The Oil Palm (eBook)
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-95330-3 (ISBN)
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 also expanding, with the edible demand now complemented by added demand from biodiesel producers.
The Oil Palm is the definitive reference work on this important crop. This fifth edition features new topics - including the conversion of palm oil to biodiesel, and discussions about the impacts of palm oil production on the environment and effects of climate change - alongside comprehensively revised chapters, with updated references throughout.
The Oil Palm, Fifth Edition will be useful to researchers, plantation and mill managers who wish to understand the science underlying recommended practices. It is an indispensable reference for agriculture students and all those working in the oil palm industry worldwide.
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 Director of Science at the National Environment Research Council.
The Oil Palm FIFTH EDITION 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 also expanding, with the edible demand now complemented by added demand from biodiesel producers. The Oil Palm is the definitive reference work on this important crop. This fifth edition features new topics including the conversion of palm oil to biodiesel and discussions about the impacts of palm oil production on the environment and effects of climate change alongside comprehensively revised chapters, with updated references throughout. The Oil Palm, Fifth Edition, will be useful to researchers and plantation and mill managers who wish to understand the science underlying recommended practices. It is an indispensable reference for agriculture students and to all those working in the oil palm industry worldwide.
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 Director of Science at the National Environment Research Council.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.10.2015 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | World Agriculture Series |
| World Agriculture Series | World Agriculture Series |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie |
| Technik | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
| Schlagworte | Agriculture • Agronomy • Ãle u. Fette • Ãlpalme • Biofuels • Biowissenschaften • Botanik • Breeding • Food Science & Technology • Landwirtschaft • Lebensmittelforschung u. -technologie • Life Sciences • oil crop • oil palm • Oils & Fats • Öle u. Fette • Ölpalme • plantation • plant science • sustainability • Tropical Agriculture • tropics • Tropische Landwirtschaft |
| ISBN-10 | 1-118-95330-4 / 1118953304 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-118-95330-3 / 9781118953303 |
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