Editors: Daniela Defavari do Nascimento, William A. Pickering

Plant-Based Genetic Tools for Biofuels Production

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Library License: US $156
ISBN: 978-1-68108-462-6 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-461-9 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2017
DOI: 10.2174/97816810846191170101

Introduction

Biofuels are currently used as a viable alternative energy source in several countries. Plant-Based Genetic Tools for Biofuels Production explains biotechnological techniques and concepts that are applied to increase biofuel yield from plants and algae. Chapters of the book cover a variety of topics: the basic research techniques (cell suspension, embryogenesis, protoplast fusion), plant genetics (plant DNA mutations, new plant breeding techniques, viral genetic vectors for heterologous gene expression, sub cellular proteomes), genomic resources and bioinformatics tools, plant species with bioenergy and biofuel potential, factors influencing biomass yield, advances in cultivation technologies, fermentation of different substrates for ethanol production, and microalgae biomass technologies. Readers will gain a thorough understanding of modern biofuel production. Plant-Based Genetic Tools for Biofuels Production is a suitable reference for students in biotechnology and bioinformatics programs as well as researchers interested in information about the basics of biofuel production.

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Preface

- Pp. i-ii (2)
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List of Contributors

- Pp. iii-iv (2)
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Biotechnology and its Impact on Vegetative Propagation of Plant Species

- Pp. 1-14 (14)
Guillermo R. Salvatierra, Daniela Kubiak de Salvatierra, Jose Antonio Cabral
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Gametic Embryogenesis, Somatic Embryogenesis, Plant Cell Cultures, and Protoplast Fusion: Progress and Opportunities in Biofuel Production

- Pp. 15-42 (28)
Marines Marli Gniech-Karasawa
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DNA Repair: Its Molecular Basis for Use in Biotechnology

- Pp. 43-60 (18)
Felipe Augusto Godoy, Mateus Prates Mori
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New Breeding Techniques

- Pp. 61-82 (22)
Humberto J. Debat
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Use of Plant Virus and Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing for Plant Biotechnological Applications

- Pp. 83-102 (20)
Gabriela Conti, Andrea L. Venturuzzi, Diego Zavallo, Verónica C. Delfosse, Yamila C. Agrofoglio
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Proteomics for Bioenergy Production

- Pp. 103-121 (19)
Fernanda Salvato, Bruna Marques dos Santos, Marília Gabriela de Santana Costa, Edwin Antônio Gutierrez Rodriguez
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Genomics as a Tool for Bioenergy and Biofuel Crops

- Pp. 122-141 (20)
Sabrina D. Soares, Mariane B. Sobreiro, Vanessa C. Araújo, Evandro Novaes
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Challenges in Biomass Production for Biofuels

- Pp. 142-161 (20)
Maria J. Calderan-Rodrigues, Fabio V. Scarpare, João L. N. Carvalho, Camila Caldana, Marina C. M. Martins, Lucia Mattiello
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Industrial Use of Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae): Biotechnology in Ethanol Biofuel Production Control in Brazil

- Pp. 162-168 (7)
Alessandro Antonio Orelli Junior
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Biodiesel from Microalgae: Third Generation Biofuel

- Pp. 169-198 (30)
Gisele G. Bortoleto, Henrique L. de Miranda, Rodrigo H. de Campos
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Subject Index

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