Optimising and sustaining biomass yield

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Research output per year 2011 2013 2017 2019

• 36 Article
• 2 Chapter
• 2 Editorial
• 1 Special Issue

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Research output per year

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• 2019

  Breeding progress and preparedness for mass‐scale deployment of perennial lignocellulosic biomass crops switchgrass, miscanthus, willow and poplar

  Clifton-Brown, J., Harfouche, A., Casler, M., Jones, H., MacAlpine, W. J., Murphy-Bokern, D., Smart, L., Adler, A., Ashman, C. R., Awty-Carroll, D., Bastien, C., Bopper, S., Botnari, V., Brancourt-Hulmel, M., Chen, Z., Clark, L., Cosentino, S., Dalton, S., Davey, C. & Dolstra, O. & 39 others, Donnison, I., Flavell, R., Greef, J. M., Hanley, S., Hastings, A., Hertzberg, M., Hsu, T. W., Huang, L., Iurato, A., Jensen, E., Jin, X., Jørgensen, U., Kiesel, A., Kim, D.-S., Liu, J., McCalmont, J. P., McMahon, G. G., Mos, M., Robson, P., Sacks, E. J., Sandu, A., Scalici, G., Schwarz, K., Scordia, D., Shafiei, R., Shield, I. F., Slavov, G., Stanton, B., Swaminathan, K., Taylor, G., Torres, A. F., Trindade, L. M., Tschaplinski, T., Tuskan, J., Yamada, T., Yu, C. Y., Zalesny, R.-F., Zong, J. & Lewandowski, I., 01 Jan 2019, In: GCB Bioenergy. 11, 1, p. 118-151 34 p.

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  • Breeding 100%
  • Perennials 100%
  • Crop Biomass 100%
  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Switchgrass 100%
  121 Citations (Scopus)

  315 Downloads (Pure)

• Characterization of phenology, physiology, morphology and biomass traits across a broad Euro-Mediterranean ecotypic panel of the lignocellulosic feedstock Arundo donax

  Fabbrini, F., Ludovisi, R., Alasia, O., Flexas, J., Douthe, C., Carbó , M. R., Robson, P., Taylor, G., Scarascia-Mugnozza, G., Keurentjes, J. J. B. & Harfouche, A., 08 Feb 2019, In: GCB Bioenergy. 11, 1, p. 152-170 19 p.

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  • Ecotype 100%
  • Stems 85%
  • Biomass 57%
  • Biomass Production 42%
  • Feedstock 28%
  20 Citations (Scopus)

  149 Downloads (Pure)

• Genomic index selection provides a pragmatic framework for setting and refining multi-objective breeding targets in Miscanthus

  Slavov, G., Davey, C., Bosch, M., Robson, P., Donnison, I. & Mackay, I., 13 Sept 2019, In: Annals of Botany. 124, 4, p. 521-529 9 p., mcy187.

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  • Breeding 100%
  • Biomass 83%
  • Index Selection 50%
  • Objectives 50%
  • Gene Mapping 33%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  232 Downloads (Pure)

• Measured and modelled effect of land-use change from temperate grassland to Miscanthus on soil carbon stocks after 12 years

  Holder, A. J., Clifton-Brown, J., Rowe, R., Robson, P., Elias, D., Dondini, M., McNamara, N., Donnison, I. & McCalmont, J., 01 Oct 2019, In: GCB Bioenergy. 11, 10, p. 1173-1186 14 p.

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  • Soil Organic Carbon 100%
  • Grassland 62%
  • Miscanthus 56%
  • Carbon Sink 31%
  • Soil Carbon 25%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  185 Downloads (Pure)

• Novel Miscanthus genotypes selected for different drought tolerance phenotypes show enhanced tolerance across combinations of salinity and drought treatments

  Stavridou, E., Webster, R. & Robson, P., 13 Sept 2019, In: Annals of Botany. 124, 4, p. 653-674 22 p., mcz009.

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  • Genotyping 100%
  • Genotype 100%
  • Salinity 87%
  • Stress 75%
  • Drought 62%
  37 Citations (Scopus)

  183 Downloads (Pure)

• Stem growth characteristics of high yielding Miscanthus correlate with yield, development and intraspecific competition within plots

  Robson, P., Donnison, I. & Clifton-Brown, J., 01 Sept 2019, In: GCB Bioenergy. 11, 9, p. 1075-1085 11 p.

