Plant Biotechnology for Sustainable Production of Energy and Co-products

The successful use of plant biomass for the sustainable production of energy and co-products such as chemicals is critically important for the future of humanity. Large scale exploitation of biomass is needed to decrease the production of greenhouse gases

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Series Editors Prof. Dr. Jack M. Widholm (Managing Editor) 285A E.R. Madigan Laboratory, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, 1201 W. Gregory, Urbana, IL 61801, USA Prof. Dr. Toshiyuki Nagata Professor and Dean, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Applied Chemistry, Hosei University, 3-7-2 Kajino-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-8584, Japan; Emeritus Professor of the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry Further volumes can be found at springer.com. Volume 33: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants VIII (1995) Volume 34: Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering VI (1995) Volume 35: Trees IV (1996) Volume 36: Somaclonal Variation in Crop Improvement II (1996) Volume 37: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants IX (1996) Volume 38: Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering VII (1996) Volume 39: High-Tech and Microprogation V (1997) Volume 40: High-Tech and Microprogation VI (1997) Volume 41: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants X (1998) Volume 42: Cotton (1998) Volume 43: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants XI (1999) Volume 44: Transgenic Trees (1999) Volume 45: Transgenic Medicinal Plants (1999) Volume 46: Transgenic Crops 1I (1999) Volume 47: Transgenic Crops II (2001) Volume 48: Transgenic Crops III (2001) Volumes 1–48 were edited by Y.P.S. Bajaj† Volume 49: Somatic Hybridization in Crop Improvement II (2001) T. Nagata and Y.P.S. Bajaj (Eds.) Volume 50: Cryopreservation of Plant Germplasm II (2002) L.E. Towill and Y.P.S. Bajaj (Eds.) Volume 51: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants XII (2002) T. Nagata and Y. Ebizuka (Eds.) Volume 52: Brassicas and Legumes: From Genome Structure to Breeding (2003) T. Nagata and S. Tabata (Eds.) Volume 53: Tobacco BY-2 Cells (2004) T. Nagata, S. Hasezawa, and D. Inze´ (Eds.) Volume 54: Brassica (2004) E.C. Pua and C.J. Douglas (Eds.) Volume 55: Molecular Marker Systems in Plant Breeding and Crop Improvement (2005) H. Lo¨rz and G. Wenzel (Eds.) Volume 56: Haploids in Crop Improvement II (2005) C.E. Palmer, W.A. Keller, and K.J. Kasha (Eds.) Volume 57: Plant Metabolomics (2006) K. Saito, R.A. Dixon, and L. Willmitzer (Eds.) Volume 58: Tobacco BY-2 Cells: From Cellular Dynamics to Omics (2006) T. Nagata, K. Matsuoka, and D. Inze´ (Eds.) Volume 59: Transgenic Crops IV (2007) E.C. Pua and M.R. Davey (Eds.) Volume 60: Transgenic Crops V (2007) E.C. Pua and M.R. Davey (Eds.) Volume 61: Transgenic Crops VI (2007) E.C. Pua and M.R. Davey (Eds.) Volume 62: Rice Biology in the Genomics Era (2008) H.-Y. Hirano, A. Hirai, Y. Sano and T. Sasaki (Eds.) Volume 63: Molecular Genetic Approaches to Maize Improvement (2009) A.L. Kriz and B.A. Larkins (Eds.) Volume 64: Genetic Modification of Plants: Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry (2010) F. Kempken and C. Jung (Eds.) Volume 65: Cotton: Biotechnological Advances (2010) U.B. Zehr (Ed.) Volume 66: Plant Biotechnology for Sustainable Production of Energy and Co-products (2010) P.N. Mascia, J. Scheffran and J.M. Widholm (Eds.)

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