Biofuels

Summary

This comprehensive volume developed under the guidance of guest editors Prakash Lakshmanan and David Songstad features broad coverage of the topic of biofuels and its significance to the economy and to agriculture. These chapters were first published by In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology In Vitro Plant in 2009 and consists of 15 chapters from experts who are recognized both for their scientific accomplishments and global perspective in their assigned topics.

Author Biography

Dwight Tomes is a Research Fellow in the Trait Discovery Technologies group at Pioneer, a DuPont Company in Johnston, IA. His current work is in transformation technology development in multiple crop species and trait development in several agronomic trait areas of corn. Dwight is currently the Editor-in-Chief of In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant. Prakash Lakshmanan, PhD, leads the Molecular Breeding Program at the David North Plant Research Centre, BSES Limited, Australia. His research focuses on crop improvement with particular emphasis on regulation of plant growth and resource use efficiency. Since 1998 he has worked on sugarcane, a major industrial and biofuel crop. David Songstad is originally from South Dakota and attended South Dakota State University for his BS (Microbiology) and MS (Botany) and received his Ph.D. in Plant and Soil Science from the University of Tennessee. He has worked for the University of Illinois, Plant Biotechnology Institute (Canada), Pioneer Hi-Bred and Monsanto where he developed enabling technologies for corn tissue culture and corn transformation. He is currently the Global New Products Lead for Monsanto.

Historical Perspective of Biofuels: Learning from the Past to Rediscover the Future	p. 1
The DOE BioEnergy Science Center-A U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergys Research Center	p. 9
Drivers Leading to Higher Food Prices: Biofuels are not the Main Factor	p. 19
The Economics of Current and Future Biofuels	p. 37
A Multiple Species Approach to Biomass Production from Native Herbaceous Perennial Feedstocks	p. 71
Development and Status of Dedicated Energy Crops in the United States	p. 97
Genetic Improvement of C4 Grasses as Cellulosic Biofuel Feedstocks	p. 113
Short-Rotation Woody Crops for Bioenergy and Biofuels Applications	p. 139
The Brazilian Experience of Sugarcane Ethanol Industry	p. 157
Biofuels: Opportunities and Challenges in India	p. 173
Biofuels in China: Opportunities and Challenges	p. 211
Genetic Modification of Lignin Biosynthesis for Improved Biofuel Production	p. 223
Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol: The Role of Plant-Expressed Enzymes	p. 237
Integrated Biorefineries with Engineered Microbes and High-value Co-products for Profitable Biofuels Production	p. 265
Biodiesel Production, Properties, and Feedstocks	p. 285
Index	p. 349
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