Allan Ross Ferguson ONZM (born 1943) is a New Zealand botanist who has made significant contributions in the field of kiwifruit scientific investigation. The standard author abbreviation A.R.Ferguson is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]
Ross Ferguson | |
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| Born | Allan Ross Ferguson 1943 (age 80–81) Morrinsville, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
| Known for | Contributions in kiwifruit scientific investigation |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, biology |
| Thesis | Physiological and Biochemical Adaptation in the Nitrogen Nutrition of Spirodela Oligorrhiza (1969) |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | A.R.Ferguson |
Born in Morrinsville, Ferguson received a Masters of Science (first-class honours) in 1967,[2] and a Doctor of Philosophy in cell biology from the University of Auckland in 1969.[3]
In the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours, Ferguson was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the kiwifruit industry.[4]
Selected publications
edit- Ferguson, A.R. (1984) Kiwifruit: A Botanical Review, in Horticultural Reviews, Volume 6 (ed J. Janick), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9781118060797.ch1[5]
- Ferguson, A.R. and Bollard, E.G. (1990) Domestication of kiwifruit. In: IJ Warrington IJ & Weston GC, eds. Kiwifruit: Science and Management. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Society for Horticultural Science, 165–246.
- Ferguson, A.R. (2004) 1904– the year that kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) came to New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 32: 3–27.[6]
- Huang, H.-W. and Ferguson, A.R. (2007). Actinidia IN China: Natural diversity, phylogeographical evolution, interspecific gene flow and kiwifruit cultivar improvement. Acta Hortic. 753, 31–40 DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.753.1 https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.753.1.[7]
References
edit- ^ International Plant Names Index. A.R.Ferguson.
- ^ http://librarysearch.auckland.ac.nz/UOA2_A:Combined_Local:uoa_alma21159807050002091 [dead link]
- ^ Ferguson, A. (1969). Physiological and Biochemical Adaptation in the Nitrogen Nutrition of Spirodela Oligorrhiza (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/2027.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2007". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ Ferguson, A.R. (1 January 1984). "Kiwifruit: A Botanical Review". In Janick, Jules (ed.). Horticultural Reviews. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 1–64. doi:10.1002/9781118060797.ch1. ISBN 9781118060797.
- ^ Ferguson, A. R. (1 March 2004). "1904—the year that kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) came to New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. 32 (1): 3–27. Bibcode:2004NZJCH..32....3F. doi:10.1080/01140671.2004.9514276. ISSN 0114-0671. S2CID 85152701.
- ^ "ACTINIDIA IN CHINA: NATURAL DIVERSITY, PHYLOGEOGRAPHICAL EVOLUTION, INTERSPECIFIC GENE FLOW AND KIWIFRUIT CULTIVAR IMPROVEMENT". www.actahort.org. Retrieved 26 March 2017.