Research Catalog

Title

Soil quality and biofuel production / edited by Rattan Lal, B.A. Stewart.

Publication

Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2010]

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Additional Authors

• Lal, R.
• Stewart, B. A. (Bobby Alton), 1932-

Description

xii, 210 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.

Summary

"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.

Series Statement

Advances in soil science

Uniform Title

Advances in soil science (Boca Raton, Fla.)

Subject

• Biomass energy > Environmental aspects
• Soils > Quality

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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 Frazão [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.

ISBN

• 9781439800737
• 1439800731

LCCN

2009042283

OCLC

• ocn244418270
• 244418270
• SCSB-9308283

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library