Innovations and Perspectives of Industrial and Bioenergy Crops for Bioeconomy Development

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: abandoned areas; aboveground; agricultural and industrial residues; agroforestry; antimicrobial activity; antioxidant activity; ash; belowground part of Miscanthus × giganteus; biocidal effect; bioconversion; biodiversity; bioeconomy; bioenergy crop; biogas; biogas potential; biological diversity; biomass supply; biomass yield; biometric features; bioproduction; browsing damage; calcium; calorific value; CAP payments; Carabidae; carbon sequestration; cervids; circular economy; common osier; consumer choices; cup plant; dry biomass yield; dry matter yield; economics; ecosystem services; edible insects; energy; energy biomass; energy crops; energy expenses; energy plants; energy yield; eucalyptus; feed conversion ratio; fertilization; firewood; fresh biomass yield; gas chromatography; genoype × site interaction; ground beetles; groundwater; growth; harvesting; harvesting efficiency; higher heating value; History of engineering and technology; hulled wheat species; invasive behavior; invasive potential; invertebrate biodiversity; Italy; Jerusalem artichoke; land use and land-use change; larval development; leaves; life cycle assessment; lignocellulosic biomass; marginal land; marginal soil; Miscanthus; multilevel logistic regression model; n/a; Nicotiana tabacum; nitrogen fertilization; organic farming; perennial crops; perennial energy crop; perennial industrial crops; plant height; planting density; Poland; polyphenols; potassium; prairie cordgrass; quarry; reproductive potential; rhizomes; Salix; Silphium perfoliatum; silvergrass; soil bulk density; soil chemical parameters; soil microbial carbon; soil moisture; soil properties (physical and chemical); soluble carbohydrates; SRC; stem; sulphur content; supercritical CO2 extraction; supercritical extraction; supply chain; survivability; sustainable agriculture; syntropy; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes; Technology: general issues; Tenebrio molitor; tobacco biomass; unutilized agricultural areas (uUAA); uptake; varieties; vegetation restoration; water as co-solvent; water table distance; water-stable aggregates; willingness to consume; willow; willow browse; willow SRC; willow-leaf sunflower; willowleaf sunflower; work productivity; yield; yields
• ISBN: 9783036535203; 9783036535197; 3036535195; 3036535209
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-3520-3

The production of industrial and bioenergy crops has been the subject of scientific research for many years; however, the implementation of previously proposed solutions for commercial production is still at an early stage. It should be emphasized that when developing the production of industrial and bioenergy crops on agricultural lands, it is important to avoid land-use competition with the production of food and feed. It is well justified, for initiating the sustainable production of industrial and bioenergy crops, to promote efficient species for growing on marginal lands, which are unsuitable or less suitable for food or feed production. Another important point is that industrial and bioenergy crops should include nonfood and nonfeed crops and generate agricultural products categorized as commodities and/or raw materials for industrial goods and bioenergy. These industrial and bioenergy crops can become an important source of biomass. Of course, the concept of their cultivation for nonfood (and/or nonfeed) uses is not new but, despite considerable investment in research and development, little progress has been made with regard to the introduction of such crops and their products into the market. Therefore, the papers focus on innovations and perspectives regarding sustainable industrial and bioenergy crops production, logistic chains, biomass quality, utilization and cascade biomass use for bioeconomy, socio-economic and energy analyses, etc.