1. An overview of switchgrass / Rob Mitchell and Marty Schmer -- 2. The agronomy of switchgrass for biomass / John H. Fike, Twain J. Butler and Rob Mitchell -- 3. The use of endophytes and mycorrhizae in switchgrass biomass production / Chuansheng Mei. [et al.] -- 4. Switchgrass biomass content, synthesis, and biochemical conversion to biofuels / Laura Bartley. [et al.] -- 5. Classic genetics and breeding of bioenergy related traits in switchgrass / Yanqi Wu -- 6. Switchgrass molecular genetics and molecular breeding for bioenergy traits / Linglong Liu and Yanqi Wu -- 7. Switchgrass genomic resources development / Christopher Saski and Hong Luo -- 8. MicroRNAs and their potential applications in switchgrass improvements / Dayong Li, Man Zhou, Zhigang Li and Hong Luo -- 9. Tissue culture, genetic transformation, and improvement of switchgrass through genetic engineering / Bingyu Zhao. [et al.] -- 10. Biomass thermochemical conversion technologies for production of fuels, power and chemicals / Ajay Kumar and Raymond Huhnke -- 11. Biological and biosystems engineering for processing of switchgrass feedstocks and biofuel production / Arpan Jain, Terry Walker and Karl Kelly -- 12. Applications of biomass production modeling for switchgrass / Kathrine D. Behrman. [et al.] -- 13. Economics of switchgrass feedstock production for the emerging cellulosic biofuel industry / Francis M. Epplin, Andrew P. Griffith and Mohua Haque -- 14. Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) as a bioenergy crop : advantages, concerns, and future prospects / Charles Kwit, Madhugiri Nageswara-Rao and C. Neal Stewart Jr.