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PLSC 465 - Biofuel Crop Ecology

2 Credit Hours
Studies of the fundamental ecological, biochemical, functional, and agronomic aspects of bioenergy feedstocks, in the context of three distinct systems: ethanol from simple sugars, ethanol from structural carbohydrates, and diesel from oil crops. Special attention will be given to current technological paradigms in biology and materials science, as well as considerations of tradeoffs in terms of domestic security and impacts on the domestic food supply and ecology.

(RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 112 or consent of instructor.



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