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Mechanical stimulation in wheat triggers age- and dose-dependent alterations in growth, development and grain characteristics by Hindhaugh, Rebecca, Bosch, Maurice, Donnison, Iain S

“…Abstract Background and Aims Wheat crops are exposed to a range of mechanical stimulations in their natural environment, yet we know very little about their…”
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Environmental costs and benefits of growing Miscanthus for bioenergy in the UK by McCalmont, Jon P., Hastings, Astley, McNamara, Niall P., Richter, Goetz M., Robson, Paul, Donnison, Iain S., Clifton‐Brown, John

“…Planting the perennial biomass crop Miscanthus in the UK could offset 2–13 Mt oil eq. yr−1, contributing up to 10% of current energy use. Policymakers need…”
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Fermentation study on Saccharina latissima for bioethanol production considering variable pre-treatments by Adams, Jessica M., Gallagher, Joseph A., Donnison, Iain S.

“…Climate change, fuel security and economics are creating a requirement for alternative, renewable fuels. Bioethanol is currently produced from land-based crops…”
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The Effect of Red & Blue Rich LEDs vs Fluorescent Light on Lollo Rosso Lettuce Morphology and Physiology by Cammarisano, Laura, Donnison, Iain S, Robson, Paul R H

“…The challenges of feeding an increasing population, an increasingly urban population and within an increasingly challenging global environment have focused…”
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Producing Enhanced Yield and Nutritional Pigmentation in Lollo Rosso Through Manipulating the Irradiance, Duration, and Periodicity of LEDs in the Visible Region of Light by Cammarisano, Laura, Donnison, Iain S, Robson, Paul R H

“…Pigmented food are an important part of the human diet, and anthocyanins have demonstrable protection against tumor production in mouse models and beneficial…”
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New opportunities for the exploitation of energy crops by thermochemical conversion in Northern Europe and the UK by Robbins, Mark P., Evans, Geraint, Valentine, John, Donnison, Iain S., Allison, Gordon G.

“…Currently, significant academic and industrial activity is focused on sourcing feed stocks from non-food biomass crops for the sustainable production of…”
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Identification of genes involved in cell wall biogenesis in grasses by differential gene expression profiling of elongating and non-elongating maize internodes by Bosch, Maurice, Mayer, Claus-Dieter, Cookson, Alan, Donnison, Iain S.

“…Despite the economic importance of grasses as food, feed, and energy crops, little is known about the genes that control their cell wall synthesis, assembly,…”
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Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) draft genome provides a platform for trait improvement by De Vega, Jose J., Ayling, Sarah, Hegarty, Matthew, Kudrna, Dave, Goicoechea, Jose L., Ergon, Åshild, Rognli, Odd A., Jones, Charlotte, Swain, Martin, Geurts, Rene, Lang, Chunting, Mayer, Klaus F. X., Rössner, Stephan, Yates, Steven, Webb, Kathleen J., Donnison, Iain S., Oldroyd, Giles E. D., Wing, Rod A., Caccamo, Mario, Powell, Wayne, Abberton, Michael T., Skøt, Leif

“…Red clover ( Trifolium pratense L.) is a globally significant forage legume in pastoral livestock farming systems. It is an attractive component of grassland…”
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Genome-wide association studies and prediction of 17 traits related to phenology, biomass and cell wall composition in the energy grass Miscanthus sinensis by Slavov, Gancho T., Nipper, Rick, Robson, Paul, Farrar, Kerrie, Allison, Gordon G., Bosch, Maurice, Clifton‐Brown, John C., Donnison, Iain S., Jensen, Elaine

“…Increasing demands for food and energy require a step change in the effectiveness, speed and flexibility of crop breeding. Therefore, the aim of this study was…”
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Progress on Optimizing Miscanthus Biomass Production for the European Bioeconomy: Results of the EU FP7 Project OPTIMISC by Lewandowski, Iris, Clifton-Brown, John, Trindade, Luisa M, van der Linden, Gerard C, Schwarz, Kai-Uwe, Müller-Sämann, Karl, Anisimov, Alexander, Chen, C-L, Dolstra, Oene, Donnison, Iain S, Farrar, Kerrie, Fonteyne, Simon, Harding, Graham, Hastings, Astley, Huxley, Laurie M, Iqbal, Yasir, Khokhlov, Nikolay, Kiesel, Andreas, Lootens, Peter, Meyer, Heike, Mos, Michal, Muylle, Hilde, Nunn, Chris, Özgüven, Mensure, Roldán-Ruiz, Isabel, Schüle, Heinrich, Tarakanov, Ivan, van der Weijde, Tim, Wagner, Moritz, Xi, Qingguo, Kalinina, Olena

“…This paper describes the complete findings of the EU-funded research project OPTIMISC, which investigated methods to optimize the production and use of…”
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Morphological and Physiological Traits that Explain Yield Response to Drought Stress in Miscanthus by Malinowska, Marta, Donnison, Iain, Robson, Paul

