TY - CHAP AU - Ademar Pereira Serra AU - Marlene Estevão Marchetti AU - Davi José Bungenstab AU - Maria Anita Gonçalves da Silva AU - Rosilene Pereira Serra AU - Franklyn Clawdy Nunes Guimarães AU - Vanessa Do Amaral Conrad and Henrique Soares de Morais ED - Miodrag Darko Matovic Y1 - 2013-04-30 PY - 2013 T1 - Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System (DRIS) to Assess the Nutritional State of Plants N2 - This two-volume book on biomass is a reflection of the increase in biomass related research and applications, driven by overall higher interest in sustainable energy and food sources, by increased awareness of potentials and pitfalls of using biomass for energy, by the concerns for food supply and by multitude of potential biomass uses as a source material in organic chemistry, bringing in the concept of bio-refinery. It reflects the trend in broadening of biomass related research and an increased focus on second-generation bio-fuels. Its total of 40 chapters spans over diverse areas of biomass research, grouped into 9 themes. BT - Biomass Now SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/54576 DO - 10.5772/54576 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-24 ER -