Education
Ph.D. in Microbiology, University of Swansea, 1991
Current position
Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, UK (since 1991)
Publications
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da Costa, R. M., Lee, S. J., Allison, G. G., Hazen, S. P., Winters, A. and Bosch, M. (2014). Genotype, development and tissue-derived variation of cell-wall properties in the lignocellulosic energy crop Miscanthus. Ann Bot: mcu054.
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Webb, K. J., Cookson, A., Allison, G., Sullivan, M. L. and Winters, A. L. (2014). Polyphenol oxidase affects normal nodule development in red clover (Trifolium pratense L.). Front Plant Sci 5: 700.
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Yates, S. A., Swain, M. T., Hegarty, M. J., Chernukin, I., Lowe, M., Allison, G. G., Ruttink, T., Abberton, M. T., Jenkins, G. and Skot, L. (2014). De novo assembly of red clover transcriptome based on RNA-Seq data provides insight into drought response, gene discovery and marker identification. BMC Genomics 15: 453.
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Belanche, A., Weisbjerg, M. R., Allison, G. G., Newbold, C. J. and Moorby, J. M. (2014). Measurement of rumen dry matter and neutral detergent fiber degradability of feeds by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. J Dairy Sci 97(4): 2361-2375.
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Slavov, G. T., Nipper, R., Robson, P., Farrar, K., Allison, G. G., Bosch, M., Clifton-Brown, J. C., Donnison, I. S. and Jensen, E. (2014). Genome-wide association studies and prediction of 17 traits related to phenology, biomass and cell wall composition in the energy grass Miscanthus sinensis. New Phytol 201(4): 1227-1239.
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Belanche, A., Weisbjerg, M. R., Allison, G. G., Newbold, C. J. and Moorby, J. M. (2013). Estimation of feed crude protein concentration and rumen degradability by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. J Dairy Sci 96(12): 7867-7880.
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Slavov, G., Allison, G. and Bosch, M. (2013). Advances in the genetic dissection of plant cell walls: tools and resources available in Miscanthus. Front Plant Sci 4: 217.
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Webb, K. J., Cookson, A., Allison, G., Sullivan, M. L. and Winters, A. L. (2013). Gene expression patterns, localization, and substrates of polyphenol oxidase in red clover ( Trifolium pratense L.). J Agric Food Chem 61(31): 7421-7430.
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Slavov, G., Robson, P., Jensen, E., Hodgson, E., Farra, K., Allison, G., Hawkins, S., Thomas-Jones, S., Ma, X. F., Swaller, T., Flavell, R., Clifton-Brown, J. and Donnison, I. (2013). Contrasting geographic variation for molecular markers vs. phenotypic traits in the energy grass Miscanthus sinensis. GCB Bioenergy 5562-5571
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Allison, G. G., Morris, C., Lister, S. J., Barraclough, T., Yates, N., Shield, I. and Donnison, I. S. (2012). Effect of nitrogen fertiliser application on cell wall composition in switchgrass and reed canary grass. Biomass and Bioenergy 40:19-26
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Robbins, M. P., Evans, E., Valentine, J., Donnison, I. S. and Allison, G. G. (2012). New opportunities for the exploitation of energy crops for combustion in Northern Europe and the UK. Prog Energ Combust 38:138-155.
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Valentine, J., Clifton-Brown, J., Hastings, A., Robson, P. , Allison, G. and Smith, P. (2012). Food vs. fuel: the use of land for lignocellulosic ‘next generation’ energy crops that minimise competition with primary food production. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 4 :1-19
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Allison, G. G., Morris, C., Lister, S. J., Clifton-Brown, J. and Donnison, I. S.(2011). Genotypic variation in cell wall composition in a diverse set of 244 accessions of Miscanthus. Biomass and Bioenergy 35: 4740-4747
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Freitag, S., Hogan, E. J., Crittenden, P. D., Allison, G. G. ,Thain, S. C. (2011). Metabolomic responses to wet inorganic nitrogen inputs from atmospheric sources in the reindeer lichen Cladoniaportentosa. PhysiologiaPlantarum 143 107-114
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Allison, G. G. (2011) Application of Fourier transform mid-infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) for research into biomass feed-stocks. In: Fourier Transforms- New Approaches and FTIR Strategies, Intech. ISBN 978-953-307-232-6.
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Allison, G. G., Morris, C., Lister, S. J., Shield, I., Yates, N., Barraclough, T. and Donnison, I. S. (2011). Measurement of lignocellulose composition as a tool to understand how feed-stocks can be matched to conversion process. In: Proceedings of the Bioten Conference on Biomass Bioenergy and Biofuels (2010). Bridgwater, A. V. ( ed). CPL Press ISBN 9781872691541.
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Allison, G. G., Robbins, M. P., Carli, J., Clifton-Brown, J. and Donnison, I. S. (2010). Designing crops for improved biomass calorific content and attributes for burning: a U.K. perspective. In: Thomas, S., Mascia, P. and Widholm, J. (eds). Plant biotechnology for sustainable production of energy and co-products. Springer.
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Hodgson, E. M., Fahmi, R., Yates, N. Allison, G., Bridgwater, A. V., and Donnison, I. S. (2010). Influence of nitrogen and potassium fertiliser on cell wall composition of Miscanthus x giganteus and resultant impacts on fast-pyrolysis liquid quality. Bioresource Technology 101 :6185-6191
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Allison, G. G., Morris, C., Hodgson, E., Jones, J., Kubacki, M., Barraclough, T., Yates, N., Shield, I., Bridgwater, A. V. and Donnison, I. S. (2009). Measurement of key compositional parameters in two species of energy grass by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Bioresour Technol 100(24): 6428-6433.
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Cheng, Y. F., Edwards, J. E., Allison, G. G., Zhu, W. Y. and Theodorou, M. K. (2009). Diversity and activity of enriched ruminal cultures of anaerobic fungi and methanogens grown together on lignocellulose in consecutive batch culture. Bioresour Technol 100(20): 4821-4828.
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Allison, G. G., Thain, S. C., Morris, P., Morris, C., Hawkins, S., Hauck, B., Barraclough, T., Yates, N., Shield, I., Bridgwater, A. V. and Donnison, I. S. (2009). Quantification of hydroxycinnamic acids and lignin in perennial forage and energy grasses by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and partial least squares regression. Bioresour Technol 100(3): 1252-1261.