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Beddows, Arthur Rhys

Aberystwyth; Head Welsh Plant Breeding Station

Beddows, Arthur Rhys (1896– ) b. Aberystwyth.

Head Department Grass Breeding, Welsh Plant Breeding Station and worked there all his life. Retired to Essex 1961.

Publications:

Better grasses, ARW January, 1956

Biological flora of British Isles, JE, 1961 p. 421–30

Flowering behaviour, NP 60, 1961 p. 312–24

Grass Breeding,UCW Aberystwyth WPBS Report, 1950–6 p. 11–33

Grasses and grass breeding, Farming 1, 1963 p. 404–19

Notes on shoot-bud prophylls,WJA 14, 1938 p. 245–6

Observation on hoove, hoven, blown or bloat taken from Agricultural writings, 1716–1827 , JUA 33, 1952 p. 12–15

Ryegrasses in British agriculture,Aberystwyth:Welsh Plant Breeding Station, 1953 .82 p. Bull. WPBS Series H No. 17, p. 81

Seasonal variation in date of inflorescence emergence in populations of Lolium perenne, JE, 1953 p. 409–10

Seed setting and flowering in Brachypodium pinnatum, NP 34, 1935 p. 326–38

Seed setting and flowering in various grasses,Bull WPBS Series H 12, 1931 p. 5–99

Shape of shho­bud prophyll,WJA 13, 1937 p. 190–195

Strainbuilding in cross-fertile grasses,European Grassl. Conf. OEEC Paris, 1954 p. 79–83

Tour of grasslands in Western France,JBGS 4, 1949 p. 287–91

Triodia decumbens, AB 45, 1931 p. 443–51

Variability in and nature of spickelets composing fascicle in Lamarckia ,NP 37, 1938 p. 113–29

Vegetative vigour and psssibility of natural cross-fertilization in soft brome,WJA 12, 1936 p. 174–182

Why 'certified' grass seeds, JUA 42, 1961 p. 9–14

Publications with Davis, A. G.:

Illustrated notes on the technique of grass-breeding at Aberystwyth, HR 6, 1938 p. 221–227

Publications with Evans, G:

Breeding Quality plants for quality seed AGRI 68, April 1961 p. 9–12,

Publications with Jones, Keith:

Chromosome numbers in holcus mollis, NAT 171, 1953 p. 938

Publications with Stapledon, R.G.:

Quantitative and qualitative response of cocksfoot,WJA 2, 1926 p. 103–116

Publications with others:

Seeds mixture problems, BWPBS Series H No. 6, 1927 p. 5–28