The place of halophytes in Pakistan’s biofuel industry

Autor:	Zainul Abideen, M. Ajmal Khan, Bilquees Gul, Raziuddin Ansari
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Water resources Soil salinity Agronomy Brackish water Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Bioenergy Environmental protection Biofuel Land degradation Biomass Environmental science Saline water Waste Management and Disposal
Zdroj:	Biofuels. 3:211-220
ISSN:	1759-7277 1759-7269
Popis:	An unsustainable supply of fossil fuel necessitates the need to look for suitable alternatives. One solution lies in using plant biomass, which can be converted into a wide range of biofuels. To avoid conflict between feed and fuel, the crops available for human consumption being used presently as biofuel feedstock may be replaced with halophytes, which have the potential to thrive in saline lands and can be irrigated with brackish water; some can even tolerate seawater salinity. This approach will help in producing sustainable fuel without encroaching on the good quality land and water resources needed for food crops. A candidate species should preferably be perennial, having high yield in saline lands with minimum inputs. Other attributes include cellulose/hemicellulose >25–30%, lignin
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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