Associate Professor
Areas of Research:
- Stone Fruit Breeding and Genetics
- Citrus Breeding and Genetics
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)
Teaching Responsibilities
- HOS 6201 – Breeding Perennial Cultivars
Program Personnel
- Mark Gal, Biological Scientist
- Dario Chavez-Velasquez, Graduate Student
Publications
- Chavez, D.J. and J.X. Chaparro. 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.
