Biofuels: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Global Warming: Next Generation Biofuels and Role of Biotechnology

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This timely book is a compilation of edited articles by distinguished international scientists discussing global warming, its causes as well as present and future solutions. Social and economic growth at global level is measured in terms of GDP, which requires energy inputs generally based on fossil fuel resources. These, however, are major contributors to increasing levels of CO2, causing 15 tonnes of green house gas emissions per capita. Renewable sources of energy offer an alternative to fossil fuels, and would help reduce this to the 2 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per capita per annum needed to achieve sustainable growth. As such, the book discusses the next-generation of biofuels and all related aspects, based on the editors’ significant investigations on biofuels over the last 30 years. It also presents the latest research findings from research work carried out by contemporary researchers. Presenting global biofuel perspectives, it examines various issues related to sustainable development of biofuels in the contexts of agriculture, forestry, industry and economic growth. It covers the 1st to 4th generation biofuels, as well as the status of biofuel resources and their potential in carbon neutral economy. Offering a comprehensive, state-of-art overview of current and future biofuels at local and global levels, this book appeals to administrators, policy makers, universities and research institutions. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii Global Warming, Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation (Ashwani Kumar)....Pages 1-16 Historical Development of Biofuels (Sunita Agarwal, Ashwani Kumar)....Pages 17-45 Perspective of Biofuel Production from Different Sources (Peiman Zandi, Saikat K. Basu, Muhammad Asif, William Cetzal-Ix, Arvind H. Hirani, Ashwani Kumar)....Pages 47-58 Potential Biomass for Biofuels from Wastelands (Amit Kotiya, Meghendra Kumar Sharma, Ashwani Kumar)....Pages 59-79 Predicting Biomass Production from Plant Robustness and Germination Efficiency by Calorespirometry (Birgit Arnholdt-Schmitt, Gunasekaran Mohanapriya, Ramalingam Sathishkumar, Elisete Santos Macedo, José Hélio Costa)....Pages 81-94 Appropriate Rural Technologies: Agricultural Waste to Charcoal and Strategies for Biogas Production from Organic Garbage (Anand D. Karve)....Pages 95-106 Lignocellulosic Feedstock Improvement for Biofuel Production Through Conventional Breeding and Biotechnology (Yuan-Yeu Yau, Mona Easterling)....Pages 107-140 A Review on First- and Second-Generation Biofuel Productions (Arvind H. Hirani, Nasir Javed, Muhammad Asif, Saikat K. Basu, Ashwani Kumar)....Pages 141-154 Critical Evaluation of Biodiesel Production Initiatives in India (Chigullapalli Sreenivas, Anand B. Rao, Anand Patwardhan)....Pages 155-176 Biofuel Sector in Malaysia: Challenges and Future Prospects (Kalaivani K. Nadarajah)....Pages 177-192 Assessment of Non-plantation Biomass Resources Potential for Energy in India (Chigullapalli Sreenivas, Anand B. Rao, Anand Patwardhan)....Pages 193-204 Agrotechnology, Production, and Demonstration of High-Quality Planting Material for Biofuels in Arid and Semiarid Regions (Ashwani Kumar, Shikha Roy)....Pages 205-228 Alternative Biomass from Saline and Semiarid and Arid Conditions as a Source of Biofuels: Salicornia (Ashwani Kumar, Ebin Abraham, Arti Gupta)....Pages 229-240 Alternative Biomass from Semiarid and Arid Conditions as a Biofuel Source: Calotropis procera and Its Genomic Characterization (Ashwani Kumar)....Pages 241-269 Potential of Lignocellulosic Materials for Production of Ethanol (Ashwani Kumar, Nidhi Gupta)....Pages 271-290 Agro-industrial Lignocellulosic Waste: An Alternative to Unravel the Future Bioenergy (Nidhi V. Maheshwari)....Pages 291-305 Third-Generation Biofuel: Algal Biofuels as a Sustainable Energy Source (Randhir S. Gajraj, Gajendra P. Singh, Ashwani Kumar)....Pages 307-325 Recent Progress in the Genetic Engineering of Biofuel Crops (Kinya Akashi, Yoshihiko Nanasato)....Pages 327-339 Bioresources and Technologies That Accelerate Biomass Research (Yasuyo Himuro, Masatomo Kobayashi)....Pages 341-356 Biotechnological Research in Cryptomeria japonica (Toru Taniguchi)....Pages 357-374 Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase Deficiency Causes the Brown Midrib Phenotype in Rice (Toshiaki Umezawa, Masahiro Sakamoto, Taichi Koshiba)....Pages 375-385 The Distribution, Evolution, Structural Characteristics, and Functional Analysis of the Mariner-Like Elements in Bamboo (Ding-Qin Tang, Ming-Bing Zhou)....Pages 387-406 Novel Molecular Tools for Metabolic Engineering to Improve Microalgae-Based Biofuel Production (Yuan-Yeu Yau, Mona Easterling)....Pages 407-420 Synthetic and Semisynthetic Metabolic Pathways for Biofuel Production (Shikha Bhansali, Ashwani Kumar)....Pages 421-432