Genetic Improvement of Bioenergy Crops

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Vermerris, Wilfred (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant biochemistry.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant genetics.; Life Sciences.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Biochemistry.

Genetic Improvement of Bioenergy Crops Wilfred Vermerris, Editor Bioenergy is attracting increasing attention in science, industry, politics and the media as a means to address energy security, global climate change and economic sustainability. Biofuels – ethanol and biodiesel – currently represent...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• I
• Why Bioenergy Makes Sense
• A Primer on Genetics, Genomics and Plant Breeding
• Production of Ethanol from Grain
• Composition and Biosynthesis of Lignocellulosic Biomass
• Selection of Promising Biomass Feedstock Lines Using High-Throughput Spectrometric and Enzymatic Assays
• Current Technologies for Fuel Ethanol Production from Lignocellulosic Plant Biomass
• II
• Genetic Improvement of Corn for Lignocellulosic
• Development and Utilization of Sorghum as a Bioenergy Crop
• Genetic Improvement of Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) as an Energy Crop
• Miscanthus: Genetic Resources and Breeding Potential to Enhance Bioenergy Production
• Improvement of Switchgrass as a Bioenergy Crop
• Improvement of Perennial Forage Species as Feedstock for Bioenergy
• Genetic Improvement of Willow (Salix spp.) as a Dedicated Bioenergy Crop
• Genetic Improvement of Poplar (Populus spp.) as a Bioenergy Crop
• Southern Pines: A Resource for Bioenergy.