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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…mehr
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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.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / Open Stax Textbooks
- 5th Revised edition
- Seitenzahl: 680
- Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2015
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 260mm x 208mm x 41mm
- Gewicht: 1679g
- ISBN-13: 9781405189392
- ISBN-10: 1405189398
- Artikelnr.: 40196581
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / Open Stax Textbooks
- 5th Revised edition
- Seitenzahl: 680
- Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2015
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 260mm x 208mm x 41mm
- Gewicht: 1679g
- ISBN-13: 9781405189392
- ISBN-10: 1405189398
- Artikelnr.: 40196581
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.
Preface to the fifth edition xxiv Preface to the fourth edition xxv Preface
to the third edition xxvi Preface to the second edition xxvi Preface to the
first edition xxvii Acknowledgements xxix Abbreviations xxxi 1. The origin
and development of the oil palm industry 1 1.1 Origin of the oil palm 1 1.2
The oil palm in Africa 3 1.3 Development of the oil palm plantation
industry 4 1.4 Development of the industry since 1950 6 1.5 Development
methods 22 1.6 Trade in and use of oil palm products 26 2. The
classification and morphology of the oil palm 30 2.1 Classification of oil
palms 30 2.2 The African oil palm, E. Guineensis Jacq 30 2.3 The American
oil palm, E. Oleifera (HBK) Cortes 49 2.4 The E. Guineensis X E Oleifera
hybrid 51 3. The climate of the oil palm?]growing regions 53 3.1
Temperature 53 3.2 Rainfall, evaporation and water balance 55 3.3 Radiation
and its effects 61 3.4 Total climate and oil palm growth 63 4. The soils of
the oil palm?]growing regions 68 4.1 Soil classification in the equatorial
tropics 68 4.2 Soil characteristics important for the oil palm 72 4.3 Soil
characteristics unfavourable for oil palm 74 4.4 Histosols and peats 77 4.5
Soils of Asia 82 4.6 Soils of Africa 84 4.7 Soils of America 86 5. Growth,
flowering and yield 89 5.1 Analysis of plant growth 89 5.2 Vegetative
growth and partitioning of dry matter 100 5.3 Environmental and management
factors 105 5.4 Flowering 116 5.5 Yield 127 6. Selection and breeding 138
6.1 History of selection 138 6.2 Techniques used in oil palm breeding and
selection 156 6.3 Variation and inheritance 173 6.4 Methods of selection
and breeding 187 6.5 Selection and breeding in practice 197 6.6 Oil palm
improvement in the future 206 7. Vegetative propagation and biotechnology
208 7.1 History of oil palm tissue culture 208 7.2 Tissue?]culture methods
209 7.3 Abnormal flowering, bunch failure and other problems 212 7.4 Clone
testing 216 7.5 The future for oil palm clonal propagation 219 7.6 Other
aspects of oil palm biotechnology 220 8. Seed germination and nurseries 225
8.1 Seed germination 225 8.2 Nurseries 233 9. Site selection and land
preparation 240 9.1 Digital technology and the oil palm plantation 240 9.2
Choice of site for oil palm planting 240 9.3 Plantation layout 250 9.4
Field preparation 255 9.5 Uses and covers of interrows 270 10. The
establishment of oil palms in the field 275 10.1 Planting in the field 275
10.2 Shortening the immature period 278 10.3 Spacing of plants in the field
278 10.4 Practical aspects of field establishment 288 11. Care and
maintenance of oil palms 290 11.1 Care of palms and plant cover 290 11.2
Field mechanisation 301 11.3 Irrigation 303 11.4 Assisted pollination 307
11.5 Fruit bunch harvesting 307 11.6 Oil extraction ratio 317 11.7 Palm age
and replanting 320 11.8 Site potentials and plantation management 321 11.9
