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Sara Tedesco is a postdoctoral researcher at IBET, contributing to the Tech4Green PRR project in the Microbiology and Molecular Biology Lab. Her work focuses on testing the efficacy of bioactive compounds derived from bacteria and agro-industrial waste as sustainable biofungicides against plant fungal diseases. She is also engaged in the APPLEDIV Spanish project, supporting metabolomic analysis in apples. Sara earned her first degree in Rural Development Cooperation from the University of Padova, Italy, conducting her thesis on organic grower group certification systems during a year-long study in India. She then moved to Portugal to pursue a second bachelor’s and a master’s in Agronomic Engineering at Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisbon, supported by a merit scholarship. Her research career began in 2015 as a fellow at INIAV, where she focused on micropropagating chestnut rootstocks resistant to ink disease. In 2017, she joined the Plants for Life Ph.D. program with a mixed FCT scholarship. Her Ph.D. research centered on grapevine graft (in)compatibility, featuring international collaborations with the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (MPI-MP) in Germany, where she spent almost half of her Ph.D., and the Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA) in Spain. Her work utilized advanced techniques, including in vitro micrografting, phenotyping, metabolomics, molecular testing, histology, and virus silencing via dsRNA. In 2023, Sara joined InnovPlantProtect, contributing to the Vertical Algae PRR project, where she tested the efficacy of biostimulant and biocontrol compounds derived from algae waste, further solidifying her expertise in plant protection. Sara has authored 8 peer-reviewed publications (4 as first author), 4 conference papers, and participated with over 10 works at national and international congresses. She has also served as a jury member for an international Ph.D. defense in Spain and reviewed several academic papers on grafting and graft incompatibility.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sara Tedesco

Citation names

  • Tedesco, Sara

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0912-E825-2449
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7380-5983
Scopus Author Id
56278319700

Email addresses

  • sara.tedesco@ibet.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Av. República, Qta. do Marquês Edifício iBET/ITQB , 2780-157 , Oeiras, Oeiras, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

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

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Italian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/07/30
Concluded
 Plants for Life International Ph.D. programme (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Germany
"Dissecting grapevine graft incompatibility with particular reference to its early detection and underlying causes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Unanimously Approved
2013/05/17
Concluded
 Agronomic engineering (Master)
Major in modeling the environmental impact of Lisbon’s urban gardens
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
"AVALIAÇÃO DAS PRÁTICAS DE GESTÃO DA REGA E DA FERTILIZAÇÃO NAS HORTAS URBANAS DE LISBOA: EXPERIMENTAÇÃO E MODELAÇÃO. Contributos para uma Agricultura Urbana Ambientalmente Sustentável" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16,45 valores
2012/08/03
Concluded
 Agronomic engineering (Bachelor (1st cycle))
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
 14,25 Valores
2009/07/16
Concluded
 Rural Development Cooperation (Bachelor (1st cycle))
Major in Organic grower group certification
Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
"Organic Grower Group Certification - Experience of small farmers in India" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 101/110
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024 - Current Postdoc (Research) Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Postdoc (Research) InnovPlantProtect, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/03/01 - 2021/07/30 PhD student Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/03/01 - 2020/08/30 Research Exchange Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (MPI-MP), Germany
2018/12/01 - 2018/12/30 Research Exchange Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Spain
2015/03/01 - 2017/02/01 Research fellow under the PRODER 53593 project - "Inov Cast - Innovation in chestnut production chain: competitiveness and sustainability" Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV), Portugal
2016/06/01 - 2016/07/31 Research Exchange Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Spain
2013/11/01 - 2014/11/01 Agronomic engineer at Câmara Agrícola Lusófona Câmara Agrícola Lusófona , Portugal
2012/09/01 - 2013/05/31 Research Exchange - MSc thesis in Agronomic engineering Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Hidráulica e Ambiente, Portugal
2012/09/01 - 2013/05/31 MSc thesis in Agronomic engineering Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2008/09 - 2009/05 BSc thesis in Rural Development Cooperation Morarka Rural Research Foundation, India
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/03/01 - 2021/04/30 Grapevine graft incompatibility: A search for molecular and metabolic markers
PD/BD/128399/2017
PhD student (FCT fellowship PD/BD/128399/2017)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/12/01 - 2017/05/31 InovCast - Inovação na cadeia de produção da castanha: competitividade e sustentabilidade
PRODER 53593
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/01/15 - Current TEC4Green
02/C05-i01.01/2022.PC644948561-00000052
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
 Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR)
Ongoing
2023/04/01 - 2024/06/30 Molecular mechanisms at the nuclear pore interface for plant stress tolerance
2022.08339.PTDC
10.54499/2022.08339.PTDC
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2023/01/01 - 2024/01/01 Algae Vertical SP6
C644915664-00000026
Other
InnovPlantProtect, Portugal
 Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR)

