RESUMO: Enquadrada na implementação de Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC) na educação, e nos avanços da tecnologia móvel, este estudo apresenta as fases iniciais da construção da aplicação digital (app), “Janela para os Museus de Ciência Portugueses”, com o objetivo de ser um recurso para o planeamento a longo e médio prazo, nomeadamente na definição de atividades desenvolvidas fora da escola. Atualm...
RESUMO: Este estudo procura compreender a importância dada à georreferenciação de situações reais nas questões de Geologia dos Exames Nacionais (EN) de Biologia e Geologia (BG) portugueses e contextualizá-la com o currículo. Estes exames são obrigatórios para a conclusão da disciplina bienal de BG (10.º e 11.º anos) dos Cursos Científicos e Humanísticos, podendo ainda constituir um requisito obrigatório ou facu...
The root-knot nematode (RKN) Meloidogyne luci presents a threat to the production of several important crops. This nematode species was added to the European Plant Protection Organization Alert list in 2017. The scarce availability of efficient nematicides to control RKN and the phasing out of nematicides from the market have intensified the search for alternatives, such as phytochemicals with bionematicidal pr...
In a survey for Burspahelenchus species in a declining centennial stone pine, Pinus pinea, in Portugal, few specimens of Potensaphelenchus stammeri were extracted from wood samples, and an isolate was established in fungus cultures. The Portuguese P. stammeri isolate was characterised and identified based on morphological and morphometric diagnostic characters of females and males and by sequencing the D2-D3 ex...
The pinewood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, responsible for the pine wilt disease (PWD), is a major threat to pine forests worldwide. Since forest mortality due to PWN might be exacerbated by climate, the concerns regarding PWD in the Mediterranean region are further emphasized by the projected scenarios of more drought events and higher temperatures. In this context, it is essential to better unde...
The root lesion nematode Pratylenchus penetrans is an important plant-parasitic nematode of potato. In this study, the susceptibility of commercial potato cultivars to P. penetrans was assessed. Nematode penetration was evaluated in cultivars Agria, Camel, Kennebec, Laura, Royata, and Stemster at 1, 3, 7, and 15 days after inoculation (DAI) with 750 nematodes/plant, and an egression assay at 3 DAI with 1000 nem...
Moderate-resolution satellite imagery is essential to detect conifer tree decline on a regional scale and address the threat caused by pinewood nematode (PWN), (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. This is a quarantine organism responsible for pine wilt disease (PWD), which has caused substantial ecological and economic losses in the maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) forests of Portugal. This study describes the first inst...
The root-knot nematode (RKN) Meloidogyne luci is included in the Alert List of the European Plant Protection Organization, because it has potential negative impacts on economically important crops. Identification of plant species/cultivars resistant to M. luci is important for its management. Susceptibility of 35 commercial plant species/cultivars, from nine families to a M. luci isolate from Portugal was evalu...
Science Education is fundamental to answer and minimize global and local challenges. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure quality training of Biology teachers, in Portugal and in the World. This study aims to present and problematize the process of building an analysis grid to be used in the context of a PhD project, in the documentary analysis of internship reports of future Biology teachers from four public h...
This study presents a systematic literature review (SLR) on the initial training of science teachers in Africa based on selected research articles, in the period 2000–2020, that emphasize the importance of surveying knowledge that goes beyond those that historically have a longer path in the building of scientific knowledge, such as that of European or North American countries. The analysis included a total of ...