Jenkin, Thomas James (1885-1965)

Director Welsh Plant Breeding Station

Jenkin, Thomas James (1885-1965) C.B.E., D.S., b. Henry's Mote Parish, Pembrokeshire.

Professor Agricultural Botany, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (1920-42)

1914-15 - Agricultural Officer Brecon and Radnor; 1915-19 - University College of Wales, Bangor; 1942-50 - Director Welsh Plant Breeding Station.

Publications:

Aberystwyth strains of grasses and clovers-Seed Gr. Leafl. WPBS No. 10, 1945 p. 8

Artificial hybrydisation of grasses....-UCW Department of Agriculture, Reports Series H, No.2. Shrewsbury : W. B. Walker, 1924. ii, 18 p.

Artificial hybridisation of grasses-Bull. WPBS Series H No. 2, 1924 p. 18

Artificial production of intergeneric hybrids in grasses-Rep. 93rd Meeting. Brit. Ass. 1925 p. 361-2

Black rust-Bull WPBS C No 1, 1921 p. 41-5

Breeding of herbage grasses. -Bailliere's Encyclopaedia Sci. Agri. 1, p. 530-8

Bryner-JUA 36, 1955 p. 64-5

Castlemartin cattle-Welsh Black Cattle Soc. Herd Bk. 35, 1947

Cawl-WW 4, 1916-7 t. 118-21

Cymraeg amaethyddiaeth-WW 3, 1915-6 t. 115-7

Daniel Johns-JUA 34, 1953 p. 47

Development of strains in grasses and clovers-Jnl. Nat. Inst of. Agri. Bot. 7, 1955 p. 419-33

Diminution in the number of farm labourers-Nutrition and the Public Health, 1939 p. 75

Diseases and pests at Welsh Plant Breeding Station, Aberystwyth-AAB 32, 1945 p. 281

Eithin-JUA 40, 1959 p. 16-23

Evolution in wild populations-Proc. 7th Int. Genetics Congr. 1939 p. 167-8

Expression of Welsh Agriculture-JUA 24, 1935 p. 5-13

Fertility in plants of the genus Phelum-BWPBS Series H, No. 12, 1931 p. 148-59

Foundations of ley garming-WJA 18, 1945 p. 5-7

Genetic problems in breeding of forage grasses-Report of Proc. Genetics and Eugenics Congr. 1951 p. 360-74

Genetic research in Britain 1939-45-HER 1, 1947 p. 16-17

Grass, breeding and development of pedigree grasses-Br. Racehorse June, 1950 . 7 p.

Grass-QJHA 3, 1935 p. 149-53

Herbage plants-Misc. Papers WPBS No. 2, 1948 p. 5

Improvement of grassland-JMA 27, 1921 p. 1056-1059

Improvement of grazed pastures by manuring-JMA 28, 1921 p. 239-47

Inheritance in holium perenne L. I. And II and III-JG, 19, 1928 p. 391-417; 22, 1930 p. 389-94

Inter-fertility of Lolium perenne-BWPBS Series H, No. 12 p. 121-125

International Comgerss on Tropical Agriculture 1930-Typescript. 5 p.

Interspecific and intergenetic hybrids in herbage grasses-JG 28, 1933 p. 205-64; 52, 1954 p. 239, 331; 53, 1955 p. 81-130, 379-486

Little mare (Y Gaseg Fach)-GWE 2, 1959 p. 133-6

Mawn eithin a grug (Atgofion am ardal Maenclochog, Sir Benfro, yn nechrau'r ganrif) -GG 3, 1957 t. 31-7

Method and technique of election, breeding and strain-building in grasses-Bull.Bur. Pl. Genet., Aberystwyth 3, 1931 p. 5-34

Natural crossing in wheat-WJA 1, 1925 p. 104-10

Natural selection in relation to the grasses-PRC Ser. B, 121, 1936 p. 52-6

New varieties and strains from Welsh Plant Breeding Station....-Shrewsbury : Walker, 1929. 16 p.

