Biofuel crop sustainability / edited by Bharat P. Singh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Singh, Bharat P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy crops.

Sustainable agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (474 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biofuel Crop Sustainability brings together the basic principles of agricultural sustainability and special stipulations for biofuels, from the economic and ecological opportunities and challenges of sustainable biofuel crop production to the unique characteristics of particular crops which make them ideal for biofuel applications. This book will be a valuable resource for researchers and professionals involved in biofuels development and production as well as agriculture industry personnel. Chapters focus the broad principles of resource management for ecological, environmental and s

Contents:

Biofuel crop sustainability paradigm / Bharat P. Singh

Sustainable production of grain crops for biofuels / Abdullah A. Jaradat

Sugarcane as an energy crop: its role in biomass economy / Rianto van Antwerpe ... [et al.]

Sustainable cellulosic grass crops production / John H. Fike, David J. Parrish and Wonae B. Fike

Sustainable oil crops production / C. Eynck ... [et al.]

Short-rotation woody crop biomass production for bioenergy / Chris L. Kiser and Thomas R. Fox

Biomass feedstock production impact on water resource availability / K.C. Stone ... [et al.]

Biofuel crops and soil quality and erosion / Dmitri Chatskikh ... [et al.]

Nutrient management in biofuel crop production / Rocky Lemus

Food, farming, and land use for biofuels / József Popp

Biofuel crops and ecosystem services and biodiversity / Andrew Fieldsend and Hari P. Singh

Biofuel crops and greenhouse gases / A. Hastings ... [et al.]

Economics of biomass feedstocks and biofuels / Thein A. Maung ... [et al.]

Geospatial modeling applications for biofuel sustainability assessment / Sudhanshu S. Panda.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-118-63579-5

1-118-63564-7

OCLC:

843881795