James W. Cameron

Wikipedia

James W. Cameron (23 April 1913 – 12 January 2010)[1] was an emeritus professor of horticultural science, a geneticist and citrus breeder in the University of California Citrus Experiment Station.

Breeding

Oroblanco is a very popular grapefruit variety, praised for its sweetness. Was developed by James W. Cameron together with Robert K. Soost.

Together with Robert Soost he developed the Oroblanco[2] and Melogold grapefruits, and the encore and pixie[3] mandarins,[4] which turned out to be of major importance.[5] By 1954, he had developed 484 hybrid citrus seedlings, most of them resistant against nematodes, together with Richard C. Baines.[6]

Cameron was a co-author on volume II of The Citrus Industry.[7]

Academic writings

References

  1. "James W. Cameron, UCR Memorial: 2010 Memorial". Archived from the original on 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  2. http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/repositoryfiles/ca3411p16-62827.pdf Archived 2017-08-09 at the Wayback Machine Oroblanco: A new grapefruit hybrid
  3. Pixies from Paradise
  4. Encore and Pixie: Two New Mandarins with Unusual Use
  5. Sweet citrus varieties with deep orange rind released by UC Riverside
  6. University Bulletin
  7. The Citrus Industry Volume II Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine