Virgílio Alexandre Cardoso e Falco da Costa Integrated Member

CV Ciência Vitae

BIO

Name: Virgílio Alexandre Cardoso e Falco da Costa

Aggregation: Integrated Member

Ciência Vitae: 8313-220C-6903

Email: vfalco@utad.pt

Research Groups

Resiliency & valorisation of agrarian value chains

Publications

Can nature-based biochar and biochar nanoparticles diminish the impacts of silver nanoparticles and microplastics on microbially-driven stream detrital ecosystem?

Singh R.K., Pradhan A., Falco V., Saraiva F., Cláudia Pascoal , Trindade H., Fernanda Cássio , Sousa J.R., (2025) Can nature-based biochar and biochar nanoparticles diminish the impacts of silver nanoparticles and microplastics on microbially-driven stream detrital ecosystem? Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 20 (100903). ISSN: 27724166. doi: 10.1016/j.hazadv.2025.100903.

CROP MODELLING APPLIED TO PORTUGUESE VITICULTURE: A BRIEF OVERVIEW

Santos R., Falco V., Santos J., Fernandes A., Fraga H., (2025) CROP MODELLING APPLIED TO PORTUGUESE VITICULTURE: A BRIEF OVERVIEW Ciencia E Tecnica Vitivinicola 40 :39-52. ISSN: 24163953. doi: 10.1051/ctv/ctv2025400139.

Valorization of Vineyard By-Products Through Vermicomposting: A Comparative Pilot-Scale Study with Eisenia fetida and Eisenia andrei

Azevedo T., Nascimento-Gonçalves E., Lopes H., Medeiros C., Falco V., Sousa J.R., Coimbra A.M., Roboredo M., Oliveira P.A., Morais M.C., (2025) Valorization of Vineyard By-Products Through Vermicomposting: A Comparative Pilot-Scale Study with Eisenia fetida and Eisenia andrei Agronomy 15 (1340). ISSN: 20734395. doi: 10.3390/agronomy15061340.

Red Grape By-Products from the Demarcated Douro Region: Chemical Analysis, Antioxidant Potential and Antimicrobial Activity against Food-Borne Pathogens

Silva A., Martins R., Silva V., Fernandes F., Carvalho R., Aires A., Igrejas G., Falco V., Valentão P., Poeta P., (2024) Red Grape By-Products from the Demarcated Douro Region: Chemical Analysis, Antioxidant Potential and Antimicrobial Activity against Food-Borne Pathogens Molecules 29 (4708). ISSN: 14203049. doi: 10.3390/molecules29194708.

Projects

FutureFoodS - European partnership for a sustainable Future of Food Systems

Running

UTAD/CITAB Coordinator / Amélia Silva
Start date / 2024/06 Funding / European Commission Reference / HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-9

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Patents

Process to increase the content of anthocyanins and total polyphenols in red wine (116211)

Patent nº / 116211

Concession date / 2022-08-31

Researchers / Ana Oliveira , Virgílio Costa , Rupesh Singh