Biofuels Global Impact on Renewable Energy, Production Agriculture, and Technological Advancements /

The biofuels area is one the most discussed research areas in biotechnology. This volume summarizes the current state of the art in the context of economic, agricultural productivity and sustainability as well as global perspectives. This volume is an excellent resource of diverse biofuels knowledge...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Tomes, Dwight (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Lakshmanan, Prakash (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Songstad, David (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Chapter 1 : Historical Perspective of Biofuels: Learning from the Past to Re-Discover the Future
  • Chapter 2 :The DOE BioEnergy Science Center - a U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Center
  • Chapter 3: Drivers Leading to Higher Food Prices: Biofuels Are Not the Main Factor
  • Chapter 4 : The Economics of Current and Future Biofuels
  • Chapter 5 : A multiple species approach to biomass production from native herbaceous perennial feedstocks
  • Chapter 6 : Development and status of dedicated energy crops in the United States
  • Chapter 7 : Genetic improvement of C4 grasses as cellulosic biofuel feedstocks
  • Chapter 8: Short-rotation woody crops for bioenergy and biofuels applications
  • Chapter 9: The Brazilian experience on sugarcane ethanol
  • Chapter 10: Biofuels opportunities and challenges in India
  • Chapter 11: Biofuels in China: opportunities and challenges
  • Chapter 12: Genetic modification of lignin biosynthesis for improved biofuel production
  • Chapter 13: Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol: the Role of Plant-Expressed Enzymes
  • Chapter 14: Integrated biorefineries with engineered microbes and high-value co-products for profitable biofuels production
  • Chapter 15: Biodiesel production, properties, and feedstocks.