Rachel Itle

Assistant Research Scientist; Emphasis: Fruit production & genetics

Areas of expertise

Horticultural ProductionHorticultural Crop Improvement (Selection and Breeding)Post Harvest Horticultural Technologies (incl. Transportation and Storage)Horticultural Crop Growth and Development

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Horticultural Science

University of Florida, FL, United States (2010)

Bachelor of Science, Horticultural Science

Pennsylvania State UniversityThe, PA, United States (2006)

Awards and Honors

Team Impact Award – CAES Blueberry Team (2023)
40 Under Forty, Recognizing the Fruit + Vegetable Industry’s Next Generation of Leaders. Class of 2023 (2023)
Blue Ribbon Extension Publication Award (2022)
Blue Ribbon Extension Publication Award – Second Award (2022)

Scholarly Works

Exploring nanocellulose as a freeze protection strategy in southern highbush blueberry in Georgia, Acta Horticulturae, (2025).
Itle RA, Cowart HME, Chávez DJ, Mohammed J, Holland RM … 1 more
Exploring nanocellulose as a freeze protection strategy in southern highbush blueberry in Georgia, Acta Horticulturae, (2025).
Itle RA, Cowart HME, Chávez DJ, Mohammed J, Holland RM … 1 more
Capuli, an Andean Super Fruit, Its Genetic Diversity and Breeding, (2025).
Pathania S, Itle R, Chavez Velasquez D
Growth and yield response of two native Aronia species grown in different ecoregions, HortScience, (2025).
Adesiyan T, Pennisi S, Naranjo L, Itle R
Population structure analysis in peach and development of KASP markers using SNPs generated by capture-seq technology, HortScience, (2025).
McCann C, Chavez Velasquez D, Chaparro J, Topp B, Russell D … 2 more

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