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9.2 Feedstocks for sustainable biofuels production 284
9.3 Hydroprocessing of biomass—a promising route for biofuels production 287
9.4 Woodchips—a socio-environmentally benign feedstock for biofuels
production 288
9.5 Analysis on food versus fuel debate on third-generation biofuels
production 290
9.6 Influence of by-products/coproducts on socioeconomic benefits 291
9.7 Future of biofuels sector 294
9.8 Conclusions 297
Acknowledgment 298
References 298

10. Pretreatment of lignocellulosic sugarcane leaves and tops for
bioethanol production 301
S. Niju, M. Swathika and M. Balajii

10.1 Introduction 301
10.2 Lignocellulosic biomass: diversity and traits 304
10.3 Sugarcane tops as potential feedstock for bioethanol production 307
10.4 Pretreatment for delignification 308
10.5 Structural characterization of sugarcane tops before and after
pretreatment 314
10.6 Saccharification of pretreated sugarcane tops 318
10.7 Conclusion 322
References 322

Index 325