1st Edition

Industrial Crops Bioresources to Biotechnology

274 Pages 54 Color & 10 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

274 Pages 54 Color & 10 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

274 Pages 54 Color & 10 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This book captures how industrial crops can be used in conventional agriculture and greener biopharming for pharmaceutical industries. Pharmaceuticals and industrial compounds are studied from the perspective of their co-existence with plant resources and byproducts. Such plant-based industrial products rely on scientific and technological breakthroughs and provide new opportunities for the... Read more

Preface. Introduction. Energy and Multipurpose Crops. Fiber Crops. Leguminous Crops. Conifer Crops. Crucifer Crops. Forage and Fodder Crops. Succulent Crops. Root And Tuber Crops. Fruit Crops. Cucurbit Crops. Herb and Spice Crops. Timber. Flowering and Ornamental crops. Tree Crops. Desert Crops. Biopharmaceuticals from plants. Bio-based Products, Waste to Wealth and Development of Circular Bioeconomy. Industrial crops as complementary for food security and climate change mitigation. Entrepreneurial Approaches for Greener Ecosystems.

Biography

Aliyu Ahmad Warra, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria and Immediate Past Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Federal University, Gusau, Nigeria. He has made outstanding contributions to the fields of Phytoremediation, Phytomedicine, biopharmaceuticals, bioeconomy, environmental Biotechnology and Entrepreneurship. Warra has served in various research and development committees and boards involved in scientific innovation, curriculum development and delivery in Entrepreneurship and Innovation with expertise in Bioentrepreneurship. 

Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad is Retired Professor of University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India. He has made outstanding contributions to the fields of bioremediation, bioresources, biomass energy sources, bioeconomy and to the broad field of environmental biotechnology. Dr. Prasad has served the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India in various advisory committees on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, pollution control and abatement, environmental information systems and bioremediation of contaminated sites.