Biotransformation of Agricultural Waste and By-Products: The Food, Feed, Fibre, Fuel (4F) Economy

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Palmiro Poltronieri, Oscar Fernando D'Urso
Elsevier, 1 mar 2016 - 398 páginas

Biotransformation of Agricultural Waste and By-Products in the 4F Economy: The Food, Feed, Fiber, Fuel (4F) Economy presents an evaluation of plant species better exploitable for a particular transformation. As crops are already covering large parts of cultivable soils, is it is not conceivable to try to extend the cultures beyond the limit of available soils, but a further increase in productivity is not easy to obtain.

The book discusses advances in technology and plants design which support the exploitation and valorization of vegetable and fruit by-products through fermentation (feed-batch liquid fermentation, solid-state fermentation) in bio-based bio-chemicals/biofuels production. Pathways in the biosynthesis of fibers, sugars, and metabolites are provided with a focus on the lifecycle of bacteria, yeasts, and even plant species. The text analyzes cellular structures and the organization of cell walls in order to show which polysaccharides offer more favorable fermentative processes and which are detrimental.

  • Provides an overview of all plant based biosources
  • Includes examples of biochemical/biofuel production from plant waste
  • Discusses the production of enzymes used in the plant fermentation processes
  • Explores the new fermentation technologies and production of chemicals and fuels from various plants
 

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1 Crop and Plant Biomass as Valuable Material for BBB Alternatives for Valorization of Green Wastes
1
2 Fruit Processing in Central America and Mexico
21
3 Plants ByProducts and Fibers Industrial Exploitation
49
Composting and Anaerobic Digestion
69
5 Biomass Pretreatment Strategies Technologies Environmental Performance Economic Considerations Industrial Implementation
125
6 Tobacco Seed Oil for Biofuels
161
7 Fermentative Production Methods
189
8 Composition of Plant Biomass Biotech Engineering of Cell Wall to Optimize Biofuel Production
219
Focus on Succinic Acid
237
10 Production Stabilization and Uses of Enzymes From Fruit and Vegetable Byproducts
271
11 Sustainability Considerations on the Valorization of Organic Waste
287
Cisgenesis RNA Transfer Rootstock to Shoot Delivery Novel Methods of Transformation
309
Index
343
Back Cover
359
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Sobre el autor (2016)

Dr Palmiro Poltronieri is researcher at the Agrofood Department of the Italian National Research Council. He is co-founder of Biotecgen SME - a service company involved in European projects, such as RIBOREG, NANOMYC, ABSTRESS, and TOMGEM. He has also tutored researchers for another start up, Bioesplora, in the EU project TRANS-BIO. He is Associate Editor to BMC Research Notes and is editor-in-chief for Challenges, an MDPI journal. He holds a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Verona University. His current interest is on abiotic stress response in roots of tolerant and sensitive chickpea varieties, on activation of the jasmonic acid synthesis, and in the biotic stress response in model plants.

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