Content: Biomass (renewable) resources for production of materials, chemicals, and fuels : a paradigm shift / Ramani Narayan -- Opportunities for lignocellulosic materials and composites / Roger M. Rowell -- Opportunities for the cost-effective production of biobased materials / Helena L. Chum and Arthur J. Power -- Lignocellulosic-plastic composites from recycled materials / John Youngquist, George E. Myers, and Teresa M. Harten -- Compatibilization of lignocellulosics with plastics / Ramani Narayan -- Mechanical properties of surface-modified cellulose fiber-thermoplastic composites / R.G. Raj and B.V. Kokta -- Dimensionally and ultraviolet-stable composites from lignocellulosics / David V. Plackett -- Thermal plasticization of lignocellulosics for composites / Hideaki Matsuda -- Activation and characterization of fiber surfaces for composites / Raymond A. Young -- Liquefaction of lignocellulosics in organic solvents and its application / Nobuo Shiraishi -- Low-cost uses of lignin / Robert A. Northey -- New developments in cellulosic derivatives and copolymers / David N.-S. Hon -- Emerging polymeric materials based on starch / William M. Doane, Charles L. Swanson, and George F. Fanta -- Monomers and polymers based on mono-, di-, and oligosaccharides / Stoil K. Dirlikov -- Cellulose ethers : self-cross-linking mixed ether silyl derivatives / Arjun C. Sau and Thomas G. Majewicz -- Polymeric materials from agricultural commodities / S.F. Thames and P.W. Poole -- Emerging polymeric materials based on soy protein / Thomas L. Krinski -- Enzymatic treatments of pulps / Thomas W. Jeffries -- Chemicals and fuels from biomass : review and preview / Irving S. Goldstein -- The promise and pitfalls of biomass and waste conversion / Helena L. Chum and Arthur J. Power -- Potential for fuels from biomass and wastes / K. Grohmann, C.E. Wyman, and M.E. Himmel -- Chemicals from pulping : product generation from pulping residuals / David E. Knox and Philip L. Robinson -- Feedstock availability of biomass and wastes / J.W. Barrier and M.M. Bulls -- Pyrolysis of agricultural and forest wastes / D.S. Scott, J. Piskorz, and D. St. A.G. Radlein -- Plants as sources of drugs and agrochemicals / James D. McChesney and Alice M. Clark.