TY - JOUR AU - Soost, Robert K. AU - Cameron, James W. AU - Bitters, Willard P. TI - Citrus germplasm collection is widely used JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1977/09/01 VL - 31 IS - 9 SP - 38 EP - 39 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v031n09p38 AB - The University of California's citrus variety collection was initiated with the establishment of the Citrus Experiment Station (CES) in 1910, at what is now UC's Riverside Campus (UCR). The collection, numbering more than 1200 accessions from throughout the world, has been used extensively to solve citrus disease problems, improve varieties, and congregate and preserve valuable germplasm resources.