JoÃo Aguiar Nogueira Batista
Professor
Botany Department
University of Minas
Brazil
Biography
He holds a bachelor's degree in Biology from Universidade Católica de Brasília (1989), a master's degree in Biological Sciences (Molecular Biology) from the University of Brasília (1993) and a doctorate in Biological Sciences (Molecular Biology) from the University of Brasília (1998). He has a degree in Biology from Universidade Católica de Brasília (1989) and a Master's degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Brasília. He is currently an adjunct professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He has experience in Molecular and Botany Biology, working mainly in the following subjects: floristic and systematic of Orchidaceae and molecular biology of plants.
Research Interest
Molecular Biology of Trypanosomatids, Identification and characterization of active promoters in phytonematode feeding sites, Cloning and characterization of genes with insecticidal effect, Molecular strategies for the control of sedentary phytonematodes, Molecular biology of plants, Molecular biology of Trypanosomatids, Molecular systematics, Orchidaceae sitemates.
Publications
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do Vale AA, Lau BL, Leal BS, Batista JA, Borba EL, Proite K. Development and transferability of microsatellite markers in Habenaria nuda and H. repens (Orchidaceae). Brazilian Journal of Botany. 2016 Mar 1;39(1):387-92.
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Batista JA, Vale AA, Carvalho BM, Proite K, Ramalho AJ, Munhoz AC, Berg CV, Bianchetti LB. Four New Species in Habenaria (Orchidaceae) from the Espinhaço Range, Brazil. Systematic Botany. 2016 Jun 28;41(2):275-92.
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Batista JA, Proite K, de Bem Bianchetti L. Descriptions and phylogenetic relationships of four new species and a new name of Habenaria (Orchidaceae) from the cerrado and campos rupestres of Brazil. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 2017 Aug 1;303(7):873-99.