“…Miscanthus is a high yielding perennial grass capable of high biomass yields with low inputs. Traits associated with yield have been identified in miscanthus,…”
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Breeding progress and preparedness for mass‐scale deployment of perennial lignocellulosic biomass crops switchgrass, miscanthus, willow and poplar by Clifton‐Brown, John, Harfouche, Antoine, Casler, Michael D., Dylan Jones, Huw, Macalpine, William J., Murphy‐Bokern, Donal, Smart, Lawrence B., Adler, Anneli, Ashman, Chris, Awty‐Carroll, Danny, Bastien, Catherine, Bopper, Sebastian, Botnari, Vasile, Brancourt‐Hulmel, Maryse, Chen, Zhiyong, Clark, Lindsay V., Cosentino, Salvatore, Dalton, Sue, Davey, Chris, Dolstra, Oene, Donnison, Iain, Flavell, Richard, Greef, Joerg, Hanley, Steve, Hastings, Astley, Hertzberg, Magnus, Hsu, Tsai‐Wen, Huang, Lin S., Iurato, Antonella, Jensen, Elaine, Jin, Xiaoli, Jørgensen, Uffe, Kiesel, Andreas, Kim, Do‐Soon, Liu, Jianxiu, McCalmont, Jon P., McMahon, Bernard G., Mos, Michal, Robson, Paul, Sacks, Erik J., Sandu, Anatolii, Scalici, Giovanni, Schwarz, Kai, Scordia, Danilo, Shafiei, Reza, Shield, Ian, Slavov, Gancho, Stanton, Brian J., Swaminathan, Kankshita, Taylor, Gail, Torres, Andres F., Trindade, Luisa M., Tschaplinski, Timothy, Tuskan, Gerald A., Yamada, Toshihiko, Yeon Yu, Chang, Zalesny, Ronald S., Zong, Junqin, Lewandowski, Iris

“…Genetic improvement through breeding is one of the key approaches to increasing biomass supply. This paper documents the breeding progress to date for four…”
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Genomic index selection provides a pragmatic framework for setting and refining multi-objective breeding targets in Miscanthus by Slavov, Gancho T, Davey, Christopher L, Bosch, Maurice, Robson, Paul R H, Donnison, Iain S, Mackay, Ian J

“…Miscanthus has potential as a biomass crop but the development of varieties that are consistently superior to the natural hybrid M. × giganteus has been…”
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Consensus, uncertainties and challenges for perennial bioenergy crops and land use by Whitaker, Jeanette, Field, John L., Bernacchi, Carl J., Cerri, Carlos E. P., Ceulemans, Reinhart, Davies, Christian A., DeLucia, Evan H., Donnison, Iain S., McCalmont, Jon P., Paustian, Keith, Rowe, Rebecca L., Smith, Pete, Thornley, Patricia, McNamara, Niall P.

“…Perennial bioenergy crops have significant potential to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and contribute to climate change mitigation by substituting for…”
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Expanding the Miscanthus market in the UK: Growers in profile and experience, benefits and drawbacks of the bioenergy crop by Hellfeld, Rebecca, Hastings, Astley, Kam, Jason, Rowe, Rebecca, Clifton‐Brown, John, Donnison, Iain, Shepherd, Anita

“…To achieve net zero greenhouse gas emission by 2050 as set out by the 2019 amendment to the 2008 UK Climate Change Act, a major shift towards renewable energy…”
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High resolution genetic mapping by genome sequencing reveals genome duplication and tetraploid genetic structure of the diploid Miscanthus sinensis by Ma, Xue-Feng, Jensen, Elaine, Alexandrov, Nickolai, Troukhan, Maxim, Zhang, Liping, Thomas-Jones, Sian, Farrar, Kerrie, Clifton-Brown, John, Donnison, Iain, Swaller, Timothy, Flavell, Richard

“…We have created a high-resolution linkage map of Miscanthus sinensis, using genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS), identifying all 19 linkage groups for the first…”
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Genetic relationships between spring emergence, canopy phenology, and biomass yield increase the accuracy of genomic prediction in Miscanthus by Davey, Christopher L., Robson, Paul, Hawkins, Sarah, Farrar, Kerrie, Clifton-Brown, John C., Donnison, Iain S., Slavov, Gancho T.

“…Miscanthus has potential as a bioenergy crop but the rapid development of high-yielding varieties is challenging. Previous studies have suggested that…”
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Genotypic variation in cell wall composition in a diverse set of 244 accessions of Miscanthus by Allison, Gordon G., Morris, Catherine, Clifton-Brown, John, Lister, Susan J., Donnison, Iain S.

“…We report on a replicated spaced-plant trial in Wales of 244 diverse Miscanthus accessions grouped by classical taxonomy into M. sinensis, M. sacchariflorus…”
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Draft genome assembly of the biofuel grass crop Miscanthus sacchariflorus [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by De Vega, Jose, Donnison, Iain, Dyer, Sarah, Farrar, Kerrie

“…Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Maxim.) Hack. is a highly productive C4 perennial rhizomatous biofuel grass crop. M. sacchariflorus is among the most widely…”
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Genotypic and environmentally derived variation in the cell wall composition of Miscanthus in relation to its use as a biomass feedstock by Hodgson, Edward M., Lister, Susan J., Bridgwater, Anthony V., Clifton-Brown, John, Donnison, Iain S.

“…Fifteen Miscanthus genotypes grown in five locations across Europe were analysed to investigate the influence of genetic and environmental factors on cell wall…”
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