About
Dr. Chu’s is the blueberry breeder of the University of Georgia started in October, 2022. Her program focuses on developing blueberry cultivars adapted to the southeast Georgia growing environment and ornamental varieties for home gardening. The main objective is to produce new blueberry cultivars with a high and reliable crop production sustaining early season freeze and disease/pest challenges. This program is seeking to develop genomic and genetic tools for both rabbiteye and southern highbush blueberries. Before her blueberry career, she had been working on peanut breeding in which she became an accomplished leader of a successful peanut molecular breeding program and an expert in all areas of molecular genetics, genomics, and breeding.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General
University of Georgia, GA, United States (2002)
Scholarly Works
- The genome sequences of Arachis duranensis and Arachis ipaensis, the diploid ancestors of cultivated peanut, NATURE GENETICS, (2016).
- The genome sequence of segmental allotetraploid peanut Arachis hypogaea, NATURE GENETICS, (2019).
- A Developmental Transcriptome Map for Allotetraploid Arachis hypogaea, FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, (2016).
- Marker-Assisted Selection to Pyramid Nematode Resistance and the High Oleic Trait in Peanut, PLANT GENOME, (2011).
- Genome-wide SNP Genotyping Resolves Signatures of Selection and Tetrasomic Recombination in Peanut, MOLECULAR PLANT, (2017).
Contact
Mailing Address
NESPAL Room 100
2356 Rainwater Road
Tifton, GA 31793-5766
Shipping Address
NESPAL Room 100
2356 Rainwater Road
Tifton, GA 31793-5766
