BOOK: ADVANCES IN OIL PALM RESEARCH - VOL I

This book is a premier source of reference for oil palm. It is for use by all who want to know about oil palm particularly planters, reseachers, trades, policy makers, lecturers and even students.

VOLUME 1 (Contents)
· Techno-economic Aspects of Research and Development in the Malaysian Oil Palm Industry.

SECTION A: BIOLOGY
· The Biology of the Genus Elaeis.
· Breeding Populations, Seed Production and Nursery Management.
· Oil Palm Productivity and its Component Processes.
· Yield and Yield Components and their Physiology.

SECTION B: BREEDING, TISSUE CULTURE AND GENETIC ENGINERING
· Oil Palm Breeding and Genetic Resources.
· Tissue Culture of Oil Palm.
· Genetic Engineering of the Oil Palm.
· Oil Palm Genomics.

SECTION C: SOILS AND MINERAL NUTRITION
· Soils Management for Sustainable Oil Palm Cultivation.
· Nutritional Requirements and Efficiency of Fertilizer Use in Malaysian Oil Palm Cultivation.
· Development and Management of Oil Palm Plantations.

SECTION D: PEST AND DISEASES
· Insert Pests, Pollinators and Barn Owl.
· Vertebrate Pests of Oil Palm.
· Major Diseases of Oil Palm.
· Integrated Ground Cover Management in Plantations.

SECTION E: MECHANIZATION AND MILLING
· Mechanization in Oil Palm Plantations.
· Factors Affecting Oil and Kernel Extraction Rates.
· Palm Oil Milling Technology.

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ADVANCES IN OIL PALM RESEARCH - VOL II

VOLUME II (Contents)

· Refining and Modification of Palm and Palm Kernel Oil.
· Storage, Handling and Transportation of Palm Oil and Palm Oil Production.
· Composition and Properties of Palm Oil Products.
· Analysis of Palm and Palm Kernel Oils.
· Enhancement of Oil Quality.
· Food Uses of Palm and Palm Kernel Oils.
· Specialty Products: Carotenoids..
· Nutritional Properties of Palm Oil and its Components.
· Soaps from Palm Products.
· Basic Oleochemicals.
· Oleochemicals Uses.
· Biofuel
· Utilization of Oil Palm Biomass for Various Wood-based and other Products.
· Agronomic Utilization of Wastes and Environmental Management.
· Management of Palm Oil Industrial Effluents.
· Marketing of Palm Oil.
· Future Development in the Malaysian Oil Palm Industry.

PRICE : RM 250.00 / USD 125.00
POSTAGE MALAYSIA : RM 28.00
OUTSIDE MALAYSIA : USD 64.50

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