Elder AntÔnio Sousa Paiva
Professor
Botany Department
University of Minas
Brazil
Biography
He holds a bachelor's degree in Agronomy from the Federal University of Viçosa (1993), a master's degree in Plant Science (Plant Production) from the Federal University of Viçosa (1995) and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Botany) from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2003). He is currently editor of Botany Structural Botanica Brasilica and Adjunct Professor of the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He is a member of the faculty of the Postgraduate Course in Plant Biology (UFMG) and concentrates his research in the area of ​​Structural Botany, with emphasis on Plant Anatomy. It acts mainly in the following subjects: secretory structures, ultrastructure and secretion in plant cells, insect-plant interaction and morphophysiological aspects of plants.
Research Interest
Biology of secretion in vegetables, Plant anatomy, Plant anatomy, Structural and ultra-structural aspects of the secretory structures in plants.
Publications
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Paiva EA. How does the nectar of stomata-free nectaries cross the cuticle?. Acta Botanica Brasilica. 2017 Sep;31(3):525-30.
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Gonçalves-Souza P, Schlindwein C, Dötterl S, Paiva EA. Unveiling the osmophores of Philodendron adamantinum (Araceae) as a means to understanding interactions with pollinators. Annals of botany. 2017 Mar 1;119(4):533-43.
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Oliveira CS, Salino A, Paiva EA. Colleters in Thelypteridaceae: Unveiling mucilage secretion and its probable role in ferns. Flora. 2017 Mar 31;228:65-70.
