 Dr.
James R. Ballington
Professor
Department of Horticultural Science
260 Kilgore
Hall, Box 7609
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
Office Phone: 919.515.1214
E-Mail: jim_ballington@ncsu.edu
Teaching responsibilities in plant propagation and small fruit production.
Research responsibilities with small fruits, especially breeding, genetics,
and taxonomy in Vaccinium Fragaria and Rubus. Research emphases include:
germplasm enhancement and breeding adapted cultivars of blueberries,
strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries; disease and insect resistance;
micropropagation and in-vitro polyploidy induction; phylogenetic relationships
among Vaccinium species.
Cultivar releases (small fruit varieties from NC State University)
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