Ebook: Biofuel Crops: Production, Physiology, and Genetics

CAB International, 2013. — 525 pp.
ISBN: 978 1 84593 885 7.Providing comprehensive coverage on biofuel crop production and the technological, environmental and resource issues associated with a sustainable biofuel industry, this book is ideal for researchers and industry personnel. Beginning with an introduction to biofuels and the challenges they face, the book then includes detailed coverage on crops of current importance or with high future prospects, including sections on algae, sugar crops and grass, oil and forestry species. The chapters focus on the genetics, breeding, cultivation, harvesting and handling of each crop.Contents:
General.
Biofuels in History (Bill Kovarik).
Status, Innovations and Challenges of Next Generation Biofuel Technologies (Ralph E.H. Sims).
Algae.
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).
Plants.
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. Márton and M. Czakó).
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. Bañuelos, 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).
Appendix. Energy and Related Units.
Appendix. Botanical Names.