Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the fifth edition -- Preface to the fourth edition -- Preface to the third edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: The Origin and Development of the Oil Palm Industry -- 1.1 ORIGIN OF THE OIL PALM -- 1.2 THE OIL PALM IN AFRICA -- 1.3 DEVELOPMENT OF THE OIL PALM PLANTATION INDUSTRY -- 1.4 DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1950 -- 1.5 DEVELOPMENT METHODS -- 1.6 TRADE IN AND USE OF OIL PALM PRODUCTS -- Chapter 2: The Classification and Morphology of the Oil Palm -- 2.1 CLASSIFICATION OF OIL PALMS -- 2.2 THE AFRICAN OIL PALM, E. GUINEENSIS JACQ -- 2.3 THE AMERICAN OIL PALM, E. OLEIFERA (HBK) CORTES -- 2.4 THE E. GUINEENSIS × E. OLEIFERA HYBRID -- Chapter 3: The Climate of the Oil Palm-Growing Regions -- 3.1 TEMPERATURE -- 3.2 RAINFALL, EVAPORATION AND WATER BALANCE -- 3.3 RADIATION AND ITS EFFECTS -- 3.4 TOTAL CLIMATE AND OIL PALM GROWTH -- Chapter 4: The Soils of the Oil Palm-Growing Regions -- 4.1 SOIL CLASSIFICATION IN THE EQUATORIAL TROPICS -- 4.2 SOIL CHARACTERISTICS IMPORTANT FOR THE OIL PALM -- 4.3. SOIL CHARACTERISTICS UNFAVOURABLE FOR OIL PALM -- 4.4 HISTOSOLS AND PEATS -- 4.5 SOILS OF ASIA -- 4.6 SOILS OF AFRICA -- 4.7 SOILS OF AMERICA -- Chapter 5: Growth, Flowering and Yield -- 5.1 ANALYSIS OF PLANT GROWTH -- 5.2 VEGETATIVE GROWTH AND PARTITIONING OF DRY MATTER -- 5.3 ENVIRONMENTAL AND MANAGEMENT FACTORS -- 5.4 FLOWERING -- 5.5 YIELD -- Chapter 6: Selection and Breeding -- 6.1 HISTORY OF SELECTION -- 6.2 TECHNIQUES USED IN OIL PALM BREEDING AND SELECTION -- 6.3 VARIATION AND INHERITANCE -- 6.4 METHODS OF SELECTION AND BREEDING -- 6.5 SELECTION AND BREEDING IN PRACTICE -- 6.6 OIL PALM IMPROVEMENT IN THE FUTURE -- Chapter 7: Vegetative Propagation and Biotechnology -- 7.1 HISTORY OF OIL PALM TISSUE CULTURE.

7.2 TISSUE-CULTURE METHODS -- 7.3 ABNORMAL FLOWERING, BUNCH FAILURE AND OTHER PROBLEMS -- 7.4 CLONE TESTING -- 7.5 THE FUTURE FOR OIL PALM CLONAL PROPAGATION -- 7.6 OTHER ASPECTS OF OIL PALM BIOTECHNOLOGY -- Chapter 8: Seed Germination and Nurseries -- 8.1 SEED GERMINATION -- 8.2 NURSERIES -- Chapter 9: Site Selection and Land Preparation -- 9.1 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND THE OIL PALM PLANTATION -- 9.2 CHOICE OF SITE FOR OIL PALM PLANTING -- 9.3 PLANTATION LAYOUT -- 9.4 FIELD PREPARATION -- 9.5 USES AND COVERS OF INTERROWS -- Chapter 10: The Establishment of Oil Palms in the Field -- 10.1 PLANTING IN THE FIELD -- 10.2 SHORTENING THE IMMATURE PERIOD -- 10.3 SPACING OF PLANTS IN THE FIELD -- 10.4 PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF FIELD ESTABLISHMENT -- Chapter 11: Care and Maintenance of Oil Palms -- 11.1 CARE OF PALMS AND PLANT COVER -- 11.2 FIELD MECHANISATION -- 11.3 IRRIGATION -- 11.4 ASSISTED POLLINATION -- 11.5 FRUIT BUNCH HARVESTING -- 11.6 OIL EXTRACTION RATIO -- 11.7 PALM AGE AND REPLANTING -- 11.8 SITE POTENTIALS AND PLANTATION MANAGEMENT -- 11.9 SMALLHOLDER PLANTATIONS -- Chapter 12: Mineral Nutrition of Oil Palms -- 12.1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PLANT NUTRITION -- 12.2 PALM UPTAKE SYSTEMS -- 12.3 NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY AND ITS CONTROL: FIELD EXPERIMENTS -- 12.4 NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY AND ITS CONTROL: VISUAL SYMPTOMS AND LEAF ANALYