Molecular Breeding of Grasses by Transgenic Approaches for Biofuel Production

Since the Industrial Revolution, fossil fuels have been consumed in massive amounts. However, little fossil fuels are estimated to remain, and the number of new oil fields in the world continues to decline. Thus, the future supply of fossil fuels will be tight and will not continue to support our levels of consumption for long. In addition, rapid consumption of fossil fuels for energy production continues to elevate the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, which was 280 ppm before the Industrial Revolution and is 380 ppm today. The emissions, including carbon dioxide, derived from the combustion of fossil fuels act as greenhouse gases and cause the serious problem of global warming.

• Publication year

  2012

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  Unknown venue

• Publication date

  2012-03-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Agricultural and Food Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.5772/31889
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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