Other

Designation Funders
2023 - 2027 APPLEDIV - Multidisciplinary approach for exploiting genetic diversity to increase value of autochthonous apple: Unraveling biochemical, aromatic and metabolomic processes linked to aptitud
PID2022-141847OR-C31
Member of the work team
Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Assunção, M.; Tedesco, S.; Fevereiro, P.. "Molecular Aspects of Grafting in Woody Plants". In Annual Plant Reviews Online, 87-126. New York: Wiley Online Library, 2021.
    Published • 10.1002/9781119312994.apr0751
Conference paper
  1. Tedesco, S.; Irisarri, P.; Kragler, F.; Fevereiro, P.; Pina, A.. "La técnica de microinjerto in vitro revela incompatibilidad translocada en heteroinjertos de vid". Paper presented in IV Jornadas del Grupo de Viticultura de la SECH, Pamplona, 2022.
    Published
  2. Tedesco, S.; Erban, A.; Kopka, J.; Fevereiro, P.; Kragler, F.; Pina, A.. "Análisis metabolómico de la interacción patrón-variedad en vid". Paper presented in IV Jornadas del grupo de Viticultura de la SECH. Pamplona, Spain, Pamplona, 2022.
  3. Santos, C.; Duarte, S.; Tedesco, S.; Fevereiro, P.; Costa, R.. "Expression profiling of candidate genes of resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi determined in different genotypes of Castanea spp.". Paper presented in Sixth International Workshop on the Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions in Forestry—Tree Resistance to Insects and Diseases: Putting Promise into Practice, Asheville, NC, 2018.
    Published
  4. Tedesco, S.; Cameira, MR.; Leitão, ET. "Modelling water and N in Lisbon Urban Farms". Paper presented in 18th International Nitrogen Workshop, Lisboa, 2014.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Tedesco, S.; Silva, F.T.; Pimenta, M.; Gaspar, F.B.; Nascimento, F.X.; Crespo, T.. "Biocontrol Potential of Novel Rhizospheric Bacterial Strains Against Botrytis cinerea: Functional Validation and Genomic Insights". Paper presented in Dare2Change Conference. Porto, Portugal, 2025.
  2. Tedesco, S.; Baixinho, J.P.; Pimenta, M.; Silva, F.T.; Gaspar, F.B.; Nascimento, F.X.; Crespo, T.. "In Vitro and In Planta Screening of Bacterial Control Agents Against Pear Scab with Imaging and Molecular Detection Methods". Paper presented in Dare2Change Conference. Porto, Portugal, 2025.
  3. Fernández, N.; Gaspar, F.B.; Oliveira, A.L.; Vale, M.; Pimenta, M.; Baixinho, J.P.; T edesco, S.; Barreto Crespo, M.T.. "Evaluation of olive oil industry by-products as a source of phytosanitary ingredients". Paper presented in 5th International Conference: Natural Resources, Green Technology, and Sustainable Development/5-GREEN2024. Zagreb, Croatia, 2024.
  4. Tedesco, S.; Irisarri, P.; Teixeira-Santos, M.; Fevereiro, P.; Pina, A.; Kragler, F. "In vitro early detection of grapevine virus-induced graft incompatibility in Syrah/R110: the involvement of GRSPaV". Paper presented in 20th Congress of the International Council for the study of virus & virus-like diseases of the grapevine (ICVG). Thessaloniki, Greece, 2023.
  5. Tedesco, S.; Irisarri, P.; Kragler, F.; Fevereiro, P.; Pina, A.. "La técnica de microinjerto in vitro revela incompatibilidad translocada en heteroinjertos de vid". Paper presented in IV Jornadas del grupo de Viticultura de la SECH. Pamplona, Spain, 2022.
  6. Tedesco, S.; Erban, A.; Kopka, J.; Fevereiro, P.; Kragler, F.; Pina, A.. "Análisis metabolómico de la interacción patrón-variedad en vid". Paper presented in IV Jornadas del grupo de Viticultura de la SECH. Pamplona, Spain, 2022.
  7. Tedesco, S.; Pina, A.; Kragler, F.; Fevereiro P.. "Dissecting graft union formation in grapevine". Paper presented in 22nd International Geisenheim conference on grapevine propagation. Geisenheim, Germany., 2018.
  8. Tedesco, S.; Vieira da Silva, I.; Santos, C.; Barrento, M.J.; Machado, H.; Figueiredo, P.; Gomes, F.; Costa, R.. "Production of chestnut hybrids with resistance to ink disease". Paper presented in Second National Chestnut Symposium and the sixth European Chestnut Meeting. Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Portugal., 2015.
  9. Tedesco, S.; Cameira, MR.; Leitão, ET.. "Modelling water and N in Lisbon Urban Farms". Paper presented in 18th Nitrogen Workshop. The nitrogen challenge: building a blueprint for nitrogen use efficiency and food security. Lisbon, Portugal, 2014.
