Bioenergy Feedstocks

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Breeding and Genetics

Malay C. Saha Hem S. Bhandhari Joseph H. Bouton(Herausgeber*in)

Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)

Erschienen am 27. März 2013

352 Seiten

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Cover
Title Page
Copyright
The Editors
List of Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Historical Development
1.2 Cultivar Development
1.3 Breeding Approach
1.4 Molecular Tools
1.5 Future Outlook
References
Chapter 2: Switchgrass Genetics and Breeding Challenges
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Origin and Distribution
2.3 Growth and Development, Genome Structure and Cytogenetics
2.4 Genetic Diversity
2.5 Phenotypic Variability and Inheritance
2.6 Conventional Breeding Approaches
2.7 Molecular Breeding
2.8 Conclusions and Future Directions
References
Chapter 3: Switchgrass Genomics
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Genome Sequencing
3.3 Analysis of Expressed Sequences in Switchgrass
3.4 Linkage Mapping
3.5 Cytoplasmic Genome
3.6 Genome-enabled Improvement of Switchgrass
3.7 Conclusions
References
Chapter 4: Germplasm Resources of Miscanthus and Their Application in Breeding
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Species Belonging to Miscanthus Genus, Their Characteristics, and Phylogenetic Relationships
4.3 Natural Hybrids between Miscanthus Species
4.4 Karyotype Analysis
4.5 Phylogenetic Relationships between Miscanthus Species
4.6 Genetic Improvement of Miscanthus
4.7 Variations in Several Agronomical Traits Related to Yield and Plant Performance
4.8 Molecular Resources
4.9 Transgenic Miscanthus
4.10 Future Studies
References
Chapter 5: Breeding Miscanthus for Bioenergy
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Miscanthus as a Biomass Crop
5.3 Breeding Strategy
5.4 Genetic Diversity
5.5 Breeding Targets
5.6 Incorporating Bioinformatics, Molecular Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS), and Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)
5.7 Summary
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 6: Breeding Sorghum as a Bioenergy Crop
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Botanical Description and Evolution
6.3 Traditional Breeding and Development
6.4 Approaches to Breeding Sorghum as a Bioenergy Crop
6.5 Composition in Energy Sorghum Breeding
6.6 Genetic Variation and Inheritance
6.7 Wide Hybridization
6.8 Conclusions
References
Chapter 7: Energy Cane
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Sugar and Energy Production Systems
7.3 Sugarcane Improvement
7.4 Selection of Sugarcane Genotypes for Energy Production
7.5 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 8: Breeding Maize for Lignocellulosic Biofuel Production
8.1 Introduction
8.2 General Attributes of Maize as a Biofuel Crop
8.3 Potential Uses of Maize Stover for Bioenergy
8.4 Breeding Maize for Biofuels
8.5 Single Genes and Transgenes
8.6 Future Outlook
References
Chapter 9: Underutilized Grasses
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Prairie Cordgrass
9.3 Bluestems
9.4 Eastern Gamagrass
References
Chapter 10: Alfalfa as a Bioenergy Crop
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Biomass for Biofuels
10.3 Why Alfalfa?
10.4 Breeding Strategies
10.5 Breeding Targets
10.6 Management and Production Inputs
10.7 Processing for Biofuels
10.8 Additional Value from Alfalfa Production
10.9 Summary
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 11: Transgenics for Biomass
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Transgenic Approaches
11.3 Transgenic Approaches for Biomass Improvement
11.4 Summary
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 12: Endophytes in Low-input Agriculture and Plant Biomass Production
12.1 Introduction
12.2 What are Endophytes?
12.3 Endophytes of Cool Season Grasses
12.4 Endophytes of Warm Season Grasses
12.5 Endophytes of Woody Angiosperms
12.6 Other Fungal Endophytes
12.7 Endophytes in Biomass Crop Production
12.8 The Use of Fungal Endophytes in Bioenergy Crop Production Systems
12.9 Endophyte Consortia
12.10 Source of Novel Compounds
12.11 Endophyte in Genetic Engineering of Host Plants
12.12 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Index

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