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Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Oil Palm Volume 1: Introduction, Breeding and Cultivation Techniques
Contributor(s): Rival, Alain (Editor), Savi, Stefano (Contribution by), Yuen May, Choo (Contribution by)
ISBN: 1786761041     ISBN-13: 9781786761040
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd
OUR PRICE:   $171.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture
- Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Agronomy - Crop Science
- Technology & Engineering | Pest Control
LCCN: 2017956485
Series: Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.28 lbs) 306 pages
 
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Oil palm is widely cultivated in tropical countries for use in food processing, personal care products and other applications such as biodiesel. Cultivation faces a range of challenges such as its environmental impact (e.g. in deforestation and biodiversity loss) as well threats from pests and diseases. There is an urgent need to make oil palm cultivation more efficient and environmentally sustainable. This collection reviews the key research addressing this challenge.

Volume 1 begins by reviewing trends in production and key challenges facing the sector. Part 2 focusses on developments in understanding oil palm physiology, genetics and genetic diversity and their application to improved breeding techniques. The final part of the book discusses developments in cultivation practices.

With its distinguished editor and international team of expert authors, this collection will be a standard reference for researchers, oil palm growers, palm oil processors as well as government and non-governmental agencies responsible for more sustainable oil palm cultivation. Volume 1 is accompanied by Volume 2 which covers pests and diseases, quality and sustainability issues

Contributor Bio(s): Rival, Alain: - Professor Alain Rival is Regional Director for South East Asia and Focal Point for Oil Palm Research at CIRAD, the internationally-renowned French Center for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development. Dr Rival is also Professor of Biology and Physiology, He coordinates several international collaborative research projects and has published widely on plant biotechnology.