Soil quality and biofuel production / edited by Rattan Lal, B.A. Stewart.
Material type: TextSeries: Advances in soil science (Boca Raton, Fla.): Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2010. (Indian Reprint - 2014)Description: xii, 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN: 9781439800737; 1439800731Subject(s): Biomass energy -- Environmental aspects | Soils -- Quality | Biomass energy -- Environmental aspects | Soils -- QualityAdditional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 662.6 LOC classification: TP339 | .S646 2010Online resources: CRCnetBASEItem type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Soil processes and residue harvest management / Jane M.F. Johnson [and others] -- ch. 2. Soil quality impacts of residue removal for biofuel feedstock / Richard M. Cruse, M.J. Cruse, and D.C. Reicosky -- ch. 3. Ecological consequences of biofuels / W.E.H. Blum [and others] -- ch. 4. Land use in production of raw materials for biofuels / Leidivan Almeida Fraz�ao [and others] -- ch. 5. Corn and cellulosic ethanol problems and soil erosion / D. Pimentel -- ch. 6. Ethanol production from sugarcane and soil quality / M.V. Galdos [and others] -- ch. 7. Economic balance : competition between food production and biofuels expansion / Jozsef Popp -- ch. 8. Opportunities and challenges of biofuel production / Rattan Lal.
"The logistics of producing biomass in a sustainable manner remain a major challenge and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. Serious questions linger concerning viable sources of biofuel feedstock, competition for resources needed to produce biomass, and energy output/input ratios. Soil Quality and Biofuel Production provides environmental scientists and agricultural engineers with the knowledge they need to address them."--Jacket.
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