Bioenergy Feedstocks
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Bioenergy Feedstocks

Breeding and Genetics

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About this book

Bioenergy and biofuels are generated from a wide variety of feedstock. Fuels have been converted from a wide range of sources from vegetable oils to grains and sugarcane. Second generation biofuels are being developed around dedicated, non-food energy crops, such as switchgrass and Miscanthus, with an eye toward bioenergy sustainability. Bioenergy Feedstocks: Breeding and Genetics looks at advances in our understanding of the genetics and breeding practices across this diverse range of crops and provides readers with a valuable tool to improve cultivars and increase energy crop yields.

Bioenergy Feedstocks: Breeding and Genetics opens with chapters focusing primarily on advances in the genetics and molecular biology of dedicated energy crops. These chapters provide in-depth coverage of new, high-potential feedstocks. The remaining chapters provide valuable overview of breeding efforts of current feedstocks with specific attention paid to the development of bioenergy traits. Coverage in these chapters includes crops such as sorghum, energy canes, corn, and other grasses and forages.

The final chapters explore the role of transgenics in bioenergy feedstock production and the development of low-input strategies for producing bioenergy crops. A timely collection of work from a global team of bioenergy researchers and crop scientists, Bioenergy Feedstocks: Breeding and Genetics is an essential reference on cultivar improvement of biomass feedstock crops.

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Yes, you can access Bioenergy Feedstocks by Malay C. Saha, Hem S. Bhandhari, Joseph H. Bouton, Malay C. Saha,Hem S. Bhandhari,Joseph H. Bouton in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Sustainable Agriculture. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. The Editors
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1: Introduction
  8. Chapter 2: Switchgrass Genetics and Breeding Challenges
  9. Chapter 3: Switchgrass Genomics
  10. Chapter 4: Germplasm Resources of Miscanthus and Their Application in Breeding
  11. Chapter 5: Breeding Miscanthus for Bioenergy
  12. Chapter 6: Breeding Sorghum as a Bioenergy Crop
  13. Chapter 7: Energy Cane
  14. Chapter 8: Breeding Maize for Lignocellulosic Biofuel Production
  15. Chapter 9: Underutilized Grasses
  16. Chapter 10: Alfalfa as a Bioenergy Crop
  17. Chapter 11: Transgenics for Biomass
  18. Chapter 12: Endophytes in Low-input Agriculture and Plant Biomass Production
  19. Index