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  • Growth 100%
  • Genotype 61%
  • Growth Rate 30%
  • Miscanthus 30%
  • Plant 23%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  174 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Assessing seed priming, sowing date, and mulch film to improve the germination and survival of direct-sown Miscanthus sinensis in the United Kingdom

  Ashman, C. R., Awty-Carroll, D., Mos, M., Robson, P. & Clifton-Brown, J., 01 Sept 2018, In: GCB Bioenergy. 10, 9, p. 612-627 16 p.

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  • Germination 100%
  • Sowing Date 100%
  • Sowing 100%
  • Miscanthus Sinensis 100%
  • Seed Priming 100%
  26 Citations (Scopus)

  223 Downloads (Pure)

• Genes and gene clusters related to genotype and drought induced variation in saccharification potential, lignin content, and wood anatomical traits in Populus nigra: Saccharification, Wood Anatomy and Gene Clusters

  Wildhagen, H., Paul, S., Allwright, M., Smith, H., Malinowska, M., Schnabel, S., Paulo, J., Cattonaro, F., Vendramin, V., Scalabrin, S., Janz, D., Douthe, C., Brendel, O., Buré, C., Cohen, D., Hummel, I., Le Thiec, D., van Euewijk, F., Keurentjes, J. & Flexas, J. & 5 others, Morgante, M., Robson, P., Bogeat-Triboulot, M.-B., Taylor, G. & Polle, A., 01 Mar 2018, In: Tree Physiology. 38, 3, p. 320-339 20 p.

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  • Saccharification 100%
  • Genes 66%
  • Nested Gene 66%
  • Electric Potential 66%
  • Genotype 58%
  36 Citations (Scopus)

  185 Downloads (Pure)

• Using k-NN to analyse images of diverse germination phenotypes and detect single seed germination in Miscanthus sinensis

  Awty-Carroll, D., Clifton-Brown, J. & Robson, P., 17 Jan 2018, In: Plant Methods. 14, 7 p., 5.

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  • Seeds 100%
  • Germination 85%
  • Humans 57%
  • Miscanthus 42%
  • Phenotype 28%
  16 Citations (Scopus)

  257 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  An interyear comparison of CO2 flux and carbon budget at a commercial-scale land-use transition from semi-improved grassland to Miscanthus x giganteus

  McCalmont, J., Mcnamara, N., Donnison, I., Farrar, K. & Clifton-Brown, J., 31 Jan 2017, In: GCB Bioenergy. 9, 1, p. 229-245 17 p.

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  • Carbon 100%
  • Biomass 50%
  • Estimate 50%
  • Replacement 50%
  • Cultivation 50%
  28 Citations (Scopus)

  167 Downloads (Pure)

• Economic and environmental assessment of seed and rhizome propagated Miscanthus in the UK

  Hastings, A. F., Mos, M., Yesufu, J. A., McCalmont, J., Schwarz, K.-U., Shafiei, R., Ashman, C., Nunn, C., Schüle, H., Salvatore, C., Scalici, G., Scordia, D., Wagner, M. & Clifton-Brown, J., 30 Jun 2017, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 8, 16 p., 1058.

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  • Seeds 100%
  • Miscanthus 71%
  • Rhizome 57%
  • Hybrids 42%
  • Fuels 42%
  70 Citations (Scopus)

  170 Downloads (Pure)

• Environmental costs and benefits of growing Miscanthus for bioenergy in the UK

  McCalmont, J., Hastings, A., Mcnamara, N., Richter, G. M., Robson, P., Donnison, I. & Clifton-Brown, J., 17 Feb 2017, In: GCB Bioenergy. 9, 3, p. 489-507

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  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Soil Organic Carbon 57%
  • Time 57%
  • Biomass 42%
  • Perennials 42%
  193 Citations (Scopus)

  624 Downloads (Pure)

• Environmental Influences on the Growing Season Duration and Ripening of Diverse Miscanthus Germplasm Grown in Six Countries

  Nunn, C., St. John Hastings, A. F., Kalinina, O., Özgüven, M., Schüle, H., Tarakanov, I., van der Weijde, T., Anisimov, A., Iqbal, Y., Kiesel, A., Khokhlov, N., McCalmont, J., Meyer, H., Mos, M., Schwarz, K.-U., Trindade, L. M., Lewandowski, I. & Clifton-Brown, J., 30 May 2017, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 8, 907.

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  • Growing Season 100%
  • Miscanthus 85%
  • Germplasm 57%
  • Anthesis 42%
  • Biomass 42%
  35 Citations (Scopus)

  189 Downloads (Pure)

• Establishment, growth and yield potential of the perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus on degraded coal mine soils

  Jeżowski, S., Mos, M., Mocek, A., Owczarzak, W., Buckby, S., Cerazy-Waliszewska, J., Kaczmarek, Z. & McCalmont, J., 12 Jun 2017, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 8, 726.

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  • Soil 100%
  • Miscanthus 75%
  • Plant 50%
  • Investigation 37%
  • Yield 37%
  34 Citations (Scopus)

  161 Downloads (Pure)

• Extending Miscanthus cultivation with novel germplasm at six contrasting sites

  Kalinina, O., Nunn, C., Sanderson, R., Hastings, A. F., van der Weijde, T., Özgüven, M., Tarakanov, I., Schüle, H., Trindade, L. M., Dolstra, O., Schwarz, K.-U., Iqbal, Y., Kiesel, A., Mos, M., Lewandowski, I. & Clifton-Brown, J., 19 Apr 2017, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 8, N/A, 15 p., 563.

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  • Miscanthus giganteus 100%
  • Hybrids 83%
  • Climate 66%
  • Genotype 66%
  • Miscanthus 50%
  49 Citations (Scopus)

  294 Downloads (Pure)

• Genetic relationships between spring emergence, canopy phenology and biomass yield increase the accuracy of genomic prediction in Miscanthus

  Davey, C., Robson, P., Hawkins, S., Farrar, K., Clifton-Brown, J., Donnison, I. & Slavov, G., 12 Oct 2017, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 68, 18, p. 5093-5102 9 p.

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  • Biomass 100%
  • Canopy 100%
  • Prediction 100%
  • Phenology 75%
  • Miscanthus 75%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

  140 Downloads (Pure)

• Harvest time optimisation for combustion quality of different miscanthus genotypes across Europe

  Iqbal, Y., Kiesel, A., Wagner, M., Nunn, C., Kalinina, O., Hastings, A., Clifton-Brown, J. & Lewandowski, I., 10 May 2017, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 8, 727.

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  • Time 100%
  • Genotype 75%
  • Genotyping 75%
  • Harvesting 62%
  • Biomass 62%
  29 Citations (Scopus)

  138 Downloads (Pure)

• Impact of drought stress on growth and quality of miscanthus for biofuel production

  van der Weijde, T., Huxley, L., Hawkins, S., Sembiring, E. H., Farrar, K., Dolstra, O., Visser, R. G. F. & Trindade, L. M., 08 Mar 2017, In: GCB Bioenergy. 9, 4, p. 770-782 13 p.

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  • Cell Wall 100%
  • Drought 100%
  • Miscanthus 69%
  • Biomass 60%
  • Drought Tolerance 40%
  81 Citations (Scopus)

  218 Downloads (Pure)

• Partitioning of ecosystem respiration of CO2 released during land-use transition from temperate agricultural grassland to Miscanthus x giganteus: Ecosystem respiration under Miscanthus

  McCalmont, J., McNamara, N., Donnison, I., Farrar, K. & Clifton-Brown, J., 01 Apr 2017, In: GCB Bioenergy. 9, 4, p. 710-724 GCB-B-OR-16-031.

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  • Respiration 100%
  • Grassland 20%
  • Input 20%
  • Model 20%
  • Biomass 13%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  137 Downloads (Pure)

• Progress in upscaling Miscanthus biomass production for the European bio-economy with seed-based hybrids

  Clifton-Brown, J., Hastings, A., Mos, M., McCalmont, J., Ashman, C., Awty-Carroll, D., Cerazy, J., Chiang, Y.-C., Cosentino, S., Cracroft-Eley, W., Scurlock, J., Donnison, I., Glover, C., Golab, I., Greef, J., Gwyn, J., Harding, G., Hayes, C., Helios, W. & Hsu, T. W. & 36 others, Huang, L., Jezownski, S., Kim, D.-S., Kiesel, A., Kotecki, A., Krzyzak, J., Lewandowski, I., Lim, S. H., Liu, J., Loosely, M., Meyer, H., Murphy-Bokern, D., Nelson, W., Pogrzeba, M., Robinson, G., Robson, P., Rogers, C., Scalici, G., Schuele, H., Shafiei, R., Shevchuk, O., Schwarz, K.-U., Squance, M., Swaller, T., Thornton, J., Truckses, T., Botnari, V., Vizir, I., Wagner, M., Warren, R., Webster, R., Yamada, T., Youell, S., Xi, Q., Zong, J. & Flavell, R., 01 Jan 2017, In: GCB Bioenergy. 9, 1, p. 6-17