Smallholder plantations 327 12. Mineral nutrition of oil palms 329 12.1
General principles of plant nutrition 329 12.2 Palm uptake systems 336 12.3
Nutrient deficiency and its control: field experiments 344 12.4 Nutrient
deficiency and its control: visual symptoms and leaf analysis 351 12.5 Soil
composition and plant nutrition 360 12.6 Practical systems for fertiliser
assessment 363 12.7 Recycling and losses of nutrients 383 12.8 Deficiencies
and toxicities in special and unusual soils 391 12.9 Practical management
of fertilisers 393 13. Diseases of the oil palm 399 13.1 Diseases of
germinating seeds 399 13.2 Seedling diseases 401 13.3 Adult palm leaf
diseases and disorders 404 13.4 Stem and root diseases 408 13.5 Diseases of
the bud or stem apex 429 13.6 Diseases of the bunches and fruit 434 13.7
Other abnormal conditions 435 13.8 Plant quarantine 435 14. Pests of the
oil palm 437 14.1 Integrated pest management 439 14.2 Nursery pests 442
14.3 Leaf pests of immature palms: African spear borer 443 14.4 Stem damage
to young palms 443 14.5 Leaf pests of mature palms 447 14.6 Stem pests of
mature palms 451 14.7 Root pests: Oil palm root miner 453 14.8 Pests
attacking fruit and bunches 453 14.9 Mammals and birds as pests 454 14.10
Insect vectors of diseases 458 14.11 Pests of other components of the oil
palm agroecosystem 458 15. The products of the oil palm and their
extraction 460 15.1 Palm oil products and their chemical structure 460 15.2
Nut composition 464 15.3 Oil synthesis and breakdown in the fruit 464 15.4
Extraction of palm products 465 15.5 Further processing of oil palm
products 478 15.6 Other oil palm products 480 16. Marketing, economics, end
use and human health 483 16.1 Palm oil marketing 483 16.2 Production costs
485 16.3 Uses of palm oil and PKO 487 16.4 Palm oil and human health 492
16.5 Conclusions 494 17. Oil palm and climate change 495 17.1 Climate
change 495 17.2 The role of oil palm in climate change 498 17.3 Effects of
climate change on oil palm 505 18. Biofuels 507 18.1 Biofuel from oil palm
507 18.2 Biodiesel from palm oil 510 18.3 Politics and ethics of biofuel
production 514 18.4 Conclusion 518 19. Oil palm and sustainability 519 19.1
The need for sustainability 519 19.1.1 Campaigns against palm oil 519 19.2
Oil palm expansion and deforestation 523 19.3 Biodiversity in plantations
528 19.4 Social aspects of oil palm development 530 19.5 Palm oil and food
supplies 532 20. Concluding remarks 535 20.1 Future demand for palm oil 535
20.2 Future yields 535 20.3 Sustainability 536 Reference list and index of
citations 537 Index 627
to the third edition xxvi Preface to the second edition xxvi Preface to the
first edition xxvii Acknowledgements xxix Abbreviations xxxi 1. The origin
and development of the oil palm industry 1 1.1 Origin of the oil palm 1 1.2
The oil palm in Africa 3 1.3 Development of the oil palm plantation
industry 4 1.4 Development of the industry since 1950 6 1.5 Development
methods 22 1.6 Trade in and use of oil palm products 26 2. The
classification and morphology of the oil palm 30 2.1 Classification of oil
palms 30 2.2 The African oil palm, E. Guineensis Jacq 30 2.3 The American
oil palm, E. Oleifera (HBK) Cortes 49 2.4 The E. Guineensis X E Oleifera
hybrid 51 3. The climate of the oil palm?]growing regions 53 3.1
Temperature 53 3.2 Rainfall, evaporation and water balance 55 3.3 Radiation
and its effects 61 3.4 Total climate and oil palm growth 63 4. The soils of
the oil palm?]growing regions 68 4.1 Soil classification in the equatorial
tropics 68 4.2 Soil characteristics important for the oil palm 72 4.3 Soil
characteristics unfavourable for oil palm 74 4.4 Histosols and peats 77 4.5
Soils of Asia 82 4.6 Soils of Africa 84 4.7 Soils of America 86 5. Growth,
