2018 ASHS Annual Conference

Margaret Worthington, Ph.D.

University of Arkansas
316 Plant Science Building
Fayetteville, AR
USA 72701
Email: mlworthi@uark.edu

Biographical Sketch: Margaret Worthington joined the University of Arkansas Department of Horticulture as an assistant professor of fruit breeding and genetics in August, 2016. Before joining the UA faculty, she worked as a tropical forage breeder at the CIAT in Cali, Colombia and completed an MSc degree in Horticulture and Agronomy at UC Davis and a PhD in Crop Science at North Carolina State University. Dr. Worthington's primary research interest is the development of improved peach, nectarine, and muscadine grape cultivars. She also leads research on fruit genetics and molecular breeding and is especially interested in answering questions that lead to the development of molecular tools and modern breeding methods which will accelerate genetic gain and strengthen applied cultivar development programs.

Papers:
Fruit Breeding (FRBR) Meeting - Open to All Attendees QTL Mapping for Fruit Weight and Diameter through Pedigree-Based Analysis in Peach Quantitative Trait Loci for Fruit Quality Attributes and Cold Hardiness in Muscadine Grape (Vitis rotundifolia) Verifying Parentage and Confirming Identity in Blackberry with a Fingerprinting Set