Bioenergy Feedstocks Breeding and Genetics 1st Edition by Malay C Saha, Hem S Bhandhari, Joseph H Bouton ISBN 0470960337 9780470960332

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ISBN 10: 0470960337 
ISBN 13: 9780470960332
Author: Malay C Saha, Hem S Bhandhari, Joseph H Bouton

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.

Bioenergy Feedstocks Breeding and Genetics 1st Table of contents:

Part 1: Dedicated Energy Crops – Genetics and Molecular Biology

• 1 Introduction

  • 1.1 Historical Development
  • 1.2 Cultivar Development
  • 1.3 Breeding Approach
  • 1.4 Molecular Tools
  • 1.5 Future Outlook

• 2 Switchgrass Genetics and Breeding Challenges

  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Origin and Distribution
  • 2.3 Growth and Development, Genome Structure and Cytogenetics
  • 2.4 Genetic Diversity
  • 2.5 Phenotypic Variability and Inheritance
  • 2.6 Conventional Breeding Approaches
  • 2.7 Molecular Breeding
  • 2.8 Conclusions and Future Directions

• 3 Switchgrass Genomics

  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Genome Sequencing
  • 3.3 Analysis of Expressed Sequences in Switchgrass
  • 3.4 Linkage Mapping
  • 3.5 Cytoplasmic Genome
  • 3.6 Genome-enabled Improvement of Switchgrass
  • 3.7 Conclusions

• 4 Germplasm Resources of Miscanthus and Their Application in Breeding

  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Species Belonging to Miscanthus Genus, Their Characteristics, and Phylogenetic Relationships
  • 4.3 Natural Hybrids between Miscanthus Species
  • 4.4 Karyotype Analysis
  • 4.5 Phylogenetic Relationships between Miscanthus Species
  • 4.6 Genetic Improvement of Miscanthus
  • 4.7 Variations in Several Agronomical Traits Related to Yield and Plant Performance
  • 4.8 Molecular Resources
  • 4.9 Transgenic Miscanthus
  • 4.10 Future Studies

• 5 Breeding Miscanthus for Bioenergy

  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Miscanthus as a Biomass Crop
  • 5.3 Breeding Strategy
  • 5.4 Genetic Diversity
  • 5.5 Breeding Targets
  • 5.6 Incorporating Bioinformatics, Molecular Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS), and Genome-Wide Association Selection (GWAS)
  • 5.7 Summary

Part 2: Breeding Efforts of Current Feedstocks for Bioenergy Traits

• 6 Breeding Sorghum as a Bioenergy Crop
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Botanical Description and Evolution
  • 6.3 Traditional Breeding and Development
  • 6.4 Approaches to Breeding Sorghum as a Bioenergy Crop
  • 6.5 Composition in Energy Sorghum Breeding
  • 6.6 Genetic Variation and Inheritance
  • 6.7 Wide Hybridization
  • 6.8 Conclusions

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