flowering and yield 89 5.1 Analysis of plant growth 89 5.2 Vegetative
growth and partitioning of dry matter 100 5.3 Environmental and management
factors 105 5.4 Flowering 116 5.5 Yield 127 6. Selection and breeding 138
6.1 History of selection 138 6.2 Techniques used in oil palm breeding and
selection 156 6.3 Variation and inheritance 173 6.4 Methods of selection
and breeding 187 6.5 Selection and breeding in practice 197 6.6 Oil palm
improvement in the future 206 7. Vegetative propagation and biotechnology
208 7.1 History of oil palm tissue culture 208 7.2 Tissue?]culture methods
209 7.3 Abnormal flowering, bunch failure and other problems 212 7.4 Clone
testing 216 7.5 The future for oil palm clonal propagation 219 7.6 Other
aspects of oil palm biotechnology 220 8. Seed germination and nurseries 225
8.1 Seed germination 225 8.2 Nurseries 233 9. Site selection and land
preparation 240 9.1 Digital technology and the oil palm plantation 240 9.2
Choice of site for oil palm planting 240 9.3 Plantation layout 250 9.4
Field preparation 255 9.5 Uses and covers of interrows 270 10. The
establishment of oil palms in the field 275 10.1 Planting in the field 275
10.2 Shortening the immature period 278 10.3 Spacing of plants in the field
278 10.4 Practical aspects of field establishment 288 11. Care and
maintenance of oil palms 290 11.1 Care of palms and plant cover 290 11.2
Field mechanisation 301 11.3 Irrigation 303 11.4 Assisted pollination 307
11.5 Fruit bunch harvesting 307 11.6 Oil extraction ratio 317 11.7 Palm age
and replanting 320 11.8 Site potentials and plantation management 321 11.9
Smallholder plantations 327 12. Mineral nutrition of oil palms 329 12.1
General principles of plant nutrition 329 12.2 Palm uptake systems 336 12.3
Nutrient deficiency and its control: field experiments 344 12.4 Nutrient
deficiency and its control: visual symptoms and leaf analysis 351 12.5 Soil
composition and plant nutrition 360 12.6 Practical systems for fertiliser
assessment 363 12.7 Recycling and losses of nutrients 383 12.8 Deficiencies
and toxicities in special and unusual soils 391 12.9 Practical management
of fertilisers 393 13. Diseases of the oil palm 399 13.1 Diseases of
germinating seeds 399 13.2 Seedling diseases 401 13.3 Adult palm leaf
diseases and disorders 404 13.4 Stem and root diseases 408 13.5 Diseases of
the bud or stem apex 429 13.6 Diseases of the bunches and fruit 434 13.7
Other abnormal conditions 435 13.8 Plant quarantine 435 14. Pests of the
oil palm 437 14.1 Integrated pest management 439 14.2 Nursery pests 442
14.3 Leaf pests of immature palms: African spear borer 443 14.4 Stem damage
to young palms 443 14.5 Leaf pests of mature palms 447 14.6 Stem pests of
mature palms 451 14.7 Root pests: Oil palm root miner 453 14.8 Pests
attacking fruit and bunches 453 14.9 Mammals and birds as pests 454 14.10
Insect vectors of diseases 458 14.11 Pests of other components of the oil
palm agroecosystem 458 15. The products of the oil palm and their
extraction 460 15.1 Palm oil products and their chemical structure 460 15.2
Nut composition 464 15.3 Oil synthesis and breakdown in the fruit 464 15.4
Extraction of palm products 465 15.5 Further processing of oil palm
products 478 15.6 Other oil palm products 480 16. Marketing, economics, end
use and human health 483 16.1 Palm oil marketing 483 16.2 Production costs
485 16.3 Uses of palm oil and PKO 487 16.4 Palm oil and human health 492
16.5 Conclusions 494 17. Oil palm and climate change 495 17.1 Climate
change 495 17.2 The role of oil palm in climate change 498 17.3 Effects of
climate change on oil palm 505 18. Biofuels 507 18.1 Biofuel from oil palm
507 18.2 Biodiesel from palm oil 510 18.3 Politics and ethics of biofuel
