research

José Otávio M. Menten
      Address:
         ESALQ – Seed Pathology     
         P.O. Box 9
         13418-900 Piracicaba/SP – Brazil
          e-mail: jomenten@esalq.usp.br
    Educational background:
         Agronomist, ESALQ, 1973
         M.S., ESALQ, 1977                
         Ph.D., ESALQ, 1980
         Assistant Professor, ESALQ, 2005
    Positions held:
         Pos- Dr, Cambridge Univ., UK, 1989/90
         Pos- Dr, DGISPDC, Denmark, 1981/82
         Pos- Dr, CPRO-DL, Netherlands, 1981
         ABRATES Seed Pathology  Committee, 1997/99
    Research interests:
          Seed pathology
          Resistance of plants to pathogens
          Applied microbiology

Scientific Articles

  • Nascimento, W. M. O.; Cruz, E. D.; Moraes, M. H. D.; Menten, J. O. M. Seed health and germination of Pterogyne nitens Tull. seeds. Revista Brasileira de Sementes, v. 28, n. 1, p. 149-153, 2006.
  • Moraes, M. H. D.; Menten, J.O. M. Transmission of Alternaria spp. by bean seeds and its effetcts on physiological quality. Summa phytopathologica, v. 32, n. 4, p. 381-383, 2006.
  • Kikuti, A. L. P.; Menten, J. O. M.; Moraes, M. H. D.; Oliveira, S. R. S. Accelerated aging test in pepper seeds under aseptic conditions. Revista Brasileira de Sementes, v. 27, n. 2, p. 44-49, 2005.
  • Rugai, A.; Menten, J. O. M.; Lima, L. C. S.; Frare, V. C.; Moraes, M. H. D. Seed treatment in Brazil: objectives and evolution. Fitopatologia Brasileira, v. 30, n. Supl, p. 52-63, 2005. 
  • Athayde-Sobrinho, C.; Brunelli, K. R.; Cavalacanti, L. S.; Ferreira, P. T. O.; Menten, J. O. M.. Effect of different discs of hosts` leaves on the sporulation of Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid.. Naturalia, v. 30, p. 19-23, 2005.

Books

    • Metha, Y. R.; Menten, J. O. M. Cotton diseases and its control. In: Fundo de Apoio a Cultura do Algodão. (Org.). Algodão: Pesquisas e Resultados para o Campo. FACUAL. 2006, v. 1, p. 156-204.
    • Menten, J. O. M.; Frare, V. C.; Rabalho, A. A. Products used for disease control in field bean, potato, maize and sorghum. In: Sussel, A.A.B.. (Org.). Manejo integrado das doenças das grandes culturas: feijão, batata, milho e sorgo. Lavras: Editora UFLA, 2006, p. 2-18.