Alan Gay
Senior Research Scientist
- Senior Research ScientistIBERS Research - Research
IBERS Research
Postal address
Aberystwyth University
Edward Llwyd Building
Penglais
Aberystwyth
Edward Llwyd Building
Penglais
Aberystwyth
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

ORCID: 0000-0001-9778-2771
- 2021
A comparison of shared patterns of differential gene expression and gene ontologies in response to water-stress in roots and leaves of four diverse genotypes of Lolium and Festuca spp. temperate pasture grasses
Fu, Y., Thomas, A., Gasior, D., Harper, J., Gay, A., Jones, C., Hegarty, M., Asp, T., Fradera-Sola, A., Armstead, I. & Fernandez Fuentes, N., 08 Apr 2021, In: PLoS One. 16, 4, 21 p., e0249636.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2020
UAV-based LiDAR for high-throughput determination of plant height and above‐ground biomass of the bioenergy grass arundo donax
Maesano, M., Khoury, S., Nakhle, F., Firrincieli, A., Gay, A., Tauro, F. & Harfouche, A., 21 Oct 2020, In: Remote Sensing. 12, 20, p. 1-20 20 p., 3464.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
DOI: 10.3390/rs12203464- 2014
The potential of novel Festulolium (2n=4x=28) hybrids as productive, nutrient-use-efficient fodder for ruminants
Humphreys, M., O'Donovan, S. A., Farrell, M., Gay, A. & Kingston-Smith, A., Dec 2014, In: Food and Energy Security. 3, 2, p. 98-110 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
DOI: 10.1002/fes3.50- 2013
- Published
Variation in canopy duration in the perennial biofuel crop Miscanthus reveals complex associations with yield: Canopy duration and yield in Miscanthus
Robson, P., Farrar, K., Gay, A., Jensen, E., Clifton-Brown, J. C. & Donnison, I., 2013, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 64, 8, p. 2373-2383Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert104 - 2011
- Published
Development of high throughput plant phenotyping facilities at Aberystwyth
Howarth, C., Gay, A., Draper, J. & Powell, W., 16 Jan 2011, Phenomics Workshop.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding (Non-Journal item)
- 2010
- Published
Blumeria graminis interactions with barley conditioned by different single R genes demonstrate a temporal and spatial relationship between stomatal dysfunction and cell death
Prats, E., Gay, A., Roberts, P. C., Thomas, B. J., Sanderson, R., Paveley, N., Lyngkjaer, M. F., Carver, T. L. W. & Mur, L., 01 Jan 2010, In: Phytopathology. 100, 1, p. 21-32 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2006
- Published
Stomatal lock-open, a consequence of epidermal cell death, follows transient suppression of stomatal opening in barley attacked by Blumeria graminis
Prats, E., Gay, A., Thomas, B. J., Mur, L. & Carver, T. L. W., 22 Jun 2006, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. p. 2211-2226 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2004
- Published
Changes in cold tolerance and the mechanisms of acclimation of photosystem II to cold hardening generated by anther culture of Festuca pratensis × Lolium multiflorum cultivars
Rapacz, M., Gasior, D., Zwierzykowski, Z., Lesniewska-Bocianowska, A., Humphreys, M. & Gay, A., Apr 2004, In: New Phytologist. 162, 1, p. 105-114 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 1998
- Published
Seasonal pattern of accumulation and effects of low temperatures on storage compounds in Trifolium repens
Bouchart, V., Macduff, J., Ourry, A., Svenning, M., Gay, A., Simon, J. C. & Boucaud, J., Sept 1998, In: Physiologia Plantarum. 104, 1, p. 65-74Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 1991
- Published
Respiration and photosynthesis in oats exhibiting different levels of partial resistance to Erysiphe graminis D.c. ex Merat f. sp. avenae Marchal
Haigh, G. R., Carver, T. L. W., Gay, A. & Farrar, J. F., Sept 1991, In: New Phytologist. 119, 1, p. 129-136Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review