production 514 18.4 Conclusion 518 19. Oil palm and sustainability 519 19.1
The need for sustainability 519 19.1.1 Campaigns against palm oil 519 19.2
Oil palm expansion and deforestation 523 19.3 Biodiversity in plantations
528 19.4 Social aspects of oil palm development 530 19.5 Palm oil and food
supplies 532 20. Concluding remarks 535 20.1 Future demand for palm oil 535
20.2 Future yields 535 20.3 Sustainability 536 Reference list and index of
citations 537 Index 627
Preface to the fifth edition xxiv Preface to the fourth edition xxv Preface
to the third edition xxvi Preface to the second edition xxvi Preface to the
first edition xxvii Acknowledgements xxix Abbreviations xxxi 1. The origin
and development of the oil palm industry 1 1.1 Origin of the oil palm 1 1.2
The oil palm in Africa 3 1.3 Development of the oil palm plantation
industry 4 1.4 Development of the industry since 1950 6 1.5 Development
methods 22 1.6 Trade in and use of oil palm products 26 2. The
classification and morphology of the oil palm 30 2.1 Classification of oil
palms 30 2.2 The African oil palm, E. Guineensis Jacq 30 2.3 The American
oil palm, E. Oleifera (HBK) Cortes 49 2.4 The E. Guineensis X E Oleifera
hybrid 51 3. The climate of the oil palm?]growing regions 53 3.1
Temperature 53 3.2 Rainfall, evaporation and water balance 55 3.3 Radiation
and its effects 61 3.4 Total climate and oil palm growth 63 4. The soils of
the oil palm?]growing regions 68 4.1 Soil classification in the equatorial
tropics 68 4.2 Soil characteristics important for the oil palm 72 4.3 Soil
characteristics unfavourable for oil palm 74 4.4 Histosols and peats 77 4.5
Soils of Asia 82 4.6 Soils of Africa 84 4.7 Soils of America 86 5. Growth,
flowering and yield 89 5.1 Analysis of plant growth 89 5.2 Vegetative
growth and partitioning of dry matter 100 5.3 Environmental and management
factors 105 5.4 Flowering 116 5.5 Yield 127 6. Selection and breeding 138
6.1 History of selection 138 6.2 Techniques used in oil palm breeding and
selection 156 6.3 Variation and inheritance 173 6.4 Methods of selection
and breeding 187 6.5 Selection and breeding in practice 197 6.6 Oil palm
improvement in the future 206 7. Vegetative propagation and biotechnology
208 7.1 History of oil palm tissue culture 208 7.2 Tissue?]culture methods
209 7.3 Abnormal flowering, bunch failure and other problems 212 7.4 Clone
testing 216 7.5 The future for oil palm clonal propagation 219 7.6 Other
aspects of oil palm biotechnology 220 8. Seed germination and nurseries 225
8.1 Seed germination 225 8.2 Nurseries 233 9. Site selection and land
preparation 240 9.1 Digital technology and the oil palm plantation 240 9.2
Choice of site for oil palm planting 240 9.3 Plantation layout 250 9.4
Field preparation 255 9.5 Uses and covers of interrows 270 10. The
establishment of oil palms in the field 275 10.1 Planting in the field 275
10.2 Shortening the immature period 278 10.3 Spacing of plants in the field
278 10.4 Practical aspects of field establishment 288 11. Care and
maintenance of oil palms 290 11.1 Care of palms and plant cover 290 11.2
Field mechanisation 301 11.3 Irrigation 303 11.4 Assisted pollination 307
11.5 Fruit bunch harvesting 307 11.6 Oil extraction ratio 317 11.7 Palm age
and replanting 320 11.8 Site potentials and plantation management 321 11.9
Smallholder plantations 327 12. Mineral nutrition of oil palms 329 12.1
General principles of plant nutrition 329 12.2 Palm uptake systems 336 12.3
Nutrient deficiency and its control: field experiments 344 12.4 Nutrient
deficiency and its control: visual symptoms and leaf analysis 351 12.5 Soil
composition and plant nutrition 360 12.6 Practical systems for fertiliser
assessment 363 12.7 Recycling and losses of nutrients 383 12.8 Deficiencies
