The volume on Industrial Crop Breeding will be part of the series, Handbook of Plant Breeding. This volume will focus on the emerging area of plant breeding for sustainable production of transportation fuels and bio based products using the current advances in the field. The book is scheduled to consist of a total number of 30 chapters divided into four sections. The sections will emphasize crops being considered for different challenge areas including oil crops for biodiesel; sugar, starch and cellulosic crops for biofuel; crops for bio products and issues and future prospects. A chapter introducing the first three sections will also be included. Outstanding scientists for each crop species are proposed as senior authors, who may invite co-authors to contribute part of a chapter to provide additional expertise or perspective. The proposed authors will represent various national and international institutions to get a more diverse view on the topic and somehow get a global view on the common issues that researchers on industrial crops are facing. The book will comprise primarily of specific issues, available germplasm, breeding techniques, and potential geographical areas of production pertaining to individual crops being considered for industrial uses. We hope to encourage the proposed authors of new crops to provide an estimate of the crop readiness for commercial development and discuss the limitations. This book will be will be of interest and envisioned to serve as an updated reference to researchers in both academic and industrial setting, to students and teachers of plant breeding and to policy makers who are looking for alternative solutions to dependency on imported petroleum products.
Sweet Sorghum: Breeding and Bio products.- Breeding of Sugarcane.- Miscanthus.- Breeding Willow for Short Rotation Coppice Energy Cropping.- Sugar Beet, Energy Beet, and Industrial Beet.- Native Grasses for Biomass Production at High Elevations.- Canola, Rapeseed and Mustard - For Biofuels and Bio products.- Camelina sativa- for Biofuels and Bio products.- Maize Starch for Industrial Applications.- Cotton Breeding for Fiber Quality Improvement.- Flax and Linseed.- ABACA (Musa textilis Nee) Breeding in the Philippines.- Cuphea Production and Management.- Germplasm Improvement to Develop Commercially Viable Lines of the New Oilseed Crop Lesquerella.- Sisal/Agave.- 100 Years of Breeding Guayule.- Algae Crops: Co-production of Algae Biofuels.- International Policies on Bioenergy and Biofuels.- Partnerships, Future and Emerging Technologies.
