Dario Chavez

Associate Professor – Peach and Citrus Breeding

Areas of expertise

Horticultural Production

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

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)

Scholarly Works

Development of a lexicon for flavor and texture of fresh peach cultivars, JOURNAL OF SENSORY STUDIES, (2017).
Belisle C, Adhikari K, Chavez D, Uyen TXP
Development of a lexicon for flavor and texture of fresh peach cultivars, JOURNAL OF SENSORY STUDIES, (2017).
Belisle C, Adhikari K, Chavez D, Uyen TXP
Nine-Year Rootstock Performance of the NC-140 ‘Redhaven’ Peach Trial across 13 states, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, (2020).
Reighard G, Bridges W, Archbold D, Atucha A, Autio W … 18 more
Nine-Year Rootstock Performance of the NC-140 ‘Redhaven’ Peach Trial across 13 states, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, (2020).
Reighard G, Bridges W, Archbold D, Atucha A, Autio W … 18 more
Genetic diversity in peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] at the University of Florida: past, present and future, TREE GENETICS & GENOMES, (2014).
Chavez DJ, Beckman TG, Werner DJ, Chaparro JX

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