The Oil Palm - 4th Edition provides comprehensive coverage of oil palm manufacturing, products, and scientific practices and is the only text to give world wide coverage of this important plant.

Covers:

• Clonal propagation
• Agronomy
• Breeding and molecular genetics
• Crop physiology
• Uses of oil palm products
• The nutritional value of oil palm over soybean
• The economics of the oil palm industry
• The environmental impact of growing oil palms

Contents

1. The Origin and Development of the Oil Palm Industry
2. Classification and Morphology of the Oil Palm
3. The Climate and Soils of the Oil Palm-Growing Regions
4. Growth, Flowering and Yield
5. Selection and Breeding
6. Vegetative Propagation and Biotechnology
7. Seed Germination and Nurseries
8. Site Selection and Land Preparation
9. The Establishment of Oil Palms in the Field
10. Care and Maintenance of Oil Palms
11. Mineral Nutrition of Oil Palms
12. Diseases and Pests of the Oil Palm
13. The Products of the Oil Palm and Their Extraction
14. Marketing, Economics, End Use and Human Health

Index

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