Field Trials in Oil Palm

Field Trials in Oil Palm
Title Field Trials in Oil Palm PDF eBook
Author Baihaqi Sitepu
Publisher CABI
Pages 109
Release 2019-11-01
Genre Science
ISBN 1789241391

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This is a hands-on, practical guide to describe field trials in oil palm. The location for field trials is key, as is land preparation. Other logistics include the germination of seeds from crossing programmes, planting in a nursery and well-grown seedlings for field planting. The trial design needs to be translated into field lay out. Field planting is a critical point requiring plant care, good labelling, field lining and a system of checks, and must be timed to the rainy season. Recording of trials starts 1 year after planting for crown disease assessment and continues for yield approximately 30 months after field planting. Growth measurements also begin 30 months after planting. Tests for oil yield and quality are carried out one year after yield recording.

Field Trials in Oil Palm Breeding

Field Trials in Oil Palm Breeding
Title Field Trials in Oil Palm Breeding PDF eBook
Author Baihaqi Sitepu
Publisher
Pages
Release 2020
Genre Oil palm
ISBN 9781789241402

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"This is a hands-on, practical guide to describe field trials in oil palm. The location for field trials is key, as is land preparation"--

The Oil Palm

The Oil Palm
Title The Oil Palm PDF eBook
Author R. H. V. Corley
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 689
Release 2015-12-21
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 1405189398

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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.

The Oil Palm

The Oil Palm
Title The Oil Palm PDF eBook
Author R. H. V. Corley
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 689
Release 2015-10-06
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 1118953304

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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.

Oil Palm Breeding

Oil Palm Breeding
Title Oil Palm Breeding PDF eBook
Author Aik Chin Soh
Publisher CRC Press
Pages 476
Release 2017-08-14
Genre Science
ISBN 1351646044

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The oil palm is a remarkable crop, producing around 40% of the world’s vegetable oil from around 6% of the land devoted to oil crops. Conventional breeding has clearly been the major focus of genetic improvement in this crop. A mix of improved agronomy and management, coupled with breeding selection have quadrupled the oil yield of the crop since breeding began in earnest in the 1920s. However, as for all perennial crops with long breeding cycles, oil palm faces immense challenges in the coming years with increased pressure from population growth, climate change and the need to develop environmentally sustainable oil palm plantations. In Oil Palm: Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, world leading organizations and individuals who have been at the forefront of developments in this crop, provide their insights and experiences of oil palm research, while examining the different challenges that face the future of the oil palm. The editors have all been involved in research and breeding of oil palm for many years and use their knowledge of the crop and their disciplinary expertise to provide context and to introduce the different research topics covered.

Title PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Food & Agriculture Org.
Pages 142
Release
Genre
ISBN 9251391599

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The Oil Palm Genome

The Oil Palm Genome
Title The Oil Palm Genome PDF eBook
Author Maizura Ithnin
Publisher Springer Nature
Pages 165
Release 2020-06-12
Genre Science
ISBN 3030225496

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This book compiles the fundamental advances resulting from of oil-palm genome and transcriptome sequencing, and describes the challenges faced and strategies applied in sequencing, assembling and annotating oil palm genome sequences. The availability of genome and transcriptome data has made the mining of a high number of new molecular markers useful for genetic diversity as well as marker-trait association studies and the book presents high-throughput genotyping platforms, which allow the detection of QTL regions associated with interesting oil palm traits such as oil unsaturation and yield components using classical genetic and association mapping approaches. Lastly, it also presents the discovery of major genes governing economically important traits of the oil palm. Covering the history of oil palm expansion, classical and molecular cytogenetics, improvements based on wild and advanced genetic materials, and the science of oil palm breeding, the book is a valuable resource for scientists involved in plant genetic research.