Biodiesel is an eco-friendly, renewable, and potential liquid biofuel mitigating greenhouse
gas emissions. Biodiesel has been produced initially from vegetable oils, non-edible oils …

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) of the ω-3 and ω-6 class (eg, α-linolenic acid, linoleic
acid) are essential for maintaining biofunctions in mammalians like humans. Due to the fact …

Highlights•Oleaginous fungi and microalgae are suitable sources of PUFAs.•Genetic
engineering for improving oil accumulation and fatty acid composition.•Overexpression of …

Apple pomace (AP), the by-products generated from apple processing industries, is a
favorable resource possessed the characteristics of high nutritional component, which are of …

Sweet sorghum, a C 4 plant, is known to be a unique, versatile, and potential energy crop
that can be separated into starchy grains, soluble sugar juice, and lignocellulosic biomass …

The increasing demand for the development of sustainable strategies to utilize and process
agro-industrial residues paves new paths for exploring innovative approaches in this area …

Sorghum is an important crop that serve multiple purposes as human food, animal feed, and
bioenergy production. There are opportunities to produce different types of biofuels from …

Solid state fermentation is currently used in a range of applications including classical
applications, such as enzyme or antibiotic production, recently developed products, such as …

Background Population growth, climate change, and food shortage have led to increased
demand for alternate sources of lipids to meet our food and energy needs. Oleaginous …

Oleaginous microorganisms are able to convert numerous agro-industrial and municipal
wastes into storage lipids (single cell oil (SCO)) and are therefore considered as potential …