Horticultural Sciences

Horticultural Sciences

Dr. José X. Chaparro

Associate Professor

Mailing Address:
Fifield Hall
2550 Hull Road
PO Box 110690
Gainesville, Florida 32611

Office: 2119 Fifield Hall
Phone: (352) 562-3076
E-mail: jaguey58@ufl.edu

Areas of Research
- Stone Fruit Breeding and Genetics
- Citrus Breeding and Genetics

Teaching Responsibilities
- HOS 6201 – Breeding Perennial Cultivars

Educational Background
- Ph.D. - North Carolina State University, Plant Breeding (1993)
- M.S. - University of Florida, Horticulture (1986)
- B.S. - University of Puerto Rico, General Agriculture (1981)

Selected Publications

Authors	Year	Title / Description	Publication
Chavez, D.J. and Chaparro, J.X.	2011	Identification of Markers Linked to Seedlessness in Citrus kinokunihort. ex Tanaka and its Progeny using Bulked Segregant Analysis.	HortScience 46: 693–697.
Carrillo-Mendoza, O., Sherman W.B., and Chaparro, J.X.	2010	Development of a branching index for evaluation of peach seedlings.	HortScience. 45:852-856.
Chaparro, J. X. and Sherman, W.B.	2010	UFOne peach.	Journal of the American Pomological Society. 64: 60-62.
Rahemi, A.R., Fatahi, R., Ebadi, A., Taghavi, T., Hassani, D., Gradziel, T., and Chaparro, J	2010	Genetic variation of S-alleles in wild almonds and their related Prunus species.	Australian Journal of Crop Science. 4:648-659.
Beckman, T.G., Chaparro, J.X., and Sherman, W.B.	2009	'Sharpe' a clonal plum rootstock for peach.	HortScience 43:2236-2237.
Chaparro, J.X. and Sherman, W.B.	2009	'UFRoyal' nectarine.	Journal of the American Pomological Society. 63:192-193.
Wert, T.W., Williamson, J.G., Chaparro, J.X., Miller, E.P., and Rouse, R.E.	2009	The influence of climate on fruit development and quality of four low-chill peach cultivars.	HortScience 44:666-670.