TY - CHAP
T1 - Non-traditional uses of maize
T2 - Biofuels, remediation and pharmaceuticals
AU - Datta, Rupali
AU - Kinrade, Goeff K.
AU - Sarkar, Dibyendu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Traditionally, plants have been used for a variety of applications in addition to food and feed, including manufacture of industrial products, vaccines and pharmaceuticals. Maize has the potential to be used for numerous non-food purposes. Maize has been used extensively as an energy crop, to produce bioethanol both from grain as well as biomass. In addition, a wide variety of industrial products such as packing and insulating materials, chemicals, explosives, paint, insecticides, organic acids, solvents, antifreeze, etc. are made using maize products. Maize is also being used as a source of recombinant pharmaceutical products. The main advantages of using maize are that it is genetically well characterized, a well-established agricultural production infrastructure is available for its production, the technology for in vitro manipulation and gene transfer exists in maize, and it also is a fast-growing, high biomass plant. Maize has also been studied extensively for use in phytoremediation of various heavy metals.
AB - Traditionally, plants have been used for a variety of applications in addition to food and feed, including manufacture of industrial products, vaccines and pharmaceuticals. Maize has the potential to be used for numerous non-food purposes. Maize has been used extensively as an energy crop, to produce bioethanol both from grain as well as biomass. In addition, a wide variety of industrial products such as packing and insulating materials, chemicals, explosives, paint, insecticides, organic acids, solvents, antifreeze, etc. are made using maize products. Maize is also being used as a source of recombinant pharmaceutical products. The main advantages of using maize are that it is genetically well characterized, a well-established agricultural production infrastructure is available for its production, the technology for in vitro manipulation and gene transfer exists in maize, and it also is a fast-growing, high biomass plant. Maize has also been studied extensively for use in phytoremediation of various heavy metals.
KW - Biotechnology
KW - Grain ethanol
KW - Lignocellulosic biomass
KW - Phytoextraction
KW - Therapeutic compounds
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U2 - 10.1201/b17274
DO - 10.1201/b17274
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85055787232
SN - 9781482228120
SP - 236
EP - 255
BT - Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Maize
ER -