Prof. Dr. Saulo Alves Santos de Oliveira

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsPlant Breeding and Plant Pathology
Keywordsplant viruses, Manihot esculenta, plant disease diagnosis, phytoplasma, Filogenomics

Current contact address

CountryBrazil
CityCruz das Almas
InstitutionEmpresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (EMBRAPA)

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Stephan WinterAbteilung Pflanzenviren, Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Braunschweig
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2023

Programme(s)

2022CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2026Araújo, C.P.F.S., Knierim, D., Oliveira, Saulo Alves Santos et al. Characterization of yam virus X isolates from Dioscorea trifida in Brazil. In: BMC Research Notes, 19, 2026,
2026Oliveira, Saulo Alves Santos de and Sheat, Samar and Margaria, Paolo and Lima, Adilson Lopes and Santos, Jackson de Araújo dos and Rocha, Hermínio Souza and Silveira, Helton Fleck da and Ramos de Jesus, Cristiane and Winter, Stephan Association of Rhizoctonia theobromae with cassava witches’ broom outbreak in Brazil and genetic relatedness to Southeast Asian isolates. In: Frontiers in Plant Science, Volume 17 - 2026, 2026,
2026Oliveira, Saulo Alves Santos, Sheat, S., Silva, V.P. et al. Genome-resolved analysis of the 16SrIII phytoplasma associated with cassava oversprouting disease. In: Tropical Plant Pathology, 51, 2026,