Plant Biomass Conversion

Elizabeth Hood, Ph.D , is a Distinguished Professor of Agriculture at Arkansas State University. Peter Nelson is a principal in BioDimensions, providing services for startup companies developing green technology. Randy Powell , Ph.D, is the president of Powell Consulting, LLC, a construction consulting firm promoting biofuel and bioproducts.

Contributors. Preface. 1 The Bioeconomy: A New Era of Products Derived from Renewable Plant-Based Feedstocks ( Peter Nelson, Elizabeth Hood, and Randall Powell ). 2 Agricultural Residues ( James Hettenhaus ). 3 Growing Systems for Traditional and New Forest-Based Materials ( Randall Rousseau, Janet Hawkes, Shijie Liu, and Tom Amidon ). 4 Dedicated Herbaceous Energy Crops ( Keat (Thomas) Teoh, Shivakumar Pattada Devaiah, Deborah Vicuna Requesens, and Elizabeth E. Hood ). 5 Municipal Solid Waste as a Biomass Feedstock ( David J. Webster ). 6 Water Sustainability in Biomass Cropping Systems ( Jennifer L. Bouldin and Rodney E. Wright ). 7 Soil Sustainability Issues in Energy Crop Production ( V. Steven Green ). 8 Fermentation Organisms for 5-and 6-Carbon Sugars ( Nicholas Dufour, Jeffrey Swana, and Reeta P. Rao ). 9 Pretreatment Options ( Bradley A. Saville ). 10 Enzyme Production Systems for Biomass Conversion (John A. Howard, Zivko Nikolov, and Elizabeth E. Hood ). 11 Fermentation-Based Biofuels ( Randy Kramer and Helene Belanger ). 12 Biobased Chemicals and Polymers ( Randall W. Powell, Clare Elton, Ross Prestidge, and Helene Belanger ). 13 Carbon Offset Potential of Biomass-Based Energy ( Gauri-Shankar Guha ). 14 Biofuel Economics ( Daniel Klein-Marcuschamer, Brad Holmes, Blake A. Simmons, and Harvey W. Blanch ). Index.