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ISBN 10: 1118953304

ISBN 13: 9781118953303

Author: R.H.V. Corley

The oil palm is the world’s most valuable oil crop. Its production has increased over the decades, reaching 56 million tons in 2013, and it gives the highest yields per hectare of all oil crops. Remarkably, oil palm has remained profitable through periods of low prices. Demand for palm oil is also expanding, with the edible demand now complemented by added demand from biodiesel producers. The Oil Palm is the definitive reference work on this important crop. This fifth edition features new topics – including the conversion of palm oil to biodiesel, and discussions about the impacts of palm oil production on the environment and effects of climate change – alongside comprehensively revised chapters, with updated references throughout. The Oil Palm, Fifth Edition will be useful to researchers, plantation and mill managers who wish to understand the science underlying recommended practices. It is an indispensable reference for agriculture students and all those working in the oil palm industry worldwide.

Table of contents:

Chapter 1: The Origin and Development of the Oil Palm Industry
1.1 ORIGIN OF THE OIL PALM
1.2 THE OIL PALM IN AFRICA
1.3 DEVELOPMENT OF THE OIL PALM PLANTATION INDUSTRY
1.4 DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1950
1.5 DEVELOPMENT METHODS
1.6 TRADE IN AND USE OF OIL PALM PRODUCTS

Chapter 2: The Classification and Morphology of the Oil Palm
2.1 CLASSIFICATION OF OIL PALMS
2.2 THE AFRICAN OIL PALM, E. GUINEENSIS JACQ
2.3 THE AMERICAN OIL PALM, E. OLEIFERA (HBK) CORTES
2.4 THE E. GUINEENSIS × E. OLEIFERA HYBRID

Chapter 3: The Climate of the Oil Palm-Growing Regions
3.1 TEMPERATURE
3.2 RAINFALL, EVAPORATION AND WATER BALANCE
3.3 RADIATION AND ITS EFFECTS
3.4 TOTAL CLIMATE AND OIL PALM GROWTH

Chapter 4: The Soils of the Oil Palm-Growing Regions
4.1 SOIL CLASSIFICATION IN THE EQUATORIAL TROPICS
4.2 SOIL CHARACTERISTICS IMPORTANT FOR THE OIL PALM
4.3. SOIL CHARACTERISTICS UNFAVOURABLE FOR OIL PALM
4.4 HISTOSOLS AND PEATS
4.5 SOILS OF ASIA
4.6 SOILS OF AFRICA
4.7 SOILS OF AMERICA

Chapter 5: Growth, Flowering and Yield
5.1 ANALYSIS OF PLANT GROWTH
5.2 VEGETATIVE GROWTH AND PARTITIONING OF DRY MATTER
5.3 ENVIRONMENTAL AND MANAGEMENT FACTORS
5.4 FLOWERING
5.5 YIELD

Chapter 6: Selection and Breeding
6.1 HISTORY OF SELECTION
6.2 TECHNIQUES USED IN OIL PALM BREEDING AND SELECTION
6.3 VARIATION AND INHERITANCE
6.4 METHODS OF SELECTION AND BREEDING
6.5 SELECTION AND BREEDING IN PRACTICE
6.6 OIL PALM IMPROVEMENT IN THE FUTURE

Chapter 7: Vegetative Propagation and Biotechnology
7.1 HISTORY OF OIL PALM TISSUE CULTURE
7.2 TISSUE-CULTURE METHODS
7.3 ABNORMAL FLOWERING, BUNCH FAILURE AND OTHER PROBLEMS
7.4 CLONE TESTING
7.5 THE FUTURE FOR OIL PALM CLONAL PROPAGATION
7.6 OTHER ASPECTS OF OIL PALM BIOTECHNOLOGY

Chapter 8: Seed Germination and Nurseries
8.1 SEED GERMINATION
8.2 NURSERIES

Chapter 9: Site Selection and Land Preparation
9.1 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND THE OIL PALM PLANTATION
9.2 CHOICE OF SITE FOR OIL PALM PLANTING
9.3 PLANTATION LAYOUT
9.4 FIELD PREPARATION
9.5 USES AND COVERS OF INTERROWS

Chapter 10: The Establishment of Oil Palms in the Field
10.1 PLANTING IN THE FIELD
10.2 SHORTENING THE IMMATURE PERIOD
10.3 SPACING OF PLANTS IN THE FIELD
10.4 PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF FIELD ESTABLISHMENT

