Bioenergy Feedstocks (eBook)

Breeding and Genetics

Malay C. Saha, Hem S. Bhandhari, Joseph H. Bouton (Herausgeber)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
304 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
9781118617694 (ISBN)

Infos

Bioenergy and biofuels are generated from a wide variety of
feedstock. Fuels have been converted from a wide range of sources
from vegetable oils to grains and sugarcane. Second generation
biofuels are being developed around dedicated, non-food energy
crops, such as switchgrass and Miscanthus, with an eye toward
bioenergy sustainability. Bioenergy Feedstocks: Breeding
and Genetics looks at advances in our understanding of the
genetics and breeding practices across this diverse range of crops
and provides readers with a valuable tool to improve cultivars and
increase energy crop yields.

Bioenergy Feedstocks: Breeding and Genetics opens with
chapters focusing primarily on advances in the genetics and
molecular biology of dedicated energy crops. These chapters provide
in-depth coverage of new, high-potential feedstocks. The remaining
chapters provide valuable overview of breeding efforts of current
feedstocks with specific attention paid to the development of
bioenergy traits. Coverage in these chapters includes crops such as
sorghum, energy canes, corn, and other grasses and forages.

The final chapters explore the role of transgenics in bioenergy
feedstock production and the development of low-input strategies
for producing bioenergy crops. A timely collection of work from a
global team of bioenergy researchers and crop scientists,
Bioenergy Feedstocks: Breeding and Genetics is an essential
reference on cultivar improvement of biomass feedstock crops.

Autor

Malay C. Saha is an Associate Professor and Principal Investigator of the Molecular Markers Lab, Forage Improvement Division at The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation in Ardmore, OK. Hem S. Bhandari is an Assistant Professor of Bioenergy/Biomass Feedstock Breeding and Genetics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Joseph H. Bouton is the former Director and Senior Vice President, Forage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OKand Emeritus Professor of Crop and Soil Sciences at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Rezensionen

"While some of the more in depth sections about the
analysis of DNA sequences and plant proteins may be beyond the
requirements of casual readers and feedstock producers, there is
much here which is relevant to increasing yields and comparing
production techniques, making it a useful reference for anyone
seriously involved in the production of bioenergy crops,
particularly agronomists and advisors."
(BioenergyWeekly, 15 July 2013)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.3.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: Agriculture • Biorenewable Resources • Biowissenschaften • Botanik / Biotechnologie • crops • Feldfrüchte • Feldfrüchte • Landwirtschaft • Life Sciences • Nachwachsende Rohstoffe • Plant Biotechnology
• ISBN-13: 9781118617694 / 9781118617694