Barclay Poling
Professor Emeritus
Former NC State Extension Small Fruits Specialist
Bio
Former NC State Extension and research responsibilities for small fruit crops, with emphasis on strawberry environmental physiology and cultural research. Research emphasis includes the development of strawberry fall fruiting systems for greenhouse production and temperature/chilling manipulation of container-raised strawberry plant cultivar for earlier and higher quality fruiting in the greenhouse.
Education
Ph.D. Cornell University 1980
Publications
- Day-neutral Strawberry Production for Season Extension in the Midsouth , HORTSCIENCE (2008)
- Spring cold injury to winegrapes and protection strategies and methods , HortScience (2008)
- Blackberries , Journal of Small Fruit & Viticulture (1997)
- Strawberry plasticulture in North Carolina. I. Developing a competitive horticultural industry requires "experts", not "participatory groups" , Journal of Small Fruit & Viticulture (1995)
- Strawberry plasticulture in North Carolina. II. Preplant, planting and postplant considerations for growing 'Chandler' strawberry on black plastic mulch , Journal of Small Fruit & Viticulture (1995)
- Economics of changing from matted row to annual hill system strawberry production , HortScience (1986)