Robert Soost

Robert K. Soost (November 13, 1920, Sacramento – March 8, 2009) was a citrus expert and professor of genetics at University of California, Riverside, and sixth curator of the University of California Citrus Variety Collection.[http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/repositoryfiles/citrusgenetic-54988.pdf Citrus Genetic Resources in California Analysis and Recommendations for Long-Term Conservation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205161617/http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/repositoryfiles/citrusgenetic-54988.pdf |date=2014-12-05 }} page 15

He studied at UC Berkeley.[https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/in-memoriam/files/robert-soost.html In Memoriam Robert Kenneth Soost]

Soost worked to develop important citrus varieties, including two noted grapefruits (the Oroblanco and the MelogoldSoost R K, Cameron J W. “Oroblanco'. a triploid pummelo-grapefruit hybrid. Hort Sci. 1980.

• Soost R K, Cameron J W. “Melogold'. a triploid pummelo-grapefruit hybrid. Hort Sci. 1985.
• [http://newsroom.ucr.edu/2042 UCR NewsRoom]
• [http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/melogold.html Melogold at CVC] at that university's citrus experiment station in Riverside, California.) as well as two noted mandarins. Was a co-author of volume II of The Citrus Industry (book).[http://websites.lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol2/Vol2TP.html The Citrus Industry Volume II] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719055208/http://websites.lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol2/Vol2TP.html |date=2011-07-19 }}

On March 8, 2009, the professor died from a heart attack.{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings21-2009mar21,0,3189571.story|title=Passings|date=March 21, 2009|access-date=March 21, 2009|work=Los Angeles Times}}