Lignin controls on soil ecosystem services: Implications for biotechnological advances in biofuel crops

Lignin: Structural Analysis, Applications in Biomaterials and Ecological Significance

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 375-416

  Gul, Shamim ^a,b   Yanni, Sandra F ^a   Whalen, Joann K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Ecosystem functioning; Ecosystem services; Humus; Lignin; Soil aggregation

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFUELS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS; DETOXIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIGNIN; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOILS; STABILIZATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; HETEROGENEOUS POLYMERS; HUMUS; NON-STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 84949548461     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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