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Blueberry Breeding

Genetic control of blueberry phenological development

We are engaged in unraveling the genetic controls of blueberry phenological development that are critical to mitigate the economical loss to early freeze and heat stress damages.

Rabbiteye blueberry plants — Rabbiteye blueberry plants at the full and bloom (left) and fruiting stages (right). Picture taken at the UGA blueberry research farm, Alapaha, GA.

Mars X — Dr. Chu was working with her collaborators from University of Florida, Zhengkun Li (Ph D student, middle) and Rui Xu (Post Doc fellow, right) from Dr. Charlie Li’s lab, to collect blueberry image data with their ground robot MARS X.