Tomes D., Lakshmanan P., Songstad D. Biofuels: Global Impact on Renewable Energy, Production Agriculture, and Technological Advancements

Springer, 2011. 367 p. ISBN: 978-1-4419-7144-9, e-ISBN: 978-1-4419-7145-6This 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 topicsHistorical Perspective of Biofuels
Learning from the Past to Rediscover the Future
David Songstad, Prakash Lakshmanan, John Chen, William Gibbons, Stephen Hughes, and R. Nelson
The DOE BioEnergy Science Center-A U.S
Department of Energy Bioenergys Research Center
Russ Miller and Martin Keller
Drivers Leading to Higher Food Prices
Biofuels are not the Main Factor
Paul Armah, Aaron Archer, and Gregory C. Phillips
The Economics of Current and Future Biofuels
Ling Tao and Andy Aden
A Multiple Species Approach to Biomass Production
from Native Herbaceous Perennial Feedstocks
J.L. Gonzalez-Hernandez, G. Sarath, J.M. Stein, Owens, K. Gedye, and A. Boe
Development and Status of Dedicated Energy
Crops in the United States
Russell W. Jessup
Genetic Improvement of C4 Grasses as Cellulosic
Biofuel Feedstocks
Katrin Jakob, Fasong Zhou, and Andrew H. Paterson
Short-Rotation Woody Crops for Bioenergy and Biofuels Applications
Maud Hinchee, William Rottmann, Lauren Mullinax,
Chunsheng Zhang, Shujun Chang, Michael Cunningham,
Leslie Pearson, and Narender Nehra
The Brazilian Experience of Sugarcane Ethanol Industry
Sizuo Matsuoka, Jesus Ferro, and Paulo Arruda
Biofuels: Opportunities and Challenges in India
Mambully Chandrasekharan Gopinathan and Rajasekaran Sudhakaran
Biofuels in China: Opportunities and Challenges
Feng Wang, Xue-Rong Xing, and Chun-Zhao Liu
Genetic Modification of Lignin Biosynthesis for Improved Biofuel Production
Hiroshi Hisano, Rangaraj Nandakumar, and Zeng-Yu Wang
Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol
The Role of Plant-Expressed Enzymes
Manuel B. Sainz
Integrated Biorefineries with Engineered Microbes
and High-value Co-products for Profitable
Biofuels Production
W. R. Gibbons and S. R. Hughes
Biodiesel Production, Properties, and Feedstocks
Bryan R. Moser