UGA RESEARCHERS TRAVEL DOWN UNDER TO COLLECT RASPBERRY AND PEACH SEEDS

  • College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
  • Griffin Campus
  • Horticulture
  • Research
Written by
Sharon Dowdy
Posted on
Friday, May 4, 2018
Dr. Dario Chavez collecting peach seeds
University of Georgia Horticulturist Dario Chavez traveled to Australia to collect peach seeds and budwood for his breeding program on the UGA Griffin campus.

University of Georgia horticulturists Rachel Itle and Dario Chavez recently traveled to Australia to collect seeds from wild raspberries and peaches to bring back to the UGA Griffin campus. As scientists in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Itle and Chavez research Georgia-grown fruit.

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http://www.caes.uga.edu/newswire/story.html?storyid=7566