Rui Manuel de Almeida Machado
Associate Professor (Department of Plant Science)
Employment contract in public functions indefinitely
Doctoral Degree: Doutorado/Ciências Agrárias (Universidade de Evora - 2002)
Department of Plant Science Assembly (Member)
Comissão de Curso da Pós-Graduação em Nutrição Vegetal, Fertilidade do Solo e Fertilização das Culturas (Deputy)
Pedagogical Council of School of Science and Technology (Advisor)
MED - Institute of Mediterranean Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (Integrated Member with doctorate)
Laboratório de Física de Solos (MED) (Head)
Solo, Água, Planta e Tecnologia Agrícola (MED) (Member)
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Horticultura - Técnicas culturais rega e fertirrega. Dinâmica de crescimento radical, Salinidade, Qualidade da água de rega, nitratos, Culturas sem solo.
Correcção de solos (acidificação)
Produção de pequenos frutos (mirtilos)
Produção orgânica de hortícolas
Economia circular
Membro do Editorial board da revista "Plants"
Membro do editorial board da revista "International Journal of Plant Biology"
Review editor da revista "Frontiers in Plant Science"
Produção de pequenos frutos (mirtilos)
Produção orgânica de hortícolas
Economia circular
Membro do Editorial board da revista "Plants"
Membro do editorial board da revista "International Journal of Plant Biology"
Review editor da revista "Frontiers in Plant Science"
Soil, water and climate
Horticultura
0170_AGROVOLTEP_4_E
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INTERREG
acrónimo: AGROVOLTEP
em curso até 31/12/2026
PRR-C05-i03-I-000167
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PRR - Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência
acrónimo: Agri-Plast
finished in 30/09/2025
PDR2020-101-FEADER-031149
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Portugal 2020
acrónimo: ECOMONTADO XXI
finished in 31/12/2021
Treemover
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QREN
finished in 30/06/2015
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Comissão Europeia
finished in 01/01/2000
Bryla, D.R., Machado, R.M.A., Leon-Chang, D.P. and Orr, S.T. (2025). Fertigation with nitrogen and other nutrients in northern highbush blueberry. Acta Hortic. 1440, 513-520
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2025.1440.70
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2025.1440.70
Machado, R.M.A., Alves-Pereira I. A. Grilo and Ferreira, R. (2025) Effects of adding walnut shell to coir-based substrates on yield and quality of lettuce. Book of Abstracts of II International Symposium on Growing Media, Compost Utilization and Substrate Analysis for Soilless Cultivation - ISHS conference, 07-12 September, Freising , Germany
G.C.S. Dias, R.M.A. Machado, I. Alves-Pereira, R. Ferreira (2025) Enhancing the sustainability of growing media: exploring pine bark as a perlite substitute in coir-based substrates for lettuce cultivation. ISHS Acta Horticulturae https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2025.1437.1
R.M.A. Machado, I. Alves-Pereira, D. Velez, A. Grilo, R. Ferreira (2025). Influence of co-applying biochar, compost and inorganic nitrogen on growth, nutrient uptake and nitrates and riboflavin content of turnips. ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1437https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2025.1437.1
Dias, G. C., Machado, R. M., Alves-Pereira, I., Ferreira, R. A., & Greda, N. S. (2025). Potential of Pine Bark to Replace Perlite in Coir-Based Substrates: Effects on Nutrient Uptake, Growth, and Phytochemicals in Lettuce Under Two Salinity Levels. Plants, 14(16), 2577.
Machado, R.M.A.; Alves-Pereira, I.; Velez, D.; Grilo, A.; Veríssimo, I.; Ferreira, R. Exploring Sustainable Fertilization Strategies Involving Biochar, Compost, and Inorganic Nitrogen: Impact on Nutrient Uptake, Yield, Phytochemical Accumulation, and Antioxidant Responses in Turnips. Plants 2025, 14, 529.
