Industrial Crops

Breeding for BioEnergy and Bioproducts

AvVon Mark V. Cruz,David A. Dierig

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

The volume on Industrial Crop Breeding will be part of the series, Handbook of Plant Breeding. We hope to encourage the proposed authors of new crops to provide an estimate of the crop readiness for commercial development and discuss the limitations.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-08-23
Mått:155 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt:692 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Handbook of Plant Breeding
Antal sidor:444
Förlag:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN:9781493945191

Utforska kategorier

Växtböcker inom Djur och Natur
Botanik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Biokemisk teknik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Recensioner i media

"This volume ... reviews the current status of breeding efforts for numerous industrial crops, nearly 20 in all, with potential for production either on a large scale or within a narrower climatic niche. ... These thorough, extensively referenced reviews serve as an excellent introduction to this diverse group of crops. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners." (R. M. Warner, Choice, Vol. 52 (11), July, 2015)

Innehållsförteckning

Sweet Sorghum: Breeding and Bio products.- Breeding of Sugarcane.- Miscanthus.- Breeding Willow for Short Rotation Coppice Energy Cropping.- Sugar Beet, Energy Beet, and Industrial Beet.- Native Grasses for Biomass Production at High Elevations.- Canola, Rapeseed and Mustard – For Biofuels and Bio products.- Camelina sativa- for Biofuels and Bio products.- Maize Starch for Industrial Applications.- Cotton Breeding for Fiber Quality Improvement.- Flax and Linseed.- ABACA (Musa textilis Nee) Breeding in the Philippines.- Cuphea Production and Management.- Germplasm Improvement to Develop Commercially Viable Lines of the New Oilseed Crop Lesquerella.- Sisal/Agave.- 100 Years of Breeding Guayule.- Algae Crops: Co-production of Algae Biofuels.- International Policies on Bioenergy and Biofuels.- Partnerships, Future and Emerging Technologies.