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.
[2] For two years he was a teacher at Iowa State College where he performed experiments with seeds.
A year before obtaining his master's degree he became a part of the United States Division of Agrostology where he studied various grasses and performed agronomic experiments.
By the time World War I began he was testing various wheats and its production.