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The oil palm, 5th ed. /
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 a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Malden, MA :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2015.
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| Colección: | World agriculture series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Title Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface to the fifth edition""; ""Preface to the fourth edition""; ""Preface to the third edition""; ""Preface to the second edition""; ""Preface to the first edition""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""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""
- ""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""