Meetings and Conferences

Ph.D. student, Sindoora Nalajala, presenting her research on interspecific hybrid blueberries at the ASHS meeting in New Orleans, LA on 7/31/2025.

Sindoora and Dr. Leonardo Lombardini, UGA Horticulture Department head, at the ASHS meeting in New Orleans, LA on 7/31/2025.

Sindoora was among the UGA faculty and students gathering at the ASHS meeting in New Orleans, LA on 7/31/2025.

Sindoora serving at the booth of Institute of Plant Breeding Genetics and Genomics to recruit new students during the ASHS meeting in New Orleans, LA from  7/25/2025 to 7/29/2025.

The tower of pumpkins at the 2024 Plant Center Retreat held at Callaway Garden on October 30. 2024.

Award winning day at the plant Center retreat!

Emily Walter won second place in the graduate student poster competition.  She also won the candy jar for the most accurate guessing of the number of candies in the jar. Sindoora Nalajala won the “Catch Them All Scavenger Hunt” game.

Emily Walter presenting her award- winning research at the ASHS conference in Honolulu, Hawaii September 25, 2024.

Emily Walter was awarded second place in the Plant Growth Regulation Oral Competition at the ASHS conference in Honolulu, Hawaii September 25, 2024.

Group photo at the ASHS conference in Honolulu, Hawaii September 25, 2024.

Dr. Chu presents a blueberry research project at the XIII International Vaccinium Symposium on Aug. 29, 2024, at Prince Edward Island, Canada.

The UGA blueberry research team at the XIII International Vaccinium Symposium on Aug. 29, 2024, at Prince Edward Island, Canada.

A natural low bush blueberry patch with diverse phenotypes at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Sindoora Nalajala explains her poster to a visitor at the IPBGG retreat in Hiawassee, Georgia on May 16, 2024.

Sindoora Nalajala gives a “Lightning Talk” presentation at the UGA Plant Center Spring Symposium in Athens, Georgia on May 23, 2024.