Advances of Basic Science for Second Generation Bioethanol from Sugarcane
This book focuses on the basic science recently produced in Brazil for the improvement of sugarcane as a bioenergy crop and as a raw material for 2nd generation bioethanol production. It reports achievements that have been advancing the science of cell walls, enzymes, genetics, and sustainability re...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2017, 2017
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2017 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- From sugarcane genomics research to modern biotech industrial innovation in Brazil
- Advances in polyploid genetics
- The sugarcane genome
- Sugarcane cell walls
- Biophysics of sugarcane biomass
- Sugarcane under stress
- Source-sink relationship of sugarcane
- Systems biology of sugarcane
- Proteomics for sugarcane bioenergy
- Epigenetics and sugarcane
- Advances in pretreatment methods
- Advances in fermentation
- Discovery and characterization of new enzymes and new enzymatic mechanisms of hydrolysis
- Engineering enzymes for cell wall hydrolysis
- Assembly of enzyme cocktails for 2nd generation
- Sugarcane engineering for bioenergy
- Evaluating the life cycle of greenhouse gases and the impact on sustainability of sugarcane in Brazil
- Adapting sugarcane to the Global Climate Changes
- International interactions and technological development in bioethanol technology: the case of Brazil-EU relations
- Brazil-US relations and the development of science and technologies for bioethanol
- The Science-Policy paradox