Research Interests
Development of high yielding, high quality, and better disease/pest resistance southern high bush blueberry cultivars.
Explore the genetic variability of commercially important blueberry traits using traditional breeding tools and quantitative genetics, with the aim of increasing genetic gain in selection traits, and optimizing the generation of new cultivars.
Discover, develop, and apply molecular marker information to advance plant breeding through Marker Assisted Selection (MAS) and Genome-Wide Selection (GWS).
Dr. Patricio R. Muñoz
Associate Professor
Contact
Blueberry Breeding and Genomics
Horticultural Science Department
University of Florida
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Education
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Postdoctoral Associate
Forest Genomic Lab,
University of Florida Jan 2013-May 2013
Ph.D.
Plant Molecular Breeding, PMCB,
University of Florida, 2012
Master of Science
Quantitative Genetics, SFRC,
University of Florida, 2009
Bachelor of Science
Forestry Engineer,
Universidad Catolica de Temuco, Chile, 2004
Email :
p.munozatufl.edu
Phone :
(352) 273-4837
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Location
Horticultural Science Department - IFAS
University of Florida
2211 Fifield Hall
2550 Hull Rd
Gainesville, FL 32611