Agricultural Materials as Renewable Resources. Nonfood and Industrial Applications

Content: Nonfood products from agricultural sources / Glenn Fuller, Thomas A. McKeon, and Donald D. Bills -- Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of lignocellulosic materials / Michael H. Penner, Andrew G. Hashimoto, Alireza Esteghlalian, and John J. Fenske -- Enhanced cotton textiles from utilization research / B.A. Kottes Andrews and Robert M. Reinhardt -- Solid substrate fermentation in the production of enzyme complex for improved jute processing / B.J.B. Wood, B.L. Ghosh, and S.N. Sinha -- Preservation and tanning of animal hides : the making of leather and its investigation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture / William N. Marmer -- Biopolymers from fermentation / W.F. Fett, S.F. Osman, M.L. Fishman, and K. Ayyad -- Microcellular starch-based foams / G.M. Glenn, R.E. Miller, and D.W. Irving -- Edible films for the extension of shelf life of lightly processed agricultural products / A.E. Pavlath, D.S.W. Wong, J. Hudson, and G.H. Robertson -- Biodegradable polymers from agricultural products / John M. Krochta and Cathérine L.C. De Mulder-Johnston -- Advances in alternative natural rubber production / Katrina Cornish and Deborah J. Siler -- Genetic modification of oilseed crops to produce oils and fats for industrial uses / Thomas A. McKeon, Jiann-Tsyh Lin, Marta Goodrich-Tanrikulu, and Allan Stafford -- Plants as sources of drugs / A. Douglas Kinghorn and Eun-Kyoung Seo -- Application of transgenic plants as production systems for pharmaceuticals / G.D. May, H.S. Mason, and P.C. Lyons -- Human plasma proteins from transgenic animal bioreactors / R.K. Paleyanda, W.H. Velander, T.K. Lee, R. Drews, F.C. Gwazdauskas, J.W. Knight, W.N. Drohan, and H. Lubon -- Risk in bioenergy crops : ameliorating biological risk by using biotechnology and phytochemistry / B.H. McCown, K.F. Raffa, K.W. Kleiner, and D.D. Ellis -- Sugar beet and sugarcane as renewable resources / Margaret A. Clarke and Leslie A. Edye -- Products from vegetable oils : two examples / Marvin O. Bagby.