Graduate Program in Plant Pathology at UFRPE
The Graduate Program in Plant Pathology carries out its activities in the Otávio Gomes Building (Plant Health), located on the main campus in the Department of Agronomy at UFRPE. Its facilities include an administrative office, auditorium, classroom, study room, offices for faculty and students, meeting room, and the Plant Health Clinic of Pernambuco (CLIFIPE). On the main campus, the program also houses the Optical Microscopy Laboratory, the Plant Health Clinic service, the "Prof. Maria Menezes" Collection of Phytopathogenic Fungi Cultures, a computer room, sterilization room, and incubation rooms. The program's infrastructure further includes classrooms for theoretical and practical lessons, an auditorium for seminars and thesis/dissertation defenses, rooms for Master’s and Ph.D. students, faculty offices, a coordination office, an administrative office, and six greenhouses, each with an area of 108 m². For fieldwork, the main campus also provides a 3-hectare area equipped with a microplot system containing 158 and 121 units, respectively, for conducting research and practical classes for undergraduate and graduate students.
Laboratories:
Soil Fungi Laboratory (UFRPE, LAFSOL)
Climate-controlled room with 30 m², featuring a cement tile floor, sink, cabinets and shelves, benches, tables, stools, and chairs. The laboratory is equipped with a stereomicroscope, two compound microscopes, a laminar flow hood, a BOD incubator, an analytical balance, a water distiller, centrifuge, vortex mixer, ultrasonic bath, horizontal shaker table, refrigerator, freezers, microwave oven, and general laboratory utensils.
Mycology Laboratory (UFRPE)
A 70 m² room with flooring, sink, cabinets and shelves, benches, tables, stools, and chairs. The laboratory is equipped with eight optical microscopes, four stereomicroscopes, two laminar flow hoods, an analytical balance, autoclave, vortex mixer, two water baths, three refrigerators, two freezers, a pH meter, magnetic stirrer, water distiller, microwave oven, computer, and general laboratory utensils. Recently, the laboratory acquired a NIKON Eclipse NI-U optical microscope through the Pro-Equipment program, a refrigerated Megafuge centrifuge (Thermo Fisher), and a Proflex 3x32 thermocycler (Applied Biosystems) through the CNPq Universal Call. This laboratory has supported the Soil Fungi and Postharvest Pathology laboratories, as well as other UFRPE units, whenever analyses with such equipment are required.
Plant Disease Epidemiology Laboratory (UFRPE)
Main room with 45 m², air-conditioned, equipped with a central bench with cabinets, side bench with cabinets, shelves, storage cabinets, sink, desks, computers, chairs, laminar flow hoods, BOD incubator, refrigerators, vertical freezer, oven, microwave oven, autoclave, microscope, analytical balance, water bath, and general laboratory utensils.
Plant Disease Resistance Laboratory (UFRPE)
Room with 28.6 m², air-conditioned, with ceramic flooring, sink, two shelves and two metal drawer units, two masonry benches, four tables, one stool, nine chairs, two stereomicroscopes, one laminar flow hood, one analytical balance, one refrigerator, freezer, water bath, one computer, and general laboratory utensils.
Phytobacteriology Laboratory (UFRPE, LAFBAC)
Room with 49 m², ceramic flooring, sink, cabinets and shelves, benches, tables, stools, and chairs. The laboratory is equipped with a stereomicroscope, two laminar flow hoods, six BOD incubators, three analytical balances, autoclave, oven, lyophilizer, water distiller and deionizer, centrifuge, spectrophotometer, vortex mixer, water bath, five refrigerators, two microwave ovens, desktop computer, microcentrifuge, gradient thermocycler, shaking incubator, notebook computer, and general laboratory utensils.
Plant Virology Laboratory (UFRPE)
Room with 50 m², ceramic flooring, sink, cabinets and shelves, benches, tables, stools, and chairs. The laboratory is equipped with an analytical balance, MilliQ water distiller and deionizer, centrifuge, vortex mixer, water bath, refrigerators, microwave ovens, desktop computers for bioinformatic analysis, oven, shakers, PCR machines, laminar flow hood, ELISA plate reader, BOD incubator, electrophoresis tanks, transilluminator, and general laboratory utensils.
