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Annals of Botany 2009 103(6):viii; doi:10.1093/aob/mcp028
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Genetic improvement of bioenergy crops

Genetic improvement of bioenergy crops
W. Vermerris ed. 2008.
New York: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
£79 (hardback). 450 pp.

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Genetic improvement of bioenergy crops is a comprehensive text-book on different aspects of bioenergy research with a special emphasis on a range of bioenergy crops themselves. The book is split into two main parts. Part 1 deals with an introduction to bioenergy sources, the reasoning behind the usage of bioenergy, an introduction into the chemistry and biology of bioenergy crops, an introduction into molecular marker techniques that can be used for crop improvement, and the technology of screening the bioenergy properties of biomass feedstock lines together with current technologies for fuel-ethanol production from lignocellulosic plant biomass. Part 2 of the book introduces 15 annual and perennial biomass feedstock crops with respect to the state of their genetic resources, their breeding and bioenergy-related properties. The utilization of the genetic potential of these crops will, as the editor states, help to‘ ... address many of the concerns . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Susanne Barth

E-mail susanne.barth@teagasc.ie


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