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

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