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Genetic Improvement of Bioenergy Crops (Hardcover, 2008 ed.) Loot Price: R4,543
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Genetic Improvement of Bioenergy Crops (Hardcover, 2008 ed.): Wilfred Vermerris

Genetic Improvement of Bioenergy Crops (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)

Wilfred Vermerris

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Ethanol as an alternative fuel is receiving a lot of attention because it addresses concerns related to dwindling oil supplies, energy independence, and climate change. The majority of the ethanol in the US is produced from corn starch. With the US Department of Energy's target that 30% of the fuel in the US is produced from renewable resources by 2030, the anticipated demand for corn starch will quickly exceed the current production of corn. This, plus the concern that less grain will become available for food and feed purposes, necessitates the use of other feedstocks for the production of ethanol. For the very same reasons, there is increasing research activity and growing interest in many other biomass crops. Genetic Improvement of Bio-Energy Crops focuses on the production of ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass, which includes corn stover, biomass from dedicated annual and perennial energy crops, and trees as well as a number of important biomass crops. The biomass is typically pretreated through thermochemical processing to make it more amenable to hydrolysis with cellulolytic enzymes. The enzymatic hydrolysis yields monomeric sugars that can be fermented to ethanol by micro-organisms. While much emphasis has been placed on the optimization of thermo-chemical pretreatment processes, production of more efficient hydrolytic enzymes, and the development of robust microbial strains, relatively little effort has been dedicated to the improvement of the biomass itself.

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Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin: United States
Release date: August 2008
First published: August 2008
Editors: Wilfred Vermerris
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 450
Edition: 2008 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-0-387-70804-1
Categories: Books > Professional & Technical > Biochemical engineering > Biotechnology > Genetic engineering
Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Crop husbandry > Cereal crops
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LSN: 0-387-70804-9
Barcode: 9780387708041

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