Biography

I have been researching for the past 17 years in Argentina and Brazil. The last years have been as a post-doctoral researcher in Brazil, which have contributed for the broad experience in the field of ecology.
Nowadays, I perform approximately four papers and/or chapters per year, being an active researcher.Nowadays I am preparing a book for Springer.
I can conduct research to solve ecological problems
and to study microbes and plant physiology in different environments. In this regard, I have experience in developing initiatives and/or general discussions that could result in some new manuscripts.
From 2010, I collaborate with the Editorial board of the European Journal of Soil Biology among others.
My research interests are in the area of microbial ecology, plants and their symbioses, plant- soil ecology, phylogenetic relationship and taxonomy of plants and microorganisms. My work was carried out in natural vegetational types as well as in restored, degraded and agricultural lands. As my research is multidisciplinary, my experience in the field has been related to contact professors and researchers from several countries. The study of plant symbiotic associations is of major importance to improve our knowledge about the biochemical cycles in natural environments and, also, for use in restoration of natural areas and for endangered plant protection and conservation.
My first post-doctoral research focused on the mycorrhization of riparian and highland plants, and it aimed to highlight the occurrence and conservation of AM in these ecosystems in Brazil. My second post-doctoral research focused on the AM composition in three natural vegetational types of dry forest at CearÌ, Brazil, assessing the taxonomic and functional diversity of mycorrhizas in different caducifolious vegetation types from Brazilian semiarid. In 2011, I have worked as Assistant Professor at Federal University of SÂo JoÂo del-Rei, Brazil, teaching “Population and Community Ecology” at the Zootechny Course (Graduation level).
My third post-doctoral research focused on the formation of biochar and fertile dark earths (from Amazonia, Brazil). I also study compost and compared it with other soil amendements in order to improve soil fertility in managed ecosystems.

Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences

100%

Fungi

62%

Agroecology

90%

Phytogeography

75%

Climate Change

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

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Selected Publications

Pagano, M.C., J. Ribeiro-Soares, L.G. Cancado, N.P.S. Falcao and V.N. Goncalves et al., 2016. Depth dependence of black carbon structure, elemental and microbiological composition in anthropic Amazonian dark soil. Soil Tillage Res., 155: 298-307.
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Dantas, B.L., O.B. Weber, J.P.M. Neto, A.G. Rossetti and M.C. Pagano, 2015. Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in an organic orchard of semi-arid land of Ceara, Brazil. Ciencia Rural, 45: 1480-1486.
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Pagano, M.C., R.B. Zandavalli and F.S. Araujo, 2013. Biodiversity of arbuscular mycorrhizas in three vegetational types from the semiarid of Ceara State, Brazil. Applied Soil Ecol., 67: 37-46.
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Blaszkowski, J., G. Chwat, G.M. Kovacs, B.K. Gaspar and P. Ryszka et al., 2013. Septoglomus fuscum and S. furcatum, two new species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycota). Mycologia, 105: 670-680.
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Fernanda, C., E.E. Hernan and C.P. Marcela, 2012. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: essential belowground organisms for earth life but sensitive to a changing environment. Afr. J. Microbiol. Res., 6: 5523-5535.
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Pagano, M.C., M.K. Utida, E.A. Gomes, I.E. Marriel, M.N. Cabello and M.R. Scotti, 2011. Plant-type dependent changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal communities as soil quality indicator in semi-arid Brazil. Ecol. Indicators, 11: 643-650.
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Pagano, M.C., M.N. Cabello and M.R. Scotti, 2010. Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization and growth of Eremanthus incanus less. in a highland field. Plant Soil Environ., 56: 412-418.
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Pagano, M.C., A.I.C. Persiano, M.N. Cabello and M.R. Scotti, 2010. Elements sequestered by arbuscular mycorrhizal spores in riverine soils: A preliminary assessment. J. Biophys. Struct. Biol., 2: 16-21.
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Pagano, M.C. and M.R. Scotti, 2010. Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization of Zeyheria tuberculosa, a Brazilian agroforestal species, in native soil. Am. Euras. J. Agric. Environ. Sci., 6: 604-611.
Pagano, M.C., M.R. Scotti and M.N. Cabello, 2009. Effect of the inoculation and distribution of mycorrhizae in Plathymenia reticulata Benth under monoculture and mixed plantation in Brazil. New For., 38: 197-214.
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Pagano, M.C., A.F. Bellote and M.R. Scotti, 2009. Aboveground nutrient components of Eucalyptus camaldulensis and E. grandis in semiarid Brazil under the nature and the mycorrhizal inoculation conditions. J. For. Res., 20: 15-22.
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Pagano, M.C. and M.R. Scotti, 2009. A preliminary survey of the occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhizas in Paepalanthus bromelioides and Bulbostylis sp. in Brazil. J. Applied Mycol., 21: 1-10.
Pagano, M., A. Bueno and M. Fantini, 2009. Vegetables and their mycorrhizal associations in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Braz. J. Agroecol., 4: 3251-3255.
Matias, S.R., M.C. Pagano, F.C. Muzzi, C.A. Oliveira, A.A. Carneiro, S.N. Horta and M.R. Scotti, 2009. Effect of rhizobia, mycorrhizal fungi and phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms in the rhizosphere of native plants used to recover an iron ore area in Brazil. Eur. J. Soil Biol., 45: 259-266.
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Pagano, M.C., M.N. Cabello, A.F. Bellote, N.M. Sa and M.R. Scotti, 2008. Intercropping system of tropical leguminous species and Eucalyptus camaldulensis, inoculated with rhizobia and/or mycorrhizal fungi in semiarid Brazil. Agrofor. Syst., 74: 231-242.
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Pagano, M.C., 2008. Composition of rhizobia associated with neotropical tree legume Centrolobium tomentosum used in riparian restoration. Plant Soil Environ., 54: 498-508.
Pagano, M.C. and M.R. Scotti, 2008. Arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal colonization of two Eucalyptus species in semiarid Brazil. Mycoscience, 49: 379-384.
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Pagano, M.C., M.N. Cabello and M.R. Scotti, 2007. Phosphorus response of three native Brazilian trees to inoculation with four arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Int. J. Agric. Technol., 3: 231-240.
Marques, M.S., M.C. Pagano and M.R.M.M.L. Scotti, 2001. Dual inoculation of a woody legume (Centrolobium tomentosum) with rhizobia and mycorrhizal fungi in south-eastern Brazil. Agrofor. Syst., 52: 107-117.
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Aguilar, O.M., M.V. Lopez, P.M. Riccillo, R.A. Gonzalez and M. Pagano et al., 1998. Prevalence of the Rhizobium etli-like allele in genes coding for 16S rRNA among the indigenous rhizobial populations found associated with wild beans from the Southern Andes in Argentina. Applied Environ. Microbiol., 64: 3520-3524.
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