Industrial crops and uses [electronic resource] Edited by B. P. Singh.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: CABI BooksPublisher: Wallingford UK CABI 2010Edition: 1Description: 510ppContent type:- text
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- 9781845936174
- quality of fibre
- oil plants
- angiosperms
- insecticides
- bioremediation
- dye plants
- eukaryotes
- dyestuffs
- plant breeding methods
- industrial crops
- Poaceae
- processing
- Gossypium
- cotton
- Malpighiales
- Gossypium hirsutum
- plants
- fibre plants
- Parthenium
- pest control
- Saccharum
- pest insects
- oilseed plants
- arthropods
- waxes
- insecticidal plants
- oil crops
- Caryophyllales
- resins
- soil pollution
- biodiesel
- invertebrates
- latex
- Beta vulgaris
- dyes
- ethyl alcohol
- sugar crops
- plant pests
- insects
- Poales
- Hevea
- crop production
- fatty oil plants
- Hexapoda
- fibre quality
- pesticidal plants
- Asteraceae
- Malvaceae
- pesticide crops
- insect control
- pests
- oilseed crops
- eudicots
- fiber quality
- rubber
- starch
- biofuels
- crops
- animals
- Saccharum officinarum
- Hevea brasiliensis
- marketing
- ethanol
- Beta
- sugarbeet
- polluted soils
- botanical insecticides
- Euphorbiaceae
- Parthenium argentatum
- commelinids
- crop residues
- Beta vulgaris var. saccharifera
- feedstocks
- Spermatophyta
- gums
- pest arthropods
- monocotyledons
- pesticides
- Asterales
- Malvales
- sugarcane
- fiber plants
- insect pests
- fibre crops
- Amaranthaceae
- arthropod pests
The demand for plant-based industrial raw materials has increased as well as research into expanding the utility of plants for current and future uses. Plants are renewable, have limited or positive environmental impact and have the potential to yield a wide range of products in contrast to petroleum-based materials. Plants can be used in a variety of different industries and products including bioenergy, industrial oil and starch, fibre and dye, rubber and related compounds, insecticide and land rehabilitation. This title offers a comprehensive coverage of each of these uses. Chapters discuss the identification of plant species with desired traits, their cultivation to obtain the needed raw materials, methods utilized in producing different finished products, current and future research in crop production and processing and the present state and future prospects for the industry. Providing the first systematic review of industrial crops and their uses, this book will be an important resource for students and researchers of crop science and agricultural policy makers.
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