Title Statements
- Full title :The oil palm / R.H.V. Corley and P.B. Tinker.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2016
- Edition:Fifth edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons
- Place of Publication:Hoboken, NJ
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2016
The Physical Object
- Description:xxxiii, 639 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781405189392, 1405189398
- oclc:ocn922836176
- LC Classification:SB299.P3
- Dewey Decimal:633.8/51
Table of Contents
1. The origin and development of the oil palm industry -- 2. The classification and morphology of the oil palm -- 3. The climate of the oil palm-growing regions -- 4. The soils of the oil palm-growing regions -- 5. Growth, flowering and yield -- 6. Selection and breeding -- 7. Vegetation propagation and biotechnology -- 8. Seed germination and nurseries -- 9. Site selection and land preparation -- 10. The establishment of oil palms in the field -- 11. Care and maintenance of oil palms -- 12. Mineral nutrition of oil palms -- 13. Diseases of the oil palm -- 14. Pests of the oil palm -- 15. The productions of the oil palm and their extraction -- 16. Marketing, economies, end use and human health -- 17. Oil palm and climate change -- 18. Biofuels -- 19. Oil palm and sustainability.
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