Bioenergy Feedstocks (PDF)

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.