TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - BIOTECHNOLOGY - Preferred Transgenic Plant: At least one lignocellulolytic enzyme is cellulase, hemicellulase, ligninase, or their combinations. At least one lignocellulolytic enzyme exhibits low activity at a temperature below 30-60degreesC. At least one lignocellulolytic enzyme is expressed constitutively or tissue-specifically. At least one lignocellulolytic enzyme is expressed in a plant tissue selected from stems and leaves. At least one lignocellulolytic enzyme is expressed in a targeted sub-cellular compartment or organelle, where the at least one lignocellulolytic enzyme is expressed in a targeted sub-cellular compartment or organelle selected from apoplast, chloroplast, cell wall, or vacuole. The plant is a monocotyledonous plant or a dicotyledonous plant. The plant is a crop plant. The plant is corn, switchgrass, sorghum, miscanthus, sugarcane, poplar, pine, wheat, rice, soy, cotton, barley, turf grass, tobacco, bamboo, rape, sugar beet, sunflower, willow, or eucalyptus. The genome of which is further augmented with a recombinant polynucleotide encoding at least one amylase enzyme operably linked to a promoter sequence, where the polynucleotide is optimized for expression in the plant. The amylase enzyme comprises alpha amylase enzyme or glucoamylase enzyme. At least one amylase enzyme is produced at a level greater than 10-50% total soluble protein. At least one amylase enzyme is expressed constitutively or tissue-specifically, where the at least one amylase enzyme is expressed in a plant tissue selected from stems and leaves. At least one amylase enzyme is expressed in a targeted sub-cellular compartment or organelle, where the at least one amylase enzyme is expressed in a targeted sub-cellular compartment or organelle selected from apoplast, chloroplast, cell wall, or vacuole. The genome of which is further augmented with a recombinant polynucleotide encoding at least one protein with bacterial properties operatively linked to a promoter sequence, where the polynucleotide is optimized for expression in the plant. The protein with bacterial properties comprises an antibiotic. At least one protein with bacterial properties is produced at a level greater than 1-10% total soluble protein. At least one protein with bacterial properties is expressed constitutively or tissue-specifically, where the at least one protein with bacterial properties is expressed in a plant tissue selected from seeds, stems and leaves. At least one protein with bacterial properties is expressed in a targeted sub-cellular compartment or organelle, where the at least one protein with bacterial properties is expressed in a targeted sub-cellular compartment or organelle selected from apoplast, chloroplast, cell wall, and vacuole. At least one protein with bacterial properties is effective against bacterial species that reduce ethanol yields during processing by producing substances that are toxic to yeast or by consuming glucose and reducing glucose available for fermentation into ethanol. The genome of which is further augmented with a recombinant polynucleotide encoding at least one enzyme for converting hard-to-ferment sugars to more easily fermentable sugars operably linked to a promoter sequence, where the polynucleotide is optimized for expression in the plant. The enzyme is an isomerase that converts xylose to xylanase, where the at least one enzyme is produced at a level greater than 0.5- 20% total soluble protein. The genome of which is further altered so as to minimize dispersal of the transgene through plant reproduction, the genome of which is altered so as to introduce male sterility in the plant or to delay plant flowering. The genome of which is further altered so as to reduce the amount of one or more forms of lignin in the transgenic plant relative to cellulose and hemicellulose. The genome of which is further altered so as to increase the amount of one or more forms of cellulose in the transgenic plant relative to lignin and hemicellulose. The genome of which is further altered so as to increase the amount of one or more forms of hemicellulose in the transgenic plant relative to lignin and cellulose. A transgenic plant, the genome of which is augmented with a recombinant polynucleotide encoding at least one lignocellulolytic enzyme operably linked to a promoter sequence, where the polynucleotide is optimized for expression in the plant; and a recombinant polynucleotide that reduces expression of a flower promoter gene or that increases a flower repressor gene, operably linked to a promoter. The transgenic plant flowering is delayed. The biomass production in the transgenic plant is enhanced. Preferred Method: Cost-effective preparation of ethanol comprises treating a plant part comprising at least one lignocellulolytic enzyme under conditions to activate the at least one lignocellulolytic enzyme thus degrading lignocellulose to form a hydrolysate mixture, where the plant part is obtained from a transgenic plant above, and incubating the hydrolysate mixture under conditions that promote conversion of fermentable sugars of the hydrolysate mixture to ethanol. Prior to the treating step, the plant part is not pretreated or is pretreated under conditions of less heat or less acid, or that are otherwise less harsh or produce fewer toxic by-products than conditions used in pretreatment of biomass from non-transgenic plants. The plant part is substantially free of soil dirt. The plant part is pretreated by heating the plant part to a temperature greater than 50-100degreesC. The plant part is pretreated by adding water to decrease viscosity of the hydrolysate mixture. The plant part is pretreated by chopping, grinding, shredding or pulverizing the plant part. The method further comprises adding external lignocellulolytic enzymes to the plant part prior to the treating step, where the method results in increased ethanol production compared to a method in which the plant part is obtained from a nontransgenic plant. The method further comprises removing at least one unfermentable component from the hydrolysate mixture prior to the incubating step. Removing the at least one unfermentable component speeds up conversion of fermentable sugars to ethanol. At least one unfermentable component is lignin, lignin-breakdown products, phenols, furans, or their combinations. Removing the at least one unfermentable component from the hydrolysate mixture comprises separating/Isolating and purifying the at least one unfermentable component. At least