Jorge B RetamalesJorge B. Retamales is a retired Professor, Departamento de Horticultura, Universidad de Talca, Chile. He is an advisor to several blueberry producing and exporting companies in Chile and Peru. He received his BS in Agricultural Engineering at the Uniersidad de Chile (Santiago, Chile). After managing fruit orchards for five years in southern Chile he obtained a Fulbright Scholarship to study an MS and a Ph. D. in Fruit Physiology at Michigan State University. Upon returning to Chile he worked for 30 years as assistant professor and later full professor at the Department of Horticulture of the Universidad de Talca. The emphasis of his research was fruit physiology and nutrition of apples, strawberries and blueberries. He was Director of the Department of Horticulture and later Dean of the College of Agricultural Engineering. Later on he was appointed for four years Director of Research and four years Director of Graduate Studies at the Universidad de Talca. Between 2004 and 2022 he was President of the Chilean Society for Horticultural Science. In the period 2006-2022 he represented Chile at the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). Between 2010 and 2018 he was the leader of the Strawberry Working Group. Later on (2018-2022) acted as the head of the Vine and Berry Fruits Division of the ISHS. Read More Read Less