Luís Miguel Mendes Ferreira Full Member
BIO
Name: Luís Miguel Mendes Ferreira
Aggregation: Full Member
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-3341-861X
Email: lmf@utad.pt
Phone: +259350421
Publications
Incorporation of untreated or white-rot fungi treated cowpea stover on performance, digestibility, health and meat quality of growing rabbits.
Inoculation of plant growth promoting bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve chickpea performance under water deficit conditions.
Co-inoculation with rhizobia and mycorrhizal fungi increases yield and crude protein content of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) under drought stress.
Comparison of near-infrared (NIR) and mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy for the determination of nutritional and antinutritional parameters in common beans.
Impact of Acorn Flour on Gluten-Free Dough Rheology Properties.
Nitrogen mineralization of legume residues: interactions between species, temperature and placement in soil.
Nutrients, Antinutrients, Phenolic Composition, and Antioxidant Activity of Common Bean Cultivars and their Potential for Food Applications.
Comparative foraging behaviour and performance between cattle and horses grazing in heathlands with different proportions of improved pasture area.
Effect of controlled microbial fermentation on nutritional and functional characteristics of cowpea bean flours.
Effect of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (l.) walp.) stover dietary inclusion level on total tract apparent digestibility of nutrients in growing rabbits.
Foraging behaviour and performance of steers from two local breeds (Asturian Valley and Asturian Mountain) grazing in Cantabrian (N Spain) summer pastures.
Assessment of diet composition of free-ranging antelopes (Addax nasomaculatus) by the combination of microhistological procedures and n-alkanes and long-chain alcohols as faecal markers.
Effects of animal species and diet composition on long-chain alcohol faecal recoveries and accuracy of subsequent diet composition estimates.
Effects of seasonal variation, group size and sex on the activity budget and diet composition of the addax antelope.
A novel feedstuff: ensiling of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) stover and apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) mixtures. Evaluation of the nutritive value, fermentation quality and aerobic stability.
Gaseous emissions and modification of slurry composition during storage and after field application: Effect of slurry additives and mechanical separation.
Potential use of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) stover treated with white-rot fungi as rabbit feed.
Combination of long-chain alcohols and fatty acids with alkanes as faecal markers to estimate feed intake and digestibility in horses and cattle fed on grass-heathland vegetation communities.
Projects
SoilRec4+Health - Soil recover for a healthy food and quality of life
Coordinator / Ana Barros
Start date / 2021/04
Funding / NORTE2020 - PROJETOS ESTRUTURADOS DE I&D&I
OPEN2PRESERVE - Sustainable Management Model for Mountain Open Spaces with High Environmental Value
Coordinator / Rosa Canals
UTAD/CITAB Coordinator / Paulo Fernandes
Start date / 2018/03
Funding / INTERREG SUDOE
INTERACT - Integrative Research in Environment, Agro-Chains and Technology
Coordinator / Rui Cortes
Start date / 2016/05
Funding / NORTE2020
EUROLEGUME - Enhancing of legumes growing in Europe through sustainable cropping for protein supply for food and feed [GA 613781]
Coordinator / Eduardo Rosa
Start date / 2014/01
Funding / European Commission - FP7 - KBBE.2013.1.2-02