Τίτλος:
Biotechnology Towards Energy Crops
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
New crops are gradually establishing along with cultivation systems to reduce reliance on depleting fossil fuel reserves and sustain better adaptation to climate change. These biological assets could be efficiently exploited as bioenergy feedstocks. Bioenergy crops are versatile renewable sources with the potential to alternatively contribute on a daily basis towards the coverage of modern society’s energy demands. Biotechnology may facilitate the breeding of elite energy crop genotypes, better suited for bio-processing and subsequent use that will improve efficiency, further reduce costs, and enhance the environmental benefits of biofuels. Innovative molecular techniques may improve a broad range of important features including biomass yield, product quality and resistance to biotic factors like pests or microbial diseases or environmental cues such as drought, salinity, freezing injury or heat shock. The current review intends to assess the capacity of biotechnological applications to develop a beneficial bioenergy pipeline extending from feedstock development to sustainable biofuel production and provide examples of the current state of the art on future energy crops. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
Συγγραφείς:
Margaritopoulou, T.
Roka, L.
Alexopoulou, E.
Christou, M.
Rigas, S.
Haralampidis, K.
Milioni, D.
Περιοδικό:
Molecular Biotechnology
Εκδότης:
Humana Press Inc.
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
Agriculture; Biofuels; Biomass; Biotechnology; Climate change; Feedstocks; Fossil fuels; Heat resistance; Proven reserves, Adaptation to climate changes; Biofuel production; Biotechnological applications; Energy crops; Environmental benefits; Environmental cues; Important features; Molecular techniques, Crops, biofuel; carbohydrate; lignocellulose, agricultural waste; bioenergy; biofuel production; biotechnology; energy crop; fiber crop; genetic improvement; nonhuman; pipeline; Poaceae; Review; animal food; biomass; biotechnology; climate change; crop; economics; genetics; growth, development and aging; plant breeding; procedures; quantitative trait locus; renewable energy, Animal Feed; Biofuels; Biomass; Biotechnology; Climate Change; Crops, Agricultural; Plant Breeding; Quantitative Trait Loci; Renewable Energy
DOI:
10.1007/s12033-016-9913-6
