ABSTRACT

As the world's population is projected to reach 10 billion or more by 2100, devastating fossil fuel shortages loom in the future unless more renewable alternatives to energy are developed. Bioenergy, in the form of cellulosic biomass, starch, sugar, and oils from crop plants, has emerged as one of the cheaper, cleaner, and environmentally sustainab

part |2 pages

Section I

chapter 2|10 pages

Genomics for Bioenergy Production

chapter 3|24 pages

Genetic Engineering for Bioenergy Crops

chapter 7|14 pages

Biomass Harvest and Logistics

chapter 9|52 pages

International Fuel Quality

part |2 pages

Section II

chapter 13|12 pages

Cassava

chapter 14|36 pages

Jatropha

chapter 15|54 pages

Forest Trees

chapter 16|28 pages

Maize

chapter 17|20 pages

Oil Palm

chapter 18|30 pages

Oilseed Brassicas

chapter 19|20 pages

Sorghum

chapter 20|20 pages

Soybean

chapter 21|40 pages

Sugarcane

chapter 22|28 pages

Switchgrass

part |2 pages

Section III

chapter 23|26 pages

Brachypodium

chapter 24|12 pages

Diesel Trees

chapter 25|22 pages

Minor Seed Oils

chapter 26|18 pages

Lower Plants

chapter 27|16 pages

Paulownia

chapter 28|22 pages

Shrub Willow

chapter 29|8 pages

Sugarbeet

chapter 30|20 pages

Sunower

chapter 31|10 pages

Sweetpotato

chapter 32|46 pages

Organic Farm Waste and Municipal Sludge

chapter 33|39 pages

Vegetable Oils