Industrial Crops Bioresources to Biotechnology

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 agricultural sector, at the same time mitigate the risks associated with climate change. The management of the externalities and of the possible unintended economic effects that arise in this context is critical and poses difficult questions for regulators. The book also provides a review of the emerging agro-industrial biomass technology involved in conversion of most of the solid transgenic industrial crops by products such as plant oil lignocellulosic materials into liquid biobased energy-fuels. The book covers how innovative biotechnology can expand the markets for agricultural producers worldwide, reduce environmental degradation, and provide alternatives to fossil carbon-derived products and energy. Aspects of entrepreneurial biotechnology and bioprospecting are also covered.

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.

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.