Technical and Research Contacts
Jeff Bloodworth, Private Grape Breeder
Bloodworth breeds grapes through cross pollination and seedling propagation. The objective of the grape breeding program is to produce commercially acceptable cultivars that fall into four categories:
- Muscadine grapes, primarily for the fresh market
- Muscadine-like hybrid grapes improved by incorporating bunch grape characteristics
- Bunch-type seedless grapes
- Bunch-type wine grapes. Bloodworth maintains and breeds more than one thousand grape cultivars.
Contact: N.C. Grape Breeding Program
2311 Hermitage Rd.
Hillsborough, NC 27278
grapjb@mindspring.com
Dan Carroll, Enologist, Food Science, NCSU
Dr. Carroll has research, extension and teaching responsibilities in the Food Science Department. Research interests include:
- Processing factors affecting the composition and quality of fruit and vegetable product
- New product and process development
- Enological research involving grapes adapted to N.C. growing conditions.
Contact: Department of Food Science
Box 7624, NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-7624
(919) 513-2095.
Bill Cline, Researcher and Extension Specialist, Plant Pathology, NCSU
Mr. Cline is responsible for investigating diseases of small fruit crops at the Horticultural Crops Research Station, Castle Hayne, and conducts research on muscadine grapes in the department of Plant Pathology at NCSU. Current efforts include checking cultivars for disease resistance, and establishing new test fields at Castle Hayne for use in evaluating fungicides and cultural practices to enhance disease control.
Contact: Horticultural Crops Research Station
3800 Castle Hayne Road
Castle Hayne, NC 28429
(910) 675-2314
bill_cline@ncsu.edu
C. Mike Mainland, Professor, Horticulture, NCSU
Dr. Mainland works with cultural practices of muscadine grapes at the Horticultural Crops Research Station, Castle Hayne. New trellising and training procedures using recently released cultivars is the current area of cultural research. The goal is to improve the quality and marketability of muscadine grapes for the fresh market. W. Terry Bland, also at Castle Hayne, assumed responsibility for muscadine grape extension programs in February 1995.
Contact: Horticultural Crops Research Station
3800 Castle Hayne Road
Castle Hayne, NC 28429
(910) 675-2314
mike_mainland@ncsu.edu, terry_bland@ncsu.edu.
David Monks, Associate Professor, Horticulture, NCSU
Dr. Monks has extension and research responsibilities for weed management in vegetable and small fruit (blueberry, bramble, grape, and strawberry) crops. Research interests include weed/crop competition, weed ecology, weed management in no-till and conventional vegetables and herbicide efficacy, residue and carryover studies. Research interests also include developing alternative methods (i.e. living mulch) to herbicides for weed management.
Contact: Department of Horticultural Science
Box 7609, NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
(919) 515-5370
david_monks@ncsu.edu
E. Barclay Poling, Professor and Small Fruit Extension Specialist, Horticulture, NCSU
Dr. Poling has extension and research responsibilities for small fruit crops, with emphasis on strawberry environmental physiology and cultural research and Muscadine grapes.
Contact: Department of Horticultural Science
Box 7609, NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
(919) 515-119
barclay_poling@ncsu.edu
Turner Sutton, Professor of Plant Pathology, NCSU
Dr. Sutton has extension and research responsibilities for plant pathology, and is currently surveying diseases on grapes in North Carolina.
Contact: Department of Plant Pathology
Room 200 1320 Varsity Drive, NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-7616
(919) 515-6823
turner_sutton@ncsu.edu
Tony Wolf, Associate Professor and Viticulturist, Virginia Tech
Dr. Wolf is responsible for the state-wide direction of grape research and extension efforts. Extension programs disseminate research-based recommendations defined by Virginia's growing conditions. His primary goals are to improve grape quality and increase vineyard productivity.
Contact: Virginia Cooperative Extension
595 Laurel Grove Rd.
Winchester, VA 22602
(540) 869-2560
vitis@vt.edu
N.C. State University Reference Information, (919) 515-2011 or visit NCSU Regional Experts List for technical experts.
Other Academic Resource Contacts:
- Jim Ballington, PhD, Director - NCSU Small Fruit Center, Department of Horticultural Science, Box 7609, NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609, (919) 515-1214, Fax (919) 515-2505, jim_ballington@ncsu.edu
- Terry Bland, Muscadine Extension, Horticultural Crops Research Station, 3800 Castle Hayne Road, Castle Hayne, NC 28429, (910) 675-2314, Fax (910) 675-0242, terry_bland@ncsu.edu
- Terry Garwood, NCSU Extension Agent -- Northwest District, Dobson, NC 27017, (336) 401-8025, terry_garwood@ncsu.edu
- Tom Monaco, PhD, Department Head, Horticultural Science, Box 7609, NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609, Work (919) 515-1187, Fax (919) 515-2505, tom_monaco@ncsu.edu
- David Ritchie, PhD, Professor of Plant Pathology, NCSU Box 7616, Raleigh, NC 27695-7616, david_ritchie@ncsu.edu
- Ken Sorensen, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Entomology, NCSU, kenneth_sorensen@ncsu.edu
- Bruce Zoecklein, PhD, VA Tech, Food Science., Blacksburg, VA 24061, Work (540) 231-5325, Fax (540) 231-9293, bzoeckle@vt.edu
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