background, not photosynthetic physiology, determines drought and drought recovery responses in C3 and C2 Moricandias. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, 4094. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24044094

Pinheiro C, Soares David T, Batista P, Guerra-Guimarães L. 2022. Mediterranean woody agroecosystems in a warming and drier climate: the importance of knowledge-based management. Flora 291, doi 10.1016/j.flora.2022.152070

Pinheiro C. 2020. Why Manuela Chaves decided to become a scientist. Letter to the Editor. Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology 32, 1–4. doi 10.1007/s40626-020-00169-8

Possa KF, Silva JA, Resende MLV, Tenente RE, Pinheiro C et al. 2020. “Primary metabolism is distinctly modulated by plant resistance inducers in Coffea arabica leaves infected by Hemileia vastatrix”. Frontiers in Plant Science doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00309 

Costa JM, Marques da Silva J, Pinheiro C, Barón M, Mylona P, Centritto M, Haworth M, Loreto F, Uzilday B, Turkan I, Oliveira MM. 2019. "Opportunities and limitations of crop phenotyping in Southern European countries". Frontiers in Plant Science 10, 1125 doi 10.3389/fpls.2019.01125 

Pinheiro C, Weinkoop S, Almeida JMF et al. 2019 "Phellem cell-wall components are discriminants of cork quality in Quercus suber". Frontiers in Plant Science 10, 944 doi 10.3389/fpls.2019.00944

Pinheiro C, Dickinson E, Marriott A et al. 2019 "Distinctive phytohormonal and metabolic profiles of Arabidopsis thaliana and Eutrema salsugineum under similar soil drying". Planta 249, 1417-33 doi 10.1007/s00425-019-03095-5