one unfermentable component is phenol. At least one unfermentable component, or its derivative, is burned to produce heat or electricity, where the heat produced is used in the method. The method further comprises distilling the ethanol produced by conversion of fermentable sugars of the hydrolysate mixture so as to obtain distilled ethanol. At least one unfermentable component is added to distilled ethanol as a denaturant. At least one unfermentable component is added to ethanol produced by conversion of fermentable sugars of the hydrolysate mixture prior to the distilling step, is distilled with the ethanol, and remains in the distilled ethanol as a denaturant. At least one unfermentable component is processed into one or more compounds that can be used as denaturants, where the one or more compounds that can be used as denaturants comprise alcohols, and where the one or more compounds that can be used as denaturants are selected from methanol and butanol. The method further comprises distilling the ethanol produced by conversion of fermentable sugars of the hydrolysate mixture so as to obtained distilled ethanol, where the distilled ethanol comprises one or more unfermentable components that act as denaturants. The process of producing ethanol from transgenic plant biomass further produces a by-product that has higher food value than a by-product produced in a method of ethanol production where the plant part is obtained from a non-transgenic plant, where the by-product comprises dried distillers grain (DDG) that has increased levels of protein or oil, resulting from hydrolysis or removal of cellulose or hemicellulose or breakdown or removal of lignin. The method further comprises adding microorganisms to the plant part so as to induce simultaneous saccharification and fermentation, where the microorganisms ferment six-carbon sugars or five-carbon sugars or both. Incubating the hydrolysate mixture under conditions that promote conversion of fermentable sugars of the hydrolysate mixture to ethanol comprises adding microorganisms to the hydrolysate mixture, where the microorganisms ferment six-carbon sugars or five-carbon sugars or both. The plant part comprises plant parts obtained from two or more transgenic plants above, where the transgenic plants are of the same or different species and produce the same or different lignocellulolytic enzyme, where the plant parts are co-processed so as to combine the lignocellulolytic enzymes in a desired proportion to increase ethanol yield, and where the plant parts are co-processed so as to combine the lignocellulolytic enzymes in a desired proportion to increase ethanol yield by achieving more efficient hydrolysis of polysaccharides and breakdown and removal of lignin. The plant part comprises plant parts obtained from a transgenic plant above and plant parts obtained from a non-transgenic plant, and the method is carried out using common equipment and facilities for harvesting, ensilement, chopping, crushing, milling, liquefaction, saccharification, fermentation, distillation, drying, storage or transportation. Plant parts comprise corn grain and corn stover. The genome of the transgenic plant is further augmented with one or more yeast genes to promote simultaneous saccharifloation and fermentation. The method further comprises treating the plant part under conditions that promote starch hydrolysis. Treating the plant part under conditions that promote starch hydrolysis comprises using at least one amylase enzyme, where the at least one amylase enzyme is glucoamylase, alpha-amylase, or their combinations. Treating the plant part under conditions to activate the at least one lignocellulolytic enzyme and treating the plant part under conditions to promote starch hydrolysis are performed simultaneously. Treating the plant part under conditions to activate the at least one lignocellulolytic enzyme and treating the plant part under conditions to promote starch hydrolysis are performed sequentially. The method is carried out using common equipment and facilities for harvesting, ensilement, chopping, crushing, milling, liquefaction, saccharification, fermentation, distillation, drying, storage or transportation. The plant part comprises plant parts obtained from two or more transgene plants above, where the transgenic plants are of the same or different species and produce the same or different lignocellulolytic enzymes. The plant part comprises plant parts obtained from the transgenic plant above and plant parts obtained from a non-transgenic plant. The plant part comprises corn grain. The plant part comprises one or more of corn grain, corn fiber and corn stover. The method is part of a dry milling process. Contaminant recovery in phytoremediation comprises introducing, in a contaminated area, seeds from a transgenic plant above, growing transgenic plants from the seeds; harvesting grown transgenic plants, treating a plant part comprising at least one lignocellulolytic enzyme under conditions to activate the at least one lignocellulolytic enzyme thus degrading lignocellulose to form a biomass and liberating contaminant sequestered inside the plant part, where the plant part is obtained from the harvested grown transgenic plants, and recovering the contaminant liberated from the plant part. The method further comprises disposing the biomass as a non- hazardous waste. Prior to the treating step, the plant part is not pre-treated or is pre-treated under conditions of heat and acid that are less harsh than conditions used in pretreatment of biomass from non-transgenic plants. The plant part comprises plant parts obtained from a first transgenic plant above, where the at least one lignocellulolytic enzyme is a cellulase; plant parts obtained from a second transgenic plant above, where the at least one lignocellulolytic enzyme is a hemicellulase; and plant parts obtained from a third transgenic plant above, where the at least one lignocellulolytic enzyme is a ligninase. The contaminant comprises a metalloid such as arsenic or selenium, a heavy metal such as lead, chromium, cadmium, zinc, copper, or uranium, or a persistent organic pollutant such as DDT or PCBs. In the method of (5), averaging comprises averaging the codon usages of 3 or 4 or more different plants. One of the plants is a monocot plant and another is a dicot plant. The plants are maize, Arabidopsis, or tobacco. Preferred Polynucleotide: The polynucleotide is optimized for expression in maize, Arabidopsis, and tobacco. EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.