A. Cristina Figueiredo^*

Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar (CESAM Lisboa), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Centro de Biotecnologia Vegetal (CBV), Edifício C2, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, PORTUGAL

^*Corresponding author. E-mail: acsf@fc.ul.pt

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