Notes on vivipary in Festuca ovina-Rep. Bot (Soc) Exch. Club. Manchr. 1922 p. 15

Notes on Vivipary-Bot. Soc and Exchange Club of Br. Isles 6 Pr 3, 1922 p. 418

Obituary notice of Mr M. T. Thomas-JBGS 6, 1951 p. 85

Obituary white clover seed versus wild white clover-J. OF Board of Agri. 23, No. 12, 1917

Parc llafur (y cae yd)-GG 4, 1961 t. 5-46

Pasture plant-FC 3, 1925 p. 1-42

Pasture studies : some results....-Bangor : Jarvis and Foster, 1919 vi, 58 p.

Perennial ryegrass at Aberystwyth-WJA 6, 1930 p. 140-65

Progress in breeding plants in Great Britain-Rep. 5th Inst. Grasslan. Congr.1949 p. 95-100

Pure line of Hen Gymro wheat-Leaflet WPBS Series S No. 1, 1929. 16 p.

Relation between genetics and Systematics-Rep. Brit. Ass. Sect. K, 1937 p. 427-8

Report on 5th Int. Genetics Congress, 1927-

Report on 6th Int. Botanical Congress, 1935-Typescript, 11 p.

Rust resistance trials with wheat-BWPBS Series C No. 1, 1921 p. 41-5

Ryegrasses-BWPBS Series H., No. 1, 1922 p. 60-4

Seed testing and reports on seeds 1913-15-Bangor : Jarvis and Foster, 1915. 32 p.

Selecting new grasses for breeding-RE 2, 1949 p. 502-6

Self and cross-fertilisation in Lolium perenne-JG, 17, 1927 p. 11-17

Self fertility in Festuca rubra-BWPBS Series H, No. 12, 1931 p. 160

Self fertility in Italian ryegrass-BWPBS Series H, No. 12 1931 p. 120

Self Fertility in perennial ryegrass-BWPBS Series H, No. 12 1931 p. 110-119

Strains and symbols-YF March-April, 1948

Swollen stem intermedes and other characters in Arrhenathenum Beauv-BWPBS Series H, No. 12, 1931 p. 126-47

Timothy-BWPBS Series H, No. 1, 1922 p. 64-6

Tour of Scandinavia-1928. Typescript. 60 p.

Uncertified New Zealand ryegrass seed-JMA 43, 1936 p. 109-116

Variation-JUA 27, 1938 p. 22-4

Welsh Plant Breeding Station-BAB 4, No. 15, 1951, p. 133-9; JUA 26, 1937 p. 35-43; JRWAS, 1937 p. 136-8; FA 1, 1946 p. 141-148

Welsh Plant Breeding Station Strains 1 'S' numbers-FT 1, 1943 No. 8, p. 2-3

Welsh Plant Breeding Station 'S' varieties-FT 1, 1943 No. 9 p. 3

Publications with other authors:

Biennial and perennial legumes-B WPBS Series H, No. 1, 1922 p. 43-45

Legumes which are only productive in the seeding year-BWPBS Series H, No. 1, 1922 p. 39-43

Preliminary note on reversed badger-face pattern in sheep-WJA 2, 1926 p. 70-72

Problems covered with fertilisation of grasses and clovers-BWPBS Series H, No. 1, 1922 p. 16-21

White clover : general-BWPBS Series H, No. 1, 1922 p. 68-70

Publications with Long, H. C.:

Plant breeding at Aberystwyth-DT 26 October, 1928

Publications with Sethi, B. L.:

Phalaris arundinacae-JG 26, 1932 p. 1-36

Publications with Stapledon, R. G.:

Improvement of herbage plants-JBDF 41, 1929 p. 9-24

Potentiality and nationality-BWPBS Series H, No. 1, 1922 p. 37-9

Species of indigenous grasses-BWPBS Series H, No. 1, 1922 p. 47-51

Species which are not at present the subject of exhaustive investigations-BWPBS Series H, No. 1, 1922 p. 47-51

Publications with Thomas, P. T.:

Breeding affinities and cytology of Lolium species-JB 76, 1938 p. 10-12

Interspecific and intergeneme hybrids in herbage grasses-JG 37, 1939 p. 255-86

Publications about the author:

Portread-GW 1, 1963 t. 130-3