Advances of Basic Science for Second Generation Bioethanol from Sugarcane

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Buckeridge, Marcos S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), De Souza, Amanda P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Renewable energy resources.; Plant biochemistry.; Plant breeding.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Plant Biochemistry.

This book focuses on the basic science recently produced in Brazil for the improvement of sugarcane as a bioenergy crop and as a raw material for 2nd generation bioethanol production. It reports achievements that have been advancing the science of cell walls, enzymes, genetics, and sustainability re...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• From sugarcane genomics research to modern biotech industrial innovation in Brazil
• Advances in polyploid genetics
• The sugarcane genome
• Sugarcane cell walls
• Biophysics of sugarcane biomass
• Sugarcane under stress
• Source-sink relationship of sugarcane
• Systems biology of sugarcane
• Proteomics for sugarcane bioenergy
• Epigenetics and sugarcane
• Advances in pretreatment methods
• Advances in fermentation
• Discovery and characterization of new enzymes and new enzymatic mechanisms of hydrolysis
• Engineering enzymes for cell wall hydrolysis
• Assembly of enzyme cocktails for 2nd generation
• Sugarcane engineering for bioenergy
• Evaluating the life cycle of greenhouse gases and the impact on sustainability of sugarcane in Brazil
• Adapting sugarcane to the Global Climate Changes
• International interactions and technological development in bioethanol technology: the case of Brazil-EU relations
• Brazil-US relations and the development of science and technologies for bioethanol
• The Science-Policy paradox.