World of CitrusUS-1279 Citrandarin
In 1995, Kim D. Bowman made the Changsha mandarin x Gotha Road #6 trifoliate orange cross at the A.H. Whitmore Foundation Farm in Florida. The resulting selection was tested as BS95-V3-11 and later released as US-1279.
US-1279, tested as BS95-V3-11, was released by USDA in September 2014 for commercial rootstock use in Florida. In Florida flatwoods trials after HLB infection, it induced superior Hamlin sweet-orange productivity and fruit quality; this is tolerance after infection, not resistance to infection.