Dario Chavez
Associate Professor – Peach and Citrus Breeding
Areas of expertise
About
Dr Chavez’s main goal is to develop a research program addressing the complexity of citrus and peach genetics to release citrus and peach cultivars with improved traits (e.g. cold hardiness, rapid growth, cropping consistency, yield, resistance to pests and diseases, nutritional value, etc.) suitable for production in the Southeast US, with the ultimate goal of increasing citrus and peach production in the state of Georgia.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Horticultural Science
University of Florida, FL, United States (2013)
Master of Science, Horticultural Science
University of Florida, FL, United States (2008)
Bachelor of Science, Agriculture, General
Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School, Honduras (2005)
Awards and Honors
- 2025 Climate Analog Academy Co-Hort (2025)
- Blue Ribbon Extension Publication Award (2024)
- Blue Ribbon Extension Publication Award (2024)
- Ernie Christ Lecture Award (2023)
- Blue Ribbon Extension Publication Award (2022)
- Blue Ribbon Extension Publication Award – Second Award (2022)
- 2nd Top Ranking Presentation at the 2021 Southeastern Fruit and Vegetable Conference (2021)
- Blue Ribbon Extension Publication Award (2020)
- 40 under 40 Fruit and Vegetable (2020)
- Blue Ribbon Extension Publication Award (2017)
- Extension Publication Award for the State of Georgia (2015)
- National Award of the Experiment Station Section Excellence in Multistate Research Award (2015)
- Latin American Studies Scholarship (2013)
- Ralph H. and Alice J. Sharpe Fellowship (2012)
- Grinter Graduate Fellowship (2008)
- Alumni Graduate Fellowship (2008)
Courses
- PBGG 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
- HORT 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
- PBGG 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Fall 2025)
- HORT 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
- PBGG 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
- PBGG 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Spring 2026)
- HORT 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2026)
- PBGG 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2026)
- HORT 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2026)
- PBGG 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2026)
Scholarly Works
- Postharvest Responses of Fresh Peaches to Gaseous Ozone Treatments during Cold Storage, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRUIT SCIENCE, (2026).
- Elevated gaseous ozone concentrations: adverse effects on postharvest peach quality, CYTA-JOURNAL OF FOOD, (2025).
- Beauvericin production by endophytic and epiphytic Beauveria bassiana in peach (Prunus persica) and implications for insect biocontrol, FRONTIERS IN FUNGAL BIOLOGY, (2025).
- Exploring nanocellulose as a freeze protection strategy in southern highbush blueberry in Georgia, Acta Horticulturae, (2025).
- Capuli, an Andean Super Fruit, Its Genetic Diversity and Breeding, (2025).
Contact
Mailing Address
1109 Experiment Street
Stress Physiology Building 105
Griffin, GA 30223
Shipping Address
1109 Experiment Street
Stress Physiology Building 105
Griffin, GA 30223
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