Plant Nematology Laboratory (UFRPE, LAFNEMA)
Room with 48 m², equipped with two sinks, cabinets and shelves, benches, tables, stools, and chairs. The laboratory has 10 optical microscopes, seven stereomicroscopes, one BOD incubator, four analytical balances, three centrifuges, one autoclave, two ovens, water distiller, six refrigerators, one microwave oven, two electrophoresis tanks with power supplies, desktop computers, and general laboratory utensils.
Postharvest Pathology Laboratory (UFRPE)
Main room with 45 m², air-conditioned, equipped with a central bench with cabinets, side bench with cabinets, shelves, storage cabinets, sink, desks, computers, chairs, laminar flow hoods, BOD incubator, refrigerators, vertical freezer, oven, microwave oven, autoclave, microscope, analytical balance, water bath, and general laboratory utensils.
Plant Pathology Laboratory (UFCA)
Facility for General Plant Pathology activities: 64 m² room with ceramic flooring, sink, cabinets and shelves, benches, tables, stools, and chairs. The laboratory is equipped with eight microscopes, two stereoscopes, one laminar flow hood, seven BOD incubators, two analytical balances, one colony counter, one benchtop pH meter, two precision balances, one fume hood, one refractometer, one autoclave, two sterilization ovens, lyophilizer, water distiller, two centrifuges, spectrophotometer, three magnetic stirrers, three vortex mixers, two water baths, one ultrasonic bath, one histological bath, three refrigerators, two microwave ovens, one electric stove, one chest freezer, two upright freezers, and general laboratory utensils.
Plant Disease Diagnosis and Control Laboratory (UFPE)
This laboratory has been equipped with new instruments, including four microscopes, one biological safety cabinet, one benchtop autoclave, one precision balance, and one microwave oven. These pieces of equipment were acquired with funds from a project approved under the FACEPE Universal Call for Young Researchers – 2021, strengthening research and innovation capabilities within the program.
Plant Pathology, Vegetable Breeding, and Genomic Analysis Laboratories (Embrapa Hortaliças)
The laboratories occupy approximately 220 m², in addition to a sample processing shed (60 m²) and two walk-in cold chambers totaling around 80 m². The two laboratories also have 10 greenhouses, three of which are authorized for the cultivation of genetically modified plants. Available equipment includes: two fume hoods, one plant growth chamber, two laminar flow hoods, shakers, one Nanodrop for DNA/RNA concentration measurement, four thermocyclers, two real-time PCR thermocyclers, electrophoresis systems, two ABI 3130 Sanger sequencers, one hybridization oven with accessories, one photodocumentation system, one -80 °C freezer, one -30 °C freezer, six -12 °C freezers, four refrigerators, one high-performance liquid chromatograph, one mass spectrometer, two benchtop low-speed centrifuges, one ultracentrifuge, two benchtop microcentrifuges, one benchtop plate centrifuge, one electroporator, one ice maker, one water purifier, one plate reader, one particle bombardment device, one Precellys-type sample homogenizer, one autoclave, six computers, one laser printer, one liquid nitrogen tank, one precision balance, two digital balances, two pH meters, two lyophilizers, two refractometers, and one calorimeter.
Research Support Center (CENAPESQ)
In addition to its own laboratory facilities, faculty and students of the program have access to the UFRPE Research Support Center (CENAPESQ), funded primarily by CT-Infra/Finep and Pró-equipamentos/Capes. The center provides access to equipment such as liquid chromatography systems, mass spectrometers, lyophilizers, and a scanning electron microscope with coupled microanalysis, complementing the analytical capacity needed for the development of dissertations and theses.
The program also benefits from field research vehicles (Research on the Move Program), as well as access to CAPES journal portals and COMUT (Central Library).