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Book SynopsisBiofuel Crop Sustainability brings together the basic principles of agricultural sustainability and special stipulations for biofuels, from the economic and ecological opportunities and challenges of sustainable biofuel crop production to the unique characteristics of particular crops which make them ideal for biofuel applications.
Table of ContentsContributors vii
Preface xi
1 Biofuel Crop Sustainability Paradigm 3
B.P. Singh
2 Sustainable Production of Grain Crops for Biofuels 31
A.A. Jaradat
3 Sugarcane as an Energy Crop: Its Role in Biomass Economy 53
R. van Antwerpen, S.D. Berry, T. van Antwerpen, J. Smithers, S. Joshi, and M. van der Laan
4 Sustainable Cellulosic Grass Crop Production 109
J.H. Fike, D.J. Parrish, and W.B. Fike
5 Sustainable Oil Crops Production 165
C. Eynck, D. Shrestha, J. Vollmann, K.C. Falk, W. Friedt, H.P. Singh, and E. Obeng
6 Short-rotation Woody Crop Biomass Production for Bioenergy 205
L.C. Kiser and T.R. Fox
7 Biomass Feedstock Production Impact on Water Resource Availability 239
K.C. Stone, P.G. Hunt, K.B. Cantrell, and K.S. Ro
8 Biofuel Crops and Soil Quality and Erosion 261
D. Chatskikh, A. Ovchinnikova, B. Seshadri, and N. Bolan
9 Nutrient Management in Biofuel Crop Production 301
R. Lemus
10 Food, Farming, and Biofuels 325
J. Popp
11 Biofuel Crops, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity 357
A. Fieldsend and H.P. Singh
12 Biofuel Crops and Greenhouse Gases 383
A. Hastings, J. Yeluripati, J. Hillier, and P. Smith
13 Economics of Biomass Feedstocks and Biofuels 407
T.A. Maung, C. Gustafson, B. McCarl, D. Ripplinger, and D. Saxowsky
14 Geospatial Modeling Applications for Biofuel Sustainability Assessment 431
S.S. Panda
Appendix I: Botanical Names 449
Index 451