Chapter 11: Care and Maintenance of Oil Palms
11.1 CARE OF PALMS AND PLANT COVER
11.2 FIELD MECHANISATION
11.3 IRRIGATION
11.4 ASSISTED POLLINATION
11.5 FRUIT BUNCH HARVESTING
11.6 OIL EXTRACTION RATIO
11.7 PALM AGE AND REPLANTING
11.8 SITE POTENTIALS AND PLANTATION MANAGEMENT
11.9 SMALLHOLDER PLANTATIONS

Chapter 12: Mineral Nutrition of Oil Palms
12.1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PLANT NUTRITION
12.2 PALM UPTAKE SYSTEMS
12.3 NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY AND ITS CONTROL: FIELD EXPERIMENTS
12.4 NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY AND ITS CONTROL: VISUAL SYMPTOMS AND LEAF ANALYSIS
12.5 SOIL COMPOSITION AND PLANT NUTRITION
12.6 PRACTICAL SYSTEMS FOR FERTILISER ASSESSMENT
12.7 RECYCLING AND LOSSES OF NUTRIENTS
12.8 DEFICIENCIES AND TOXICITIES IN SPECIAL AND UNUSUAL SOILS
12.9 PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT OF FERTILISERS

Chapter 13: Diseases of the Oil Palm
13.1 DISEASES OF GERMINATING SEEDS
13.2 SEEDLING DISEASES
13.3 ADULT PALM LEAF DISEASES AND DISORDERS
13.4 STEM AND ROOT DISEASES
13.5 DISEASES OF THE BUD OR STEM APEX
13.6 DISEASES OF THE BUNCHES AND FRUIT
13.7 OTHER ABNORMAL CONDITIONS
13.8 PLANT QUARANTINE

Chapter 14: Pests of the Oil Palm
14.1 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
14.2 NURSERY PESTS
14.3 LEAF PESTS OF IMMATURE PALMS: AFRICAN SPEAR BORER
14.4 STEM DAMAGE TO YOUNG PALMS
14.5 LEAF PESTS OF MATURE PALMS
14.6 STEM PESTS OF MATURE PALMS
14.7 ROOT PESTS: OIL PALM ROOT MINER
14.8 PESTS ATTACKING FRUIT AND BUNCHES
14.9 MAMMALS AND BIRDS AS PESTS
14.10 INSECT VECTORS OF DISEASES
14.11 PESTS OF OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE OIL PALM AGROECOSYSTEM

Chapter 15: The Products of the Oil Palm and Their Extraction
15.1 PALM OIL PRODUCTS AND THEIR CHEMICAL STRUCTURE
15.2 NUT COMPOSITION
15.3 OIL SYNTHESIS AND BREAKDOWN IN THE FRUIT
15.4 EXTRACTION OF PALM PRODUCTS
15.5 FURTHER PROCESSING OF OIL PALM PRODUCTS
15.6 OTHER OIL PALM PRODUCTS

Chapter 16: Marketing, Economics, End Use and Human Health
16.1 PALM OIL MARKETING
16.2 PRODUCTION COSTS
16.3 USES OF PALM OIL AND PKO
16.4 PALM OIL AND HUMAN HEALTH
16.5 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 17: Oil Palm and Climate Change
17.1 CLIMATE CHANGE
17.2 THE ROLE OF OIL PALM IN CLIMATE CHANGE
17.3 EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON OIL PALM

Chapter 18: Biofuels
18.1 BIOFUEL FROM OIL PALM
18.2 BIODIESEL FROM PALM OIL
18.3 POLITICS AND ETHICS OF BIOFUEL PRODUCTION
18.4 CONCLUSION

Chapter 19: Oil Palm and Sustainability
19.1 THE NEED FOR SUSTAINABILITY
19.2 OIL PALM EXPANSION AND DEFORESTATION
19.3 BIODIVERSITY IN PLANTATIONS
19.4 SOCIAL ASPECTS OF OIL PALM DEVELOPMENT
19.5 PALM OIL AND FOOD SUPPLIES

Chapter 20: Concluding Remarks
20.1 FUTURE DEMAND FOR PALM OIL
20.2 FUTURE YIELDS
20.3 SUSTAINABILITY

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