James W. Cameron
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
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
- Nucellar Seedlings may permit development of disease-free citrus varieties
- Tree and fruit characters of Citrus triploids from tetraploid by diploid crosses
- Chemico-Genetic Bases for the Reserve Carbohydrates in Maize Endosperm, PDF full
- Nuclear lines of citrus: Tree size, yield, and fruit characters of old and young lines of ten citrus varieties compared
References
- ^ James W. Cameron, UCR Memorial: 2010 Memorial
- ^ http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/repositoryfiles/ca3411p16-62827.pdf Archived 2017-08-09 at the Wayback Machine Oroblanco: A new grapefruit hybrid
- ^ Pixies from Paradise
- ^ Encore and Pixie: Two New Mandarins with Unusual Use
- ^ Sweet citrus varieties with deep orange rind released by UC Riverside
- ^ University Bulletin
- ^ The Citrus Industry Volume II Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine