"Biomass Now: Cultivation and Utilization" ed. by Miodrag Darko Matovic

This two-volume book on biomass is a reflection of the increase in biomass related research and applications, driven by overall higher interest in sustainable energy and food sources, by increased awareness of potentials and pitfalls of using biomass for energy, by the concerns for food supply and by multitude of potential biomass uses as a source material in organic chemistry, bringing in the concept of bio-refinery.

It reflects the trend in broadening of biomass related research and an increased focus on second-generation bio-fuels.


Contents
Preface
Section 1 Biomass Cultivation
1 Crop Rotation Biomass and Effects on Sugarcane Yield in Brazil
2 Generation and Utilization of Microbial Biomass Hydrolysates in Recovery and Production of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)
3 Considerations for Sustainable Biomass Production in Quercus-Dominated Forest Ecosystems
4 Biomass Production in Northern Great Plains of USA - Agronomic Perspective
5 Design of a Cascade Observer for a Model of Bacterial Batch Culture with Nutrient Recycling
6 Harvest Systems and Analysis for Herbaceous Biomass
Section 2 Bio-Reactors
7 Biological Activated Carbon Treatment Process for Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment
3 Biomass Digestion to Produce Organic Fertilizers: A Case-Study on Digested Livestock Manure
9 Removal of Carbon and Nitrogen Compounds in Hybrid Bioreactors
10 Animal Manures: Recycling and Management Technologies
11 Methods and Applications of Deoxygenation for the Conversion of Biomass to Petrochemical Products
Section 3 Aquatic Biomass
12 Biofloc Technology (BFT): A Review for Aquaculture Application and Animal Food Industry
13 Phytoplankton Biomass Impact on the Lake Water Quality
Section 4 Novel Biomass Utilization
14 Towards the Production of Second Generation Ethanol from Sugarcane Bagasse in Brazil
15 Sugarcane Biomass Production and Renewable Energy
16 Paenibacillus curdlanolyticus Strain B-6 Multienzyme Complex: A Novel System for Biomass Utilization
17 Methanogenic System of a Small Lowland Stream Sitka, Czech Republic
18 How Soil Nutrient Availability Influences Plant Biomass and How Biomass Stimulation Alleviates Heavy Metal Toxicity in Soils: The Cases of Nutrient Use Efficient Genotypes and Phy tore mediators, Respectively