Strategic consideration as feedstock resource for biofuel production as a holistic approach to control invasive plant species

Abstract Biofuel, the source of energy for the future, is a renewable source of energy. Generally, it is extracted from plant biomass as biooil, biogas, biodiesel, and bioethanol. Invasive species have been contemplated as a promising source of feedstock for meeting future biofuel production demand. Invasive plant species demonstrate suitable characteristics for biofuel crops due to their rapid growth, abundance, and marginal habitat. The consideration of the invasive plants as feedstock aids to check the negative consequences of invasive plants in the environment and helps to bridge the energy gap by being sustainable source of bioenergy. This chapter discusses the potential of invasive plant species to meet the feedstock demand for biofuel postconventional-oil peaking. Further, it compiles the ideas from literature to suggest a suitable strategy required for producing invasive plants as biofuel crops.