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Compendium of bioenergy plants : switchgrass / editors, Hong Luo, Yanqi Wu, Chittaranjan Kole.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Compendium of bioenergy plants.
- Compendium of Bioenergy Plants
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Switchgrass--Genetic engineering.
- Switchgrass.
- Switchgrass--Breeding.
- Energy crops.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (463 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Switchgrass
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book contains the most comprehensive reviews on the latest development of switchgrass research including the agronomy of the plant, the use of endophytes and mycorrhizae for biomass production, genetics and breeding of bioenergy related traits, molecular genetics and molecular breeding, genomics, transgenics, processing, bioconversion, biosystem and chemical engineering, biomass production modeling, economics of switchgrass feedstock production etc. The book will be of interest and great value to the switchgrass research communities in both academia and industry and a handbook for agro
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Preface to the Series; Dedication by Series Editor; Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 - An Overview of Switchgrass; Chapter 2 - The Agronomy of Switchgrass for Biomass; Chapter 3 - The Use of Endophytes and Mycorrhizae in Switchgrass Biomass Production; Chapter 4 - Switchgrass Biomass Content, Synthesis, and Biochemical Conversion to Biofuels; Chapter 5 - Classic Genetics and Breeding of Bioenergy Related Traits in Switchgrass; Chapter 6 - Switchgrass Molecular Genetics and Molecular Breeding for Bioenergy Traits
- Chapter 7 - Switchgrass Genomic Resources DevelopmentChapter 8 - MicroRNAs and Their Potential Applications in Switchgrass Improvements; Chapter 9 - Tissue Culture, Genetic Transformation, and Improvement of Switchgrass Through Genetic Engineering; Chapter 10 - Biomass Thermochemical Conversion Technologies for Production of Fuels, Power and Chemicals; Chapter 11 - Biological and Biosystems Engineering for Processing of Switchgrass Feedstocks and Biofuel Production; Chapter 12 - Applications of Biomass Production Modeling for Switchgrass
- Chapter 13 - Economics of Switchgrass Feedstock Production for the Emerging Cellulosic Biofuel IndustryChapter 14 - Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) as a Bioenergy Crop: Advantages, Concerns, and Future Prospects; About the Volume Editors; Color Plate Section; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-429-16778-4
- 1-4665-9636-8
- 9780429167782
- OCLC:
- 872622891
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