{"product_id":"the-oil-palm-9781405189392","title":"The Oil Palm","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the fifth edition xxiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the fourth edition xxv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the third edition xxvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the second edition xxvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the first edition xxvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xxix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xxxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. The origin and development of the oil palm industry 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Origin of the oil palm 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 The oil palm in Africa 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Development of the oil palm plantation industry 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Development of the industry since 1950 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Development methods 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Trade in and use of oil palm products 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. The classification and morphology of the oil palm 30\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Classification of oil palms 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 The African oil palm, E. Guineensis Jacq 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 The American oil palm, E. Oleifera (HBK) Cortes 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 The E. Guineensis X E Oleifera hybrid 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. The climate of the oil palm]growing regions 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Temperature 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Rainfall, evaporation and water balance 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Radiation and its effects 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Total climate and oil palm growth 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. The soils of the oil palm]growing regions 68\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Soil classification in the equatorial tropics 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Soil characteristics important for the oil palm 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Soil characteristics unfavourable for oil palm 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Histosols and peats 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Soils of Asia 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Soils of Africa 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Soils of America 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Growth, flowering and yield 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Analysis of plant growth 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Vegetative growth and partitioning of dry matter 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Environmental and management factors 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Flowering 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Yield 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Selection and breeding 138\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 History of selection 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Techniques used in oil palm breeding and selection 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Variation and inheritance 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Methods of selection and breeding 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Selection and breeding in practice 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Oil palm improvement in the future 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Vegetative propagation and biotechnology 208\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 History of oil palm tissue culture 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Tissue]culture methods 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Abnormal flowering, bunch failure and other problems 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Clone testing 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 The future for oil palm clonal propagation 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Other aspects of oil palm biotechnology 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Seed germination and nurseries 225\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Seed germination 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Nurseries 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Site selection and land preparation 240\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Digital technology and the oil palm plantation 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Choice of site for oil palm planting 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Plantation layout 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Field preparation 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Uses and covers of interrows 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. The establishment of oil palms in the field 275\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Planting in the field 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Shortening the immature period 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Spacing of plants in the field 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Practical aspects of field establishment 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Care and maintenance of oil palms 290\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Care of palms and plant cover 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Field mechanisation 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Irrigation 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Assisted pollination 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Fruit bunch harvesting 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Oil extraction ratio 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7 Palm age and replanting 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.8 Site potentials and plantation management 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.9 Smallholder plantations 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. Mineral nutrition of oil palms 329\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 General principles of plant nutrition 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Palm uptake systems 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Nutrient deficiency and its control: field experiments 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Nutrient deficiency and its control: visual symptoms and leaf analysis 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Soil composition and plant nutrition 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6 Practical systems for fertiliser assessment 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.7 Recycling and losses of nutrients 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.8 Deficiencies and toxicities in special and unusual soils 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.9 Practical management of fertilisers 393\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13. Diseases of the oil palm 399\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Diseases of germinating seeds 399\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Seedling diseases 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Adult palm leaf diseases and disorders 404\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Stem and root diseases 408\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Diseases of the bud or stem apex 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6 Diseases of the bunches and fruit 434\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.7 Other abnormal conditions 435\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.8 Plant quarantine 435\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14. Pests of the oil palm 437\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Integrated pest management 439\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Nursery pests 442\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Leaf pests of immature palms: African spear borer 443\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Stem damage to young palms 443\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.5 Leaf pests of mature palms 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.6 Stem pests of mature palms 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.7 Root pests: Oil palm root miner 453\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.8 Pests attacking fruit and bunches 453\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.9 Mammals and birds as pests 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.10 Insect vectors of diseases 458\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.11 Pests of other components of the oil palm agroecosystem 458\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15. The products of the oil palm and their extraction 460\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Palm oil products and their chemical structure 460\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Nut composition 464\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 Oil synthesis and breakdown in the fruit 464\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 Extraction of palm products 465\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.5 Further processing of oil palm products 478\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.6 Other oil palm products 480\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16. Marketing, economics, end use and human health 483\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.1 Palm oil marketing 483\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.2 Production costs 485\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.3 Uses of palm oil and PKO 487\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.4 Palm oil and human health 492\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.5 Conclusions 494\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17. Oil palm and climate change 495\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.1 Climate change 495\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.2 The role of oil palm in climate change 498\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.3 Effects of climate change on oil palm 505\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18. Biofuels 507\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.1 Biofuel from oil palm 507\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.2 Biodiesel from palm oil 510\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.3 Politics and ethics of biofuel production 514\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.4 Conclusion 518\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19. Oil palm and sustainability 519\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.1 The need for sustainability 519\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.1.1 Campaigns against palm oil 519\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.2 Oil palm expansion and deforestation 523\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.3 Biodiversity in plantations 528\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.4 Social aspects of oil palm development 530\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.5 Palm oil and food supplies 532\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20. Concluding remarks 535\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.1 Future demand for palm oil 535\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.2 Future yields 535\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.3 Sustainability 536\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReference list and index of citations 537\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 627\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769313919319,"sku":"9781405189392","price":155.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405189392.jpg?v=1758720598","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-oil-palm-9781405189392","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}