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  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Hybrids 100%
  • Europeans 80%
  • Seeds 60%
  • Fields 40%
  170 Citations (Scopus)

  313 Downloads (Pure)

• Radiation capture and conversion efficiencies of Miscanthus sacchariflorus, M. sinensis and their naturally occurring hybrid M. × giganteus

  Davey, C., Jones, L., Squance, M., Purdy, S., Maddison, A., Cunniff, J., Donnison, I. & Clifton-Brown, J., 25 Jan 2017, In: GCB Bioenergy. 9, 2, p. 385-399 15 p.

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  • Photosynthetically Active Radiation 100%
  • Hybrids 80%
  • Canopy 60%
  • Radiation Use Efficiency 40%
  • Miscanthus giganteus 40%
  33 Citations (Scopus)

  185 Downloads (Pure)

• Relationships between soil parameters and physiological status of Miscanthus x giganteus cultivated on soil contaminated with trace elements under NPK fertilisation vs. microbial inoculation

  Pogrzeba, M., Rusinowski, S., Sitko, K., Krzyzak, J., Skalska, A., Malkowski, E., Ciszek, D., Werle, S., McCalmont, J., Mos, M. & Kalaji, H. M., 01 Jun 2017, In: Environmental Pollution. 225, p. 163-174 10 p.

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  • Soil 100%
  • Trace Element 50%
  • Plant 50%
  • Parameter 50%
  • Contaminated Soil 50%
  56 Citations (Scopus)

  153 Downloads (Pure)

• Towards Miscanthus combustion quality improvement: the role of flowering and senescence

  Jensen, E., Robson, P., Farrar, K., Thomas Jones, S., Clifton-Brown, J., Payne, R. & Donnison, I., 01 May 2017, In: GCB Bioenergy. 9, 5, p. 891-908 18 p.

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  • Autumn 100%
  • Anthesis 100%
  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Genotype 100%
  • Biomass 50%
  30 Citations (Scopus)

  215 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  High C3 photosynthetic capacity and high intrinsic water use efficiency underlies the high productivity of the bioenergy grass Arundo donax

  Webster, R. J., Driever, S., Kromdijk, W., McGrath, J., Leakey, A., Siebke, K., Demetriadees-Shah, T., Bonnage, S., Lawson, T. & Long, S., 10 Feb 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 20694.

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  • Species 100%
  • Bioenergy 75%
  • Light 75%
  • Grass 50%
  • Arundo Donax 50%
  65 Citations (Scopus)

  140 Downloads (Pure)

• Linking dynamic phenotyping with metabolite analysis to study natural variation in drought responses of Brachypodium distachyon

  Fisher, L., Han, J., Corke, F., Akinyemi, A., Didion, T., Nielsen, K. K., Doonan, J., Mur, L. & Bosch, M., 29 Nov 2016, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 7, N/A, 15 p., 1751.

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  • Phenotype 100%
  • Dynamics 100%
  • Brachypodium 100%
  • Metabolite 100%
  • Drought 100%
  30 Citations (Scopus)

  199 Downloads (Pure)

• Phenomics analysis of drought responses in Miscanthus collected from different geographical locations

  Malinowska, M., Donnison, I. & Robson, P., 16 Dec 2016, In: GCB Bioenergy. 9, 1, p. 78-91 14 p.

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  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Biomass 100%
  • Drought 100%
  • Phenomics 100%
  • Genotype 62%
  27 Citations (Scopus)

  180 Downloads (Pure)

• The impact of soil salinity on the yield, composition and physiology of the bioenergy grass Miscanthus × giganteus

  Stavridou, E., Webster, R., Robson, P. & Hastings, A., 16 Dec 2016, In: GCB Bioenergy. 9, 1, p. 92-104 13 p.

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  • Crop Biomass 100%
  • Grasses 100%
  • Physiology 100%
  • Bioenergy 100%
  • Rhizome 66%
  114 Citations (SciVal)

  190 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Addressing the ability of a land biosphere model to predict key biophysical vegetation characterisation parameters with Global Sensitivity Analysis

  Ireland, G., Petropoulos, G., Carlson, T. & Purdy, S., 01 Mar 2015, In: Environmental Modelling and Software. 65, p. 94-107 14 p.

