Carleton Roy Ball

Carleton Roy Ball
BornJune 12, 1873
Little Rock, Iowa
DiedFebruary 2, 1958(1958-02-02) (aged 84)
Washington, D.C.
Alma materIowa State College
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsAmerican Society of Agronomy
USDA

Carleton Roy Ball (June 12, 1873 – February 2, 1958) was an American botanist and cerealist in charge of the U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.[1][2] During his life he described 45 species in the genus Salix (willows) and was also a founder of American Society of Agronomy as well as its journal editor.[1]

  1. ^ a b Archer, W. Andrew (July 1958). "Carleton Roy Ball". Taxon. 7 (5): 121–123. doi:10.1002/j.1996-8175.1958.tb02750.x. JSTOR 1216211.
  2. ^ Who's who in the Nation's Capital. Consolidated Publishing Company. 1926.