and toxicities in special and unusual soils 391 12.9 Practical management
of fertilisers 393 13. Diseases of the oil palm 399 13.1 Diseases of
germinating seeds 399 13.2 Seedling diseases 401 13.3 Adult palm leaf
diseases and disorders 404 13.4 Stem and root diseases 408 13.5 Diseases of
the bud or stem apex 429 13.6 Diseases of the bunches and fruit 434 13.7
Other abnormal conditions 435 13.8 Plant quarantine 435 14. Pests of the
oil palm 437 14.1 Integrated pest management 439 14.2 Nursery pests 442
14.3 Leaf pests of immature palms: African spear borer 443 14.4 Stem damage
to young palms 443 14.5 Leaf pests of mature palms 447 14.6 Stem pests of
mature palms 451 14.7 Root pests: Oil palm root miner 453 14.8 Pests
attacking fruit and bunches 453 14.9 Mammals and birds as pests 454 14.10
Insect vectors of diseases 458 14.11 Pests of other components of the oil
palm agroecosystem 458 15. The products of the oil palm and their
extraction 460 15.1 Palm oil products and their chemical structure 460 15.2
Nut composition 464 15.3 Oil synthesis and breakdown in the fruit 464 15.4
Extraction of palm products 465 15.5 Further processing of oil palm
products 478 15.6 Other oil palm products 480 16. Marketing, economics, end
use and human health 483 16.1 Palm oil marketing 483 16.2 Production costs
485 16.3 Uses of palm oil and PKO 487 16.4 Palm oil and human health 492
16.5 Conclusions 494 17. Oil palm and climate change 495 17.1 Climate
change 495 17.2 The role of oil palm in climate change 498 17.3 Effects of
climate change on oil palm 505 18. Biofuels 507 18.1 Biofuel from oil palm
507 18.2 Biodiesel from palm oil 510 18.3 Politics and ethics of biofuel
production 514 18.4 Conclusion 518 19. Oil palm and sustainability 519 19.1
The need for sustainability 519 19.1.1 Campaigns against palm oil 519 19.2
Oil palm expansion and deforestation 523 19.3 Biodiversity in plantations
528 19.4 Social aspects of oil palm development 530 19.5 Palm oil and food
supplies 532 20. Concluding remarks 535 20.1 Future demand for palm oil 535
20.2 Future yields 535 20.3 Sustainability 536 Reference list and index of
citations 537 Index 627
to the third edition xxvi Preface to the second edition xxvi Preface to the
first edition xxvii Acknowledgements xxix Abbreviations xxxi 1. The origin
and development of the oil palm industry 1 1.1 Origin of the oil palm 1 1.2
The oil palm in Africa 3 1.3 Development of the oil palm plantation
industry 4 1.4 Development of the industry since 1950 6 1.5 Development
methods 22 1.6 Trade in and use of oil palm products 26 2. The
classification and morphology of the oil palm 30 2.1 Classification of oil
palms 30 2.2 The African oil palm, E. Guineensis Jacq 30 2.3 The American
oil palm, E. Oleifera (HBK) Cortes 49 2.4 The E. Guineensis X E Oleifera
hybrid 51 3. The climate of the oil palm?]growing regions 53 3.1
Temperature 53 3.2 Rainfall, evaporation and water balance 55 3.3 Radiation
and its effects 61 3.4 Total climate and oil palm growth 63 4. The soils of
the oil palm?]growing regions 68 4.1 Soil classification in the equatorial
tropics 68 4.2 Soil characteristics important for the oil palm 72 4.3 Soil
characteristics unfavourable for oil palm 74 4.4 Histosols and peats 77 4.5
Soils of Asia 82 4.6 Soils of Africa 84 4.7 Soils of America 86 5. Growth,
flowering and yield 89 5.1 Analysis of plant growth 89 5.2 Vegetative
growth and partitioning of dry matter 100 5.3 Environmental and management
factors 105 5.4 Flowering 116 5.5 Yield 127 6. Selection and breeding 138
6.1 History of selection 138 6.2 Techniques used in oil palm breeding and
selection 156 6.3 Variation and inheritance 173 6.4 Methods of selection
and breeding 187 6.5 Selection and breeding in practice 197 6.6 Oil palm
