World of CitrusUS-1281 Citrandarin
Kim D. Bowman made the Cleopatra mandarin × Gotha Road #6 trifoliate orange cross at the USDA A.H. Whitmore Foundation Farm in 1995. The 2014 release document identifies US-1281 by the field-testing code BS95-V5-10.
Made the 1995 Cleopatra mandarin × Gotha Road #6 trifoliate orange cross that produced US-1281 Citrandarin.
The USDA Agricultural Research Service released US-1281 to nurserymen and growers in September 2014; the release document identifies it as selection BS95-V5-10. Kim D. Bowman planned and conducted selection, evaluation, and field testing, and Greg McCollum collaborated on fruit-quality evaluation from field trials. Reported performance concerns Hamlin scions in Florida flatwoods and ridge trials; the release cautions that flatwoods superiority was not clear at the ridge site.
Released US-1281 Citrandarin for commercial use in September 2014.
Planned and conducted selection, evaluation, and field testing of US-1281 Citrandarin before its release.
Collaborated in evaluation of fruit quality during field testing of US-1281 Citrandarin.