Preface ; Dedication ; 1. Future Sustainability of the Sugar and Sugar?Ethanol Industries ; Gillian Eggleston ; Measurement of Sustainability in the Sugar and Sugar?Ethanol Industries ; 2. Measuring and Monitoring Sustainability in the Sugar and Sugar?Ethanol Industry ; Peter Rein ; Sustainability Efforts in Sugar Industries Around the World ; 3. Major Challenges and Changes in the European Sugar Sector ; Geoff Parkin and Jan Maarten De Bruijn ; 4. The Sugarcane Crop for the Sustainable Production of Sugar and Other Cane Derived Products in Mauritius ; Kassiap Deepchand ; 5. The Success and Sustainability of the Brazilian Sugarcane?Fuel Ethanol Industry ; H. V. Amorim, M. Gryschek, and M. L. Lopes ; 6. The South African and Southern African Regions - Part I: Sugarcane Production ; Barbara M. Muir, Ruth Rhodes, Predhie Naidoo, and Martin J Eweg ; 7. The South African and Southern African Regions - Part II: Sugarcane Processing ; Barbara M. Muir, Paul M. Schorn, Stephen Peacock, and Charles Kruger ; Sustainable Production of Fuel Ethanol from Sugar Crops and Products ; 8. Pretreatment Technologies for the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Materials to Bioethanol ; Giovanna M. Aita and Misook Kim ; 9. Sustainable Production of Energycane for Bio-Energy in the Southeastern United States ; Ryan Viator, Paul White, and Edward Richard, Jr. ; 10. Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L) as a Biofuel Feedstock in the United States ; Lee Panella and Stephen R. Kaffka ; 11. Opportunities and Challenges of Sweet Sorghum as a Feedstock for Biofuel ; Sarah E. Lingle ; Sustainable Improvements in the Quality Supply of Sugar Feedstocks ; 12. Approaches to Raw Sugar Quality Improvement as a Route to Sustaining a Reliable Supply of Purified Industrial Sugar Feedstocks ; John R. Vercellotti, Sharon V. Vercellotti, Gavin Kahn, and Gillian Eggleston ; 13. Enzymatic Analysis of Mannitol as a Leuconostoc mesenteroides Deterioration Marker in Sugarcane and Sugar Beet Factories ; Gillian Eggleston, Jessica Gober, and Clay Alexander ; 14. Sustainability of Low Starch Concentrations in Sugarcane through Short-Term Optimized Amylase and Long-Term Breeding Strategies ; Marvellous Zhou, Collins Kimbeng, Serge Edme, Anna Hale, Ryan Viator, and Gillian Eggleston ; Value-Added Products for a Sustainable Sugar Industry ; 15. Value-Added Products for a Sustainable Sugar Industry ; Mary An Godshall ; 16. Liquid Sugars Produced in Sugar Refineries: Advantages of Large Central Units Serving the Sustainable and Competitive Needs of the Food Industry ; Francois Rousset ; 17. The Role of Sugar Beet Pulp Polysaccharides in the Sustainability of the Sugar Beet Industry ; Arland Hotchkiss, Marshall Fishman, and LinShu Liu ; Indexes ; Author Index ; Subject Index