Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Context for Biomass-Derived Fuels -- 3 Feedstock Development -- 4 Processing Technologies -- 5 Crosscutting Opportunities -- References -- APPENDIX A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- APPENDIX B Office of Fuels Development Fiscal Year 1999 Budget -- APPENDIX C Committee Meetings and Other Activities -- APPENDIX D Barriers to Using Ethanol1 -- APPENDIX E Major Components of a Poplar Genomics Initiative