A reference book about the construction and internal histology of the entire palm family. It includes an atlas of colourful images of microscopic views of plant tissues.

Your Ultimate Palm Tree Handbook is a must have for anyone having these tropical delights in their homes or landscapes.Easy to read, comprehensive and full of photos.This informative guide book is full of descriptions, growing instructions and color pictures for all the most popular palms used in landscaping your yard or in decorating your home or patio. Now it's super convenient to have the answers to all your questions at your fingertips. Increase your knowledge to create your own paradise with palms by learning:* all the types of trees, broken down into defining categories like mature size, cold hardiness, etc* how much, where and when to fertilize* which ones are best indoors or in containers* how to start palm trees from seed* the best places to display them in your yard* planting tips* and much more!A detailed alphabetical listing of palm trees using their common names is an easy reference guide to follow. Each listing includes photos and specific growing instructions for each of the most fashionable varieties that are the easiest to find.Just Starting Out?Your Ultimate Palm Tree Handbook is perfect for the beginning gardener just starting out. Inside there are specific explanations:* that include planting- both field grown and potted palms* of outdoor plant hardiness and growth zone maps* how to read the fertilizer bag, what the numbers mean, which ones are best* of palms listed by common names, but scientific names are included for reference* with landscape placement ideas* of diagnosing potential problems, and much more.Your Guide to Palm Tree HealthDoes your tree look healthy? Not sure what's wrong?We have the solution!You'll learn:1. What insects could be making a home of your palm, plus how to eliminate them2. How to diagnose a possible mineral deficiency, what each one looks like and how to treat3. About the different diseases that could be infecting your tree and the best therapies for each one.Each section includes photos and descriptions of what to look for and exactly what you can do to bring your pride and joy back to the glorious tree it should be.Already Have Palms?Already have a palm tree in your yard? Not sure what kind it is?Educate yourself in the section on identification. It breaks down all the specific areas of the tree to look at when trying to determine the species.Knowing the correct species will help you to provide the proper nutritional and growing conditions that will allow your palm to thrive.Creating and maintaining your own "Paradise with Palms" couldn't be easier.Your tropical oasis awaits. Transform your landscape today!

Given their diversity and versatility, it is surprising that palms are underutilized in landscapes and gardens, even in tropical climes. Several reasons account for this, including misconceptions about the plants' growing requirements and unfamiliarity with their ornamental qualities. This pocket guide remedies both problems. It unlocks the keys to successfully growing 200 of the most common and easily obtainable palm species and hybrids, and it highlights botanical characteristics that are of interest to gardeners and landscapers. Each description includes details of trunk, crownshaft, leaf, flower, and fruit to assist in plant identification and selection. The extensive cultivation notes include details of mature tree size, cold hardiness, and light, soil, and water requirements. Suggestions for using the plants indoors and out will help even novice gardeners know where to start, and succinct information on seed germination will assist anyone who wants to grow palms from seed. Illustrated with more than 300 color photographs.

ÒIf you want to successfully add more bold fronds and a tropical style to your landscape,ÊDesigning With PalmsÊis the comprehensive book for you.Ó ÑGardenistaÊ Palms are a landscape staple in warm, temperate climates worldwide. But these stunning and statement-making plants are large, expensive, and difficult to install, resulting in unique design challenges.ÊIn Designing with Palms, palm expert Jason Dewees details every major aspect of designing and caring for palms. This definitive guide shares essential information on planting, irrigation, nutrition, pruning, and transplanting. A gallery of the most important species showcases the range of options available, and stunning photographs by Caitlin Atkinson spotlight examples of home and public landscapes that make excellent use of palms.

With beautiful illustrations and a truly accessible text, Palms Throughout The World is the essential reference work on the subject.Palms Throughout The World describes 800 species in 123 genera. David Jones, a research botanist and horticulturalist, has concentrated his coverage on palms that offer outstanding prospects for cultivation worldwide. One of the most exciting features of this book is that for many genera, accounts are provided of substantial numbers of species - rather than the usual just one or two. With beautiful illustrations and a truly accessible text, Palms Throughout The World is the essential reference work on the subject.

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 book first summarizes the bioaccesibility of bioactive compounds in several Phoenix species, P. dactylifera, P. reclinata, P. sylvestris and P. loureiroi, to foster the integration of herbal and modern medicine. Date palm propagation means by conventional techniques, biotechnology tools, and maintenance of plant material in the greenhouse prior to field transfer are presented. An overview of field transfer of date palm vitro-plants is also provided. Following this, the authors discuss how experiments show that fertilizer addition is necessary for the improvement of date palm growth and increase of date fruits production. Date palm requires relatively great amounts of macro and micro nutrients to achieve good growth and give reasonable and economical production. Therefore, fertilization is one of the important practices that increases dates production and improves fruits quality. Artificial pollination is a distinguished and vital practice in commercial production of the date palm fruit. As such, the authors discuss how safe transfer of pollen grains to the female flower stigma at the proper condition is necessary in order for the ovule to be fertilized and the proper fruit set achieved. Date palm genetic resources have been preserved using in vitro micropropagation, and new elite cultivars are being produced using certain molecular breeding and biotechnological approaches. However, such measures are insufficient sustainable date palm production. This compilation proposes that it is time to introduce newly developed approaches such as high-throughput sequencing technologies, -omics technologies and CRISPR/Cas based approaches to revolutionize the date palm genetic improvement. Next, the authors discuss the most suitable irrigation water management strategy to minimize the effects of irrigation practices and future climate change on soil properties and on productivity of date palms. In the closing study, the effects of light and darkness on the germination and conversion of date palm somatic embryos to plants is studied. The observed results indicate that darkness is associated with increased proliferation and germination of somatic embryos.