Paula Melo
pmmelo@fc.up.pt
Research subjects: decipher the molecular mechanisms that regulate glutamine synthetase and how GS integrates and regulates plant nitrogen metabolism, pitching in to an improvement in N use efficiency and crop yield, while reducing the N fertilizers demands; exploitation of the beneficial soil microbes as biofertilizers, creating clean and efficient mean to ameliorate the soil characteristics, improving soil’s fertility and environmental quality in sustainable agricultural management practices.