Activities in the United States relating to Bioproducts from Non-food Crops

Note new information is added to the top of the list as it is received, hence the reports may not be in chronological order by publication date.

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• BioMatNet Item Feb-07 - US RTD Activities in Renewable Bioproducts
• BioMatNet Item Feb-07 - Ethanol From Biomass - How to Get to a Biofuels Future
• PDF - 54 Kb - Plant-Based Bioproducts: Creating value from renewable biological resources - A "Strategy Paper" to underpin and direct a new vision for US-EU collaboration in agricultural and industrial biotechnology
• PDF - 28 Kb - Report on the meeting to reveiw on progress of the US-EC cooperation in biobased product research: Executive Summary
• PDF - 3516 Kb - Understanding Biomass: Plant Cell Walls. Explains plant cell wall structure and some of the issues preventing their efficient conversion to ethanol
• PDF - 6850 Kb - From Biomass to Cellulosic Ethanol. Depicts the process used to convert biomass (plant matter) into cellulosic ethanol and the improvements needed to optimize these processes
• PDF - 549 Kb - DOE Biomass to Biofuels Workshop Summary
• BioMatNet Item May-06 - The future of plant biotechnology
• BioMatNet Item Mar-06 - US Department of Energy's 2005 Biomass R&D Activities
• BioMatNet Item Mar-06 - Report on the Meeting to Review Progress of the US-EC Cooperation in Biobased Product Research
• BioMatNet Item Mar-06 - Applications of Molecular Biology for the Production of Plants for Biobased Products and Bioenergy
• BioMatNet Item Mar-06 - 1st International Biorefinery Workshop