Review Article

Bioconversion of Sugarcane Biomass into Ethanol: An Overview about Composition, Pretreatment Methods, Detoxification of Hydrolysates, Enzymatic Saccharification, and Ethanol Fermentation

Table 1

Different feedstock cultivated in the Brazilian territory.

Biomass Planted area
(1000 hectare)
Production of biomass
(1000 t)

Wheat2,166.25,788.6
Rice2,427.111,600.3
Sorghum785.12,204.9
Cassava1,787.524,524.3
Soybean25,042.266,383.0
Castor bean129.625.8
Corn 7,596.338,861.8
Sugarcane8,527.8602,178.8
Barley88.4305.1

Source: Conab [3, 4] and Embrapa [5].