Plants and BioEnergy

A country's vision for developing renewable and sustainable energy resources is typically propelled by three important drivers - security, cost, and environmental impact. The U.S. currently accounts for a quarter of the world's total oil consumption, with domestic demands necessitating - a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: McCann, Maureen C. (Editor ), Buckeridge, Marcos S. (Editor ), Carpita, Nicholas C. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Advances in Plant Biology, 4
Temas:
Botany.
Botanical chemistry.
Plant genetics.
Plant Science.
Plant Biochemistry.
Plant Genetics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Economics of Bioenergy
  • Chapter 1. Advanced Biofuels: Economic Uncertainties, Policy Options, and Land Use Impacts
  • Chapter 2. The prospects of first generation ethanol in developing countries
  • Chapter 3. Can energy policy drive sustainable land use? Lessons from Biofuels Policy Development over the Last Decade
  • Chapter 4. Algae Farming and its Bio-products
  • Part II. Biomass Biology
  • Chapter 5. Regional gene pools for restoration, conservation, and genetic improvement of prairie grasses
  • Chapter 6. Mining Genetic Diversity of Sorghum as a Bioenergy Feedstock
  • Chapter 7. Genetics, genomics and crop modelling: integrative approaches to the improvement of biomass willows
  • Chapter 8: Xylan biosynthesis in plants, simply complex
  • Chapter 9. Towards redesigning cellulose biosynthesis for improved bioenergy feedstocks
  • Chapter 10. Camelina: An Emerging Oilseed Platform for Advanced Biofuels and Bio-Based Materials
  • Part III. Biomass Processing
  • Chapter 11. Developing novel enzyme repertoires for the efficient deconstruction of plant biomass tailored for the bioenergy industry
  • Chapter 12. Using Natural Plant Cell Wall Degradation Mechanisms to Improve Second Generation Bioethanol
  • Chapter 13. Lignocellulosic Biorefineries: Concepts and Possibilities
  • Chapter 14. Linking Plant Biology and Pretreatment - Understanding the Structure and Organization of the Plant Cell Wall and Interactions with Cellulosic Biofuel Production
  • Chapter 15. Catalytic oxidation of lignin for the production of low molecular weight aromatics
  • Chapter 16. Catalytic dehydration of lignocellulosic derived xylose to furfural
  • Chapter 17. Perspectives in Brazil of the contribution of palm trees to biodiesel production.

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