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  • Model 100%
  • Sensitivity Analysis 100%
  • Investigation 75%
  • Vegetation 75%
  • Plant 75%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

  200 Downloads (Pure)

• Non-structural carbohydrate profiles and ratios between soluble sugars and starch serve as indicators of productivity for a bioenergy grass

  Purdy, S., Maddison, A., Cunniff, J., Donnison, I. & Clifton-Brown, J., 31 Mar 2015, In: AoB PLANTS. 7, plv02.

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  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Starch 100%
  • Sugars 50%
  • Fructose 50%
  • Genotype 50%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

  132 Downloads (Pure)
• 2013

  Accelerating the domestication of a bioenergy crop: identifying and modelling morphological targets for sustainable yield increase in Miscanthus

  Robson, P., Jensen, E., Hawkins, S., White, S. R., Kenobi, K., Clifton-Brown, J., Donnison, I. & Farrar, K., 2013, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 64, 14, p. 4143-4155

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  • Morphology 100%
  • Biomass 83%
  • Miscanthus 83%
  • Electric Potential 66%
  • Interspecific Hybrid 50%
  65 Citations (Scopus)

• Characterization of chilling-shock responses in four genotypes of Miscanthus reveals the superior tolerance of M. × giganteus compared with M. sinensis and M. sacchariflorus

  Purdy, S. J., Maddison, A. L., Jones, L. E., Webster, R. J., Andralojc, J., Donnison, I. S. & Clifton-Brown, J. C., May 2013, In: Annals of Botany. 111, 5, p. 999-1013 15 p.

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  • Genotype 100%
  • Genotyping 100%
  • Miscanthus 55%
  • Leaves 33%
  • Decline 33%
  41 Citations (Scopus)

  30 Downloads (Pure)

• Contrasting geographic patterns of genetic variation for molecular markers vs. phenotypic traits in the energy grass Miscanthus sinensis

  Slavov, G., Robson, P., Jensen, E., Hodgson, E., Farrar, K., Allison, G., Hawkins, S., Thomas-Jones, S., Ma, X.-F., Huang, L., Swaller, T., Flavell, R., Clifton-Brown, J. & Donnison, I., Sept 2013, In: GCB Bioenergy. 5, 5, p. 562-571 10 p.

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  • Grass 100%
  • Mutation 100%
  • Energy 100%
  • Genotyping 100%
  • Genotype 66%
  31 Citations (Scopus)

  14 Downloads (Pure)

• Impact of Miscanthus x giganteus senescence times on fast pyrolysis bio-oil quality

  Mos, M., Banks, S., Nowakowski, D., Robson, P. R., Bridgwater, A. & Donnison, I. S., 01 Feb 2013, In: Bioresource Technology. 129, p. 335-342 8 p.

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  • Bio-Oil 100%
  • Fast Pyrolysis 75%
  • Oils 50%
  • Miscanthus 25%
  • Time 25%
  34 Citations (Scopus)

  49 Downloads (Pure)

• Land use change from C3 grassland to C4 Miscanthus: effects on soil carbon content and estimated mitigation benefit after six years

  Zatta, A., Clifton-Brown, J., Robson, P., Hastings, A. & Monti, A., Jul 2013, In: GCB Bioenergy. 6, 4, p. 360-370 11 p.

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  • Soil Organic Carbon 100%
  • Grassland 75%
  • Miscanthus 37%
  • Soil Carbon 25%
  • Mitigation 18%
  87 Citations (Scopus)

  278 Downloads (Pure)

• Physiological and growth responses to water deficit in the bioenergy crop Miscanthus x giganteus

  Ings, J., Mur, L. A. J., Robson, P. R. H. & Bosch, M., 25 Nov 2013, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 4, p. 468

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  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Water 83%
  • Drought 66%
  • Bioenergy 50%
  • Stomatal Conductance 33%
  85 Citations (Scopus)

  191 Downloads (Pure)
• 2011

  Characterization of flowering time diversity in Miscanthus species

  Jensen, E. F., Farrar, K., Jones, S. T., Hastings, A., Donnison, I. S. & Clifton-Brown, J. C., 06 Sept 2011, In: GCB Bioenergy. 3, 5, p. 387-400 14 p.

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  • Anthesis 100%
  • Genotype 54%
  • Miscanthus 27%
  • Hybrids 18%
  • Temperature 18%
  74 Citations (Scopus)

  20 Downloads (Pure)