Sugarcane as a Bioenergy Source: History, Performance, and Perspectives for Second-Generation Bioethanol

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-35

  de Souza, Amanda P ^a   Grandis, Adriana ^a   Leite, Débora C C ^a   Buckeridge, Marcos S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioenergy feedstocks; Biofuels; Cell wall; Source sink relationship; Sugarcane bioethanol; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; CELL WALLS; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; FERMENTATION TECHNOLOGIES; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SECOND GENERATION; SOURCE-SINK RELATIONSHIPS;

BIOFUELS; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SUGARS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOETHANOL;

EID: 84896737833     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-013-9366-8     Document Type: Review

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