Machado, R.M.A., Dias, A.B. (2024). Soil Management Practices, Fertilization, Pruning and Harvesting of Olive Groves. In: Muñoz-Rojas, J., García-Ruiz, R. (eds) The Olive Landscapes of the Mediterranean. Landscape Series, vol 36. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57956-1_30
Machado, R. M.A. Alves-Pereira I. Velez D. Grilo A. and Ferreira, R. (2024) Influence of co-applying biochar, compost and inorganic nitrogen on growth, nutrient uptake and nitrates and riboflavin content of turnips Book of Abstracts of the I International Symposium on Protected Cultivation, Nettings and Screens for Mild Climates, 23-26 September 2024 Athens (Greece).
Machado, R. M.A., Dias G., Alves-Pereira I. and Ferreira, R. (2024) Enhancing the Sustainability of Growing Media: Exploring Pine Bark as a Perlite Substitute in Coir-Based Substrates for Lettuce Cultivation. Book of Abstracts of I International Symposium on Protected Cultivation, Nettings and Screens for Mild Climates, 23-26 September 2024 Athens (Greece).
Machado, R.M.A., Alves-Pereira, I., Alves, I. and Ferreira, R.M.A. (2024). Effects of reusing coir-based substrates with municipal compost and biochar on growth and phytochemical accumulation in lettuce. Acta Hortic. 1391, 613-620
Machado, R.M.A.; Alves-Pereira, I.; Alves, I.; Ferreira, R.M.A.; Gruda, N.S. (2023) Reusing Coir-Based Substrates for Lettuce Growth: Nutrient Content and Phytonutrients Accumulation. Horticulturae, 9, art. no. 1080. https://doi.org/10.3390/ horticulturae9101080
Gruda, N., Machado, R.M.A, Van Os, E. (2024) Soilless Culture?An Intensive Production Method on Its Way to Sustainability. Gruda, N., Machado, R.M.A, Van Os, E. (eds) MDPI. Basel, Switzerland, ISBN ISBN 978-3-0365-9782-9
Gruda, N. S., Machado, R. M., & van Os, E. A. (2023). Is Soilless Culture a Sustainable Form of Agriculture?. Horticulturae, 9(11), 1190.
Machado, Rui M.A., Alves-Pereira Isabel, I Alves, and Ferreira, Rui (2023) Effect of reusing coir-based substrates with municipal compost and biochar on growth and phytochemical accumulation in lettuce. Book of Abstracts of the IX- South-Eastern Europe Symposium on Vegetables and Potatoes, 3-9 September 2023 Bocharest, Romania.
Martins, T.C.; Machado, R.M.A.; Alves-Pereira, I.; Ferreira, R.; Gruda, N.S. (2023) Coir-Based Growing Media with Municipal Compost and Biochar and Their Impacts on Growth and Some Quality Parameters in Lettuce Seedlings. Horticulturae, 9, 105.
Machado, R.M.A., Bryla, D.R. and Correia, M. (2023). Strategies to reduce supraoptimal temperatures in the root zone during field and containerized production of highbush blueberry in warm climates. Acta Hortic. 1357, 393-402
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2023.1357.55
Machado, R.M.A.; Alves-Pereira, I.; Morais, C.; Alemão, A.; Ferreira, R. (2022 b) Effects of Coir-Based Growing Medium with Municipal Solid Waste Compost or Biochar on Plant Growth, Mineral Nutrition, and Accumulation of Phytochemicals in Spinach. Plants 2022, 11(14), 1893. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11141893
Machado, Rui - Soil, Water and Nitrates Management in Horticultural Production
Rui Manuel Almeida Machado (Ed.), MDPI. Basel, Switzerland, 2022. ISBN 978-3-0365-4575-2
Machado, R.M.A.; Alves-Pereira, I.; Faty, Y.; Perdigão, S.; Ferreira, R. (2022 a) Influence of Nitrogen Sources Applied by Fertigation to an Enriched Soil with Organic Compost on Growth, Mineral Nutrition, and Phytochemicals Content of Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) in Two Successive Harvests. Plants, 11, 22
Machado,
R.M.A. Soil, Water and Nitrates
Management in Horticultural
Production. Horticulturae 2022, 8,
397. https://doi.org/10.3390/
horticulturae8050397
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