The Oil Palm (Elaeis Guineensis Jacq.)
Author | : Charles William Stewart Hartley |
Publisher | : Longman Scientific and Technical |
Total Pages | : 798 |
Release | : 1988 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015014899077 |
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Rating | : 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The origin and development of the oil palm industry. The botany of the oil palm. The climates and soils of the oil palm regions. Factors affecting growth, flowering and yield. Oil palm selection and breeding. Germination and the preparation and storage of seed. The raising of nursery seedlings. The preparation of land for oil palm plantations. The establishment of oil palms in the field. The care and maintenance of a plantation. The nutrition of the oil palm. Mixed cropping, rearing livestock among oil palms and tapping for wine. Diseases and pests of the oil palm. The products of the oil palm and their extraction.