Biofuel crops : production, physiology and genetics /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
• Subjects: Energy crops.; Energy crops > Breeding.; Energy crops > Genetics.; Biomass energy.; Field Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Morphology and Structure.; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.; Aquatic Biology and Ecology.; Energy.; Pollution and Degradation.; Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products.; Taxonomy and Evolution.; Algae.; Aquatic organisms.; Aquatic plants.; Biochemistry.; Biofuels.; Cell walls.; Cellulose.; Energy sources.; Fuel crops.; Genetic analysis.; History.; Phytoremediation.; Plant breeding.; Plant physiology.; Renewable energy.; Renewable resources.; Taxonomy.; Electronic books.
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This book begins with a review of the history of biofuel. It contains chapters that are devoted to emerging technologies for biofuel production, cell wall structure and destructing approaches, cellulosic biofuel crops role in phytoremediation, and feedstock pretreatment methods. Detailed discussion...

Table of Contents:

• Biofuels in History / Bill Kovarik
• Status, Innovations and Challenges of Next Generation Biofuel Technologies / Ralph E.H. Sims
• Microalgae Taxonomy and Breeding / S. Hemaiswarya, R. Raja, R. Ravikumar and Isabel S. Carvalho
• Physiology, Biochemistry and Genetics of Microalgal Growth and Lipid Production / Holger Schuhmann and Peer M. Schenk
• Cultivation of Microalgae for Biofuel Production / Christopher Q. Lan
• Physiology and Genetics of Biofuel Crop Yield / Bharat P. Singh
• Deconstructing Plant Biomass: Cell Wall Structure and Novel Manipulation Strategies / Caitlin S. Byrt, Natalie S. Betts, Naser Farrokhi and Rachel A. Burton
• Sugarcane and Energycane / N.K. Fageria, A. Moreira, L.A.C. Moraes, Anna L. Hale and Ryan P. Viator
• Sweet Sorghum: Genetics, Breeding and Commercialization / P. Srinivasa Rao, A.V. Umakanth, Belum V.S. Reddy, Ismail Dweikat, Sujata Bhargava, C. Ganesh Kumar, Serge Braconnier and J.V. Patil
• Switchgrass / John H. Fike and David J. Parrish
• Miscanthus Species / Kossonou Guillaume Anzoua and Toshihiko Yamada
• Arundo donax / C.M.J. Williams, T.K. Biswas, L. Ma<U+00cc><U+00fd>rton and M. Czako<U+00cc><U+00fd>
• Elephantgrass / Bharat P. Singh, Hari P. Singh and Eric Obeng
• Bast and Leaf Fibre Crops: Kenaf, Hemp, Jute, Agave, etc. / Pratik Satya and Ratikanta Maiti
• Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.) / Suhas P. Wani
• Oilseed Brassicas / G.S. Ban<U+00cc><U+0092>uelos, K.S. Dhillon and S.S. Banga
• Camelina (Camelina sativa) / C. Eynck and K.C. Falk
• Oil Palm / Somashekhar M. Punnuri and Bharat P. Singh
• Willow / Martin Weih
• Pines / C. Dana Nelson, Gary F. Peter, Steven E. McKeand, Eric J. Jokela, Robert B. Rummer, Leslie H. Groom and Kurt H. Johnsen
• Eucalyptus and Bamboo / Masazumi Kayama
• Phytoremediation Trees for Biofuel / D.L. Rockwood, J.G. Isebrands and P.J. Minogue
• Lignocellulosic Feedstock Preparation by Size Reduction and Pretreatment / K.Muthukumarappan.