  10. Meireles Rodrigues, F.; Leitão, T.; Costa, S.; Silva, B.; Fernandes, L.; Sousa, MI.; Silva, M.; Cameira, M.; Tedesco, S. "Urban Allotment Gardens in Portugal: review, inventory and case-studies". Paper presented in COST action Meeting TU1201 Urban Allotment Gardens in European Cities, Dortmund, Germany., 2013.
Journal article
  1. Sara Tedesco; Patricia Irisarri; Margarida Teixeira Santos; Pedro Fevereiro; Ana Pina; Friedrich Kragler. "Early detection of grapevine graft incompatibility: Insights into translocated and virus-induced incompatibility". Scientia Horticulturae (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2023.112087.
    10.1016/j.scienta.2023.112087
  2. Sara Tedesco; Pedro Fevereiro; Friedrich Kragler; Ana Pina. "Plant grafting and graft incompatibility: A review from the grapevine perspective". Scientia Horticulturae 299 (2022): 111019-111019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2022.111019.
    10.1016/j.scienta.2022.111019
  3. Sara Tedesco; Alexander Erban; Saurabh Gupta; Joachim Kopka; Pedro Fevereiro; Friedrich Kragler; Ana Pina. "The Impact of Metabolic Scion–Rootstock Interactions in Different Grapevine Tissues and Phloem Exudates". Metabolites 11 6 (2021): 349-349. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo11060349.
    10.3390/metabo11060349
  4. "A Phenotypic Search on Graft Compatibility in Grapevine". Agronomy 10 5 (2020): 706-706. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10050706.
    10.3390/agronomy10050706
  5. Fernandes, Patrícia; Tedesco, Sara; Silva, Inês Vieira da; Santos, Carmen; Machado, Helena; Costa, Rita Lourenço. "A new clonal propagation protocol develops quality root systems in chestnut". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/20342.
    10.3390/f11080826
  6. Santos, Carmen; Duarte, Sofia; Tedesco, Sara; Fevereiro, Pedro; Costa, Rita L.. "Expression profiling of Castanea genes during resistant and susceptible interactions with the Oomycete pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi reveal possible mechanisms of immunity". (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/13711.
    10.3389/fpls.2017.00515
  7. Cameira, M.R.; Tedesco, S.; Leitão, T.E.. "Water and nitrogen budgets under different production systems in Lisbon urban farming". Biosystems Engineering 125 (2014): 65-79. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904472475&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2014.06.020
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Tedesco, Sara. "Dissecting grapevine graft incompatibility with particular reference to its early detection and underlying causes". PhD, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/125562.
  2. Tedesco, Sara. "Avaliação das práticas de gestão da rega e da fertilização nas hortas urbanas de Lisboa: experimentação e modelação. Contributos para uma agricultura urbana ambientalmente sustentável". Master, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/5652.
  3. "Organic Grower Group Certification. Experience of small farmers in India". Degree, Università degli Studi di Padova, 2009.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/12 Winery by-products as potential source of novel fungicides 5th International Conference: Natural Resources, Green Technology, and Sustainable Development/5-GREEN2024.
(Croatia)
2021/02/15 Grapevine Grafting: the double-edged sword  11th ITQB NOVA PhD Students' Meeting
(Portugal)
2018/08/05 Expression profiling of candidate genes of resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi determined in different genotypes of Castanea spp. International Union of Forest Research Organizations, The 6th International Workshop on the Genetics of Tree-Parasite Interactions, Tree resistance to insects & diseases: putting promise into practice.
(Mt. Sterling, Ohio, United States)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022 Agronomic and ampelographic characterization of the RG series of grapevine rootstocks and evaluation of the implications of the quality of graft connection on the behaviour of the plant
(Thesis) Arguer
 Diana Marín Ederra (PhD)
Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022 - 2022 Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research Wiley
2022 - 2022 European Journal of Plant Pathology Springer
2022 - 2022 Frontiers in Genetics Frontiers
Distinctions

Award

2014 Merit-based award to acknowledge excellent academic performance in the Agronomic engineering master's degree in 2013/2014
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal