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Envisioning the transition to a next-generation biofuels industry in the US Midwest

  1. Ismail Dweikat1,
  2. Clifford Weil2,
  3. Stephen Moose3,
  4. Leon Kochian4,
  5. Nathan Mosier5,
  6. Klein Ileleji5,
  7. Patrick Brown6,
  8. Wendy Peer7,
  9. Angus Murphy7,
  10. Farzad Taheripour7,
  11. Maureen McCann7,
  12. Nicholas Carpita7,*

Article first published online: 11 JUN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1342

Issue

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volume 6, Issue 4, pages 376–386, July/August 2012

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Dweikat, I., Weil, C., Moose, S., Kochian, L., Mosier, N., Ileleji, K., Brown, P., Peer, W., Murphy, A., Taheripour, F., McCann, M. and Carpita, N. (2012), Envisioning the transition to a next-generation biofuels industry in the US Midwest. Biofuels, Bioprod. Bioref., 6: 376–386. doi: 10.1002/bbb.1342

Author Information

  1. 1

    University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE, USA

  2. 2

    Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

  3. 3

    University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

  4. 4

    Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

  5. 5

    Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

  6. 6

    University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

  7. 7

    Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

*Purdue University, Botany & Plant Pathology, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 9 JUL 2012
  2. Article first published online: 11 JUN 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 19 MAR 2012
  4. Manuscript Revised: 9 MAR 2012
  5. Manuscript Received: 20 JAN 2012

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Keywords:

  • biofuels;
  • bio-based products;
  • bioenergy crops;
  • US Midwest agriculture

Abstract

Corn grain ethanol production is a mature industry built on a Midwestern agricultural infrastructure. Second- and third-generation biofuels and bio-based products industries could take advantage of this robust framework. Significant but not insurmountable barriers remain for grower acceptance of bioenergy crop plants and capital investment in transitioning from grain to lignocellulosic biomass at scale. The existing infrastructure in the Midwest provides a model for implementing an environmentally responsible and sustainable next-generation biofuels industry into the agro-economy. © 2012 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

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