A Compilation of Ligno-cellulose Feedstock And Related Research for Feed, Food and Energy

About the Book

A monograph collection on various topics with implications on new or possible advances with ligno-cellulose research in regards to animal feeding and also lending itself to bioenergy feedstock. It is an informative discussion for the research scientist, and in particular, the specialist in ruminant nutrition covering such topics as follows. Enzyme technology, applied to crop post-harvest technology, with novel microbial anaerobic lignases, aerobic lignases and other extracellular fibrolytic enzymes (EFEs), boosting water-soluble carbohydrate (WSC) content in new tropical forage-type feeds, action of proteases in plant feed material and digestion, lowering lignin content and use of lacasse for bio-bleaching lignocellulose. Feed resources discussed, in particular in Asia, including sugarcane and use of bagasse and tops, grasses and legumes, with resources for food and feed farming systems and legume browse tree and shrubs for feed. The issues of various pre-treatments and crop improvements with biotechnology and digestion are discussed.

About the Author

The author has had a general background in animal nutrition, specifically, with ruminant livestock and which started by coursework and research on the subject of this book at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney. He also spent some time at the U. of New England, Armidale, N.S.W. in Australia. where he resided internally and then left and remained externally as a doctoral candidate with the Australian Overseas Post-graduate Research Scholarship (OPRS) before eventually completing this compilation in a monograph several years later on. He has been nominated for an honorary doctoral degree from England in the U. K. in the past but chose to decline. He is listed in the Marquis Who's Who in the World 2014 in the U.S.A. This author has in the past published on ensilage, protein digestion and intake, rec-DNA applications to low-quality feeds utilization and the improvement of temperate and tropical ensilage and rumen digestion with biotechnology. The author is currently a web-based or Internet researcher and continues to research and publish, amongst others, in his area and specialty of low-quality feeds utilization and animal production. He now resides in the municipality of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada.