| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 562 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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World Agriculture series |
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World agriculture series.
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| Contents |
880-01 The Oil Palm; Contents; Preface to the fourth edition; Preface to the third edition; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. The origin and development of the oil palm industry; 1.1 Origin of the oil palm; 1.1.1 Physical evidence; 1.1.2 Historical evidence; 1.1.3 Natural habitat; 1.2 The oil palm in africa; 1.2.1 Geographical distribution; 1.2.2 African palm groves; 1.2.3 Early trade; 1.2.4 Development, use and improvement of the African palm groves; 1.3 Development of the oil palm plantation industry |
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880-01/(N 2.4 The Elaeis guineensis х Elaeis oleifera hybrid3. The climate and soils of the oil palm-growing regions; 3.1 General; 3.2 Climate; 3.2.1 Temperature; 3.2.2 Rainfall, evaporation and water balance; 3.2.2.1 Evapotranspiration; 3.2.2.2 The water balance and soil water; 3.2.2.3 Water deflcits; 3.2.3 Water relations and palm yield; 3.2.4 Radiation and its effects; 3.3 Total climate and oil palm growth; 3.3.1 Climatic requirements for the oil palm; 3.3.2 Longer term weather variations; 3.3.3 Country and region experience; 3.4 Soils; 3.4.1 Soil classification in the equatorial tropics |
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1.3.1 The African plantation industry1.3.2 The Deli palm; 1.3.3 The Asian plantation industry; 1.4 World-wide development of the industry, 1950-2001; 1.4.1 General; 1.4.2 Price structures and competitiveness; 1.4.2.1 Changes in the past; 1.4.2.2 Future changes; 1.4.2.3 Competition between regions; 1.4.2.4 Competition between products; 1.4.3 Single-country developments; 1.4.3.1 Indonesia; 1.4.3.2 Malaysia; 1.4.3.3 Other Asian countries; 1.4.3.4 Nigeria; 1.4.3.5 Democratic Republic of the Congo; 1.4.3.6 The Ivory Coast; 1.4.3.7 Other West African countries; 1.4.3.8 Brazil; 1.4.3.9 Colombia |
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1.4.3.10 Costa Rica1.4.3.11 Ecuador; 1.4.3.12 Other South and Central American countries; 1.5 Development methods; 1.5.1 Main mechanisms of oil palm development; 1.5.2 Plantations; 1.5.3 Smallholders; 1.5.4 Research; 1.6 Trade in and use of oil palm products; 1.6.1 Trade in oil palm products; 1.6.2 Traditional uses of oil palm products; 1.6.3 New uses of palm oil; 1.6.3.1 As oleochemicals; 1.6.3.2 As biomass and internal combustion fuels; 1.6.4 The conflict over 'tropical oils'; 2. The classification and morphology of the oil palm; 2.1 Classification of oil palms |
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2.2 The african oil palm, Elaeis guineensis Jacq2.2.1 Morphology and growth; 2.2.1.1 The seed; 2.2.1.2 The seedling; 2.2.1.3 Development of the stem and stem apex; 2.2.1.4 The leaf; 2.2.1.5 The root system; 2.2.1.6 Oil palm chromosomes; 2.2.2 Flowering and fruiting; 2.2.2.1 Inflorescences; 2.2.2.2 The female inflorescence and ower; 2.2.2.3 The male inflorescence and ower; 2.2.2.4 Mixed inflorescences; 2.2.2.5 Pollination; 2.2.2.6 The fruit; 2.2.2.7 The fruit bunch; 2.3 The American oil palm, Elaeis oleifera (HBK) Cortes; 2.3.1 Distribution; 2.3.2 Morphology; 2.3.3 Uses |
| Summary |
About the authors: Dr RHV Corley is a plant physiologist who worked for over 15 years in oil palm research in Malaysia. He was the head of research for Unilever Plantations for a further 16 years, and is now a consultant on tropical plantation crops. Professor B Tinker was for 7 years at the West African Institute for Oil Palm Research, and has been a consultant in Malaysia. For 12 years he was on the Programme Advisory Committee of PORIM (now MPOB). In the UK he has been Professor of Agricultural Botany, Deputy Director and head of soils at Rothamsted Experimental Station, and Directo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-541) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Oil palm.
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Oil palm -- Research
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
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Oil palm
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Oil palm -- Research
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tinker, P. B. (Philip Bernard)
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| LC no. |
2003008646 |
| ISBN |
9780470750360 |
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0470750367 |
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9780470750971 |
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0470750979 |
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1405128372 |
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9781405128377 |
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