E d i to rBharat P. Singh is Professor of Agronomy at Fort Valley State University in Fort Valley,Georgia, USA.

• Contributors viiPreface xi1 Biofuel Crop Sustainability Paradigm 3B.P. Singh2 Sustainable Production of Grain Crops for Biofuels 31A.A. Jaradat3 Sugarcane as an Energy Crop: Its Role in Biomass Economy 53R. van Antwerpen, S.D. Berry, T. van Antwerpen, J. Smithers, S. Joshi, and M. van der Laan4 Sustainable Cellulosic Grass Crop Production 109J.H. Fike, D.J. Parrish, and W.B. Fike5 Sustainable Oil Crops Production 165C. Eynck, D. Shrestha, J. Vollmann, K.C. Falk, W. Friedt, H.P. Singh, and E. Obeng6 Short-rotation Woody Crop Biomass Production for Bioenergy 205L.C. Kiser and T.R. Fox7 Biomass Feedstock Production Impact on Water Resource Availability 239K.C. Stone, P.G. Hunt, K.B. Cantrell, and K.S. Ro8 Biofuel Crops and Soil Quality and Erosion 261D. Chatskikh, A. Ovchinnikova, B. Seshadri, and N. Bolan9 Nutrient Management in Biofuel Crop Production 301R. Lemus10 Food, Farming, and Biofuels 325J. Popp11 Biofuel Crops, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity 357A. Fieldsend and H.P. Singh12 Biofuel Crops and Greenhouse Gases 383A. Hastings, J. Yeluripati, J. Hillier, and P. Smith13 Economics of Biomass Feedstocks and Biofuels 407T.A. Maung, C. Gustafson, B. McCarl, D. Ripplinger, and D. Saxowsky14 Geospatial Modeling Applications for Biofuel Sustainability Assessment 431S.S. PandaAppendix I: Botanical Names 449Index 451

E d i to rBharat P. Singh is Professor of Agronomy at Fort Valley State University in Fort Valley,Georgia, USA.

• Contributors viiPreface xi1 Biofuel Crop Sustainability Paradigm 3B.P. Singh2 Sustainable Production of Grain Crops for Biofuels 31A.A. Jaradat3 Sugarcane as an Energy Crop: Its Role in Biomass Economy 53R. van Antwerpen, S.D. Berry, T. van Antwerpen, J. Smithers, S. Joshi, and M. van der Laan4 Sustainable Cellulosic Grass Crop Production 109J.H. Fike, D.J. Parrish, and W.B. Fike5 Sustainable Oil Crops Production 165C. Eynck, D. Shrestha, J. Vollmann, K.C. Falk, W. Friedt, H.P. Singh, and E. Obeng6 Short-rotation Woody Crop Biomass Production for Bioenergy 205L.C. Kiser and T.R. Fox7 Biomass Feedstock Production Impact on Water Resource Availability 239K.C. Stone, P.G. Hunt, K.B. Cantrell, and K.S. Ro8 Biofuel Crops and Soil Quality and Erosion 261D. Chatskikh, A. Ovchinnikova, B. Seshadri, and N. Bolan9 Nutrient Management in Biofuel Crop Production 301R. Lemus10 Food, Farming, and Biofuels 325J. Popp11 Biofuel Crops, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity 357A. Fieldsend and H.P. Singh12 Biofuel Crops and Greenhouse Gases 383A. Hastings, J. Yeluripati, J. Hillier, and P. Smith13 Economics of Biomass Feedstocks and Biofuels 407T.A. Maung, C. Gustafson, B. McCarl, D. Ripplinger, and D. Saxowsky14 Geospatial Modeling Applications for Biofuel Sustainability Assessment 431S.S. PandaAppendix I: Botanical Names 449Index 451