improvement in the future 206 7. Vegetative propagation and biotechnology
208 7.1 History of oil palm tissue culture 208 7.2 Tissue?]culture methods
209 7.3 Abnormal flowering, bunch failure and other problems 212 7.4 Clone
testing 216 7.5 The future for oil palm clonal propagation 219 7.6 Other
aspects of oil palm biotechnology 220 8. Seed germination and nurseries 225
8.1 Seed germination 225 8.2 Nurseries 233 9. Site selection and land
preparation 240 9.1 Digital technology and the oil palm plantation 240 9.2
Choice of site for oil palm planting 240 9.3 Plantation layout 250 9.4
Field preparation 255 9.5 Uses and covers of interrows 270 10. The
establishment of oil palms in the field 275 10.1 Planting in the field 275
10.2 Shortening the immature period 278 10.3 Spacing of plants in the field
278 10.4 Practical aspects of field establishment 288 11. Care and
maintenance of oil palms 290 11.1 Care of palms and plant cover 290 11.2
Field mechanisation 301 11.3 Irrigation 303 11.4 Assisted pollination 307
11.5 Fruit bunch harvesting 307 11.6 Oil extraction ratio 317 11.7 Palm age
and replanting 320 11.8 Site potentials and plantation management 321 11.9
Smallholder plantations 327 12. Mineral nutrition of oil palms 329 12.1
General principles of plant nutrition 329 12.2 Palm uptake systems 336 12.3
Nutrient deficiency and its control: field experiments 344 12.4 Nutrient
deficiency and its control: visual symptoms and leaf analysis 351 12.5 Soil
composition and plant nutrition 360 12.6 Practical systems for fertiliser
assessment 363 12.7 Recycling and losses of nutrients 383 12.8 Deficiencies
and toxicities in special and unusual soils 391 12.9 Practical management
of fertilisers 393 13. Diseases of the oil palm 399 13.1 Diseases of
germinating seeds 399 13.2 Seedling diseases 401 13.3 Adult palm leaf
diseases and disorders 404 13.4 Stem and root diseases 408 13.5 Diseases of
the bud or stem apex 429 13.6 Diseases of the bunches and fruit 434 13.7
Other abnormal conditions 435 13.8 Plant quarantine 435 14. Pests of the
oil palm 437 14.1 Integrated pest management 439 14.2 Nursery pests 442
14.3 Leaf pests of immature palms: African spear borer 443 14.4 Stem damage
to young palms 443 14.5 Leaf pests of mature palms 447 14.6 Stem pests of
mature palms 451 14.7 Root pests: Oil palm root miner 453 14.8 Pests
attacking fruit and bunches 453 14.9 Mammals and birds as pests 454 14.10
Insect vectors of diseases 458 14.11 Pests of other components of the oil
palm agroecosystem 458 15. The products of the oil palm and their
extraction 460 15.1 Palm oil products and their chemical structure 460 15.2
Nut composition 464 15.3 Oil synthesis and breakdown in the fruit 464 15.4
Extraction of palm products 465 15.5 Further processing of oil palm
products 478 15.6 Other oil palm products 480 16. Marketing, economics, end
use and human health 483 16.1 Palm oil marketing 483 16.2 Production costs
485 16.3 Uses of palm oil and PKO 487 16.4 Palm oil and human health 492
16.5 Conclusions 494 17. Oil palm and climate change 495 17.1 Climate
change 495 17.2 The role of oil palm in climate change 498 17.3 Effects of
climate change on oil palm 505 18. Biofuels 507 18.1 Biofuel from oil palm
507 18.2 Biodiesel from palm oil 510 18.3 Politics and ethics of biofuel
production 514 18.4 Conclusion 518 19. Oil palm and sustainability 519 19.1
The need for sustainability 519 19.1.1 Campaigns against palm oil 519 19.2
Oil palm expansion and deforestation 523 19.3 Biodiversity in plantations
528 19.4 Social aspects of oil palm development 530 19.5 Palm oil and food
supplies 532 20. Concluding remarks 535 20.1 Future demand for palm oil 535
20.2 Future yields 535 20.3 Sustainability 536 Reference list and index of
citations 537 Index 627