Industrial crops and uses /
The demand for plant-based industrial raw materials has increased as well as research into expanding the utility of plants for current and future uses. Plants are renewable, have limited or positive environmental impact and have the potential to yield a wide range of products in contrast to petroleu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA :
CABI,
[2010]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The demand for plant-based industrial raw materials has increased as well as research into expanding the utility of plants for current and future uses. Plants are renewable, have limited or positive environmental impact and have the potential to yield a wide range of products in contrast to petroleum-based materials. Plants can be used in a variety of different industries and products including bioenergy, industrial oil and starch, fibre and dye, rubber and related compounds, insecticide and land rehabilitation. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on opening page (viewed Jan. 26, 2011). Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 510 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781845936174 1845936175 |
| DOI: | 10.1079/9781845936167.0000 |
| Access: | This title is restricted to authorized TAMU and TAMHSC users on authorized TAMU computers and via proxy. |