Plants and BioEnergy - McCann, Maureen C.; Buckeridge, Marcos S.; Carpita, Nicholas C.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
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.
Keywords: Plant science; Botany; Plant biochemistry; Plant genetics; Plant Sciences; Plant Biochemistry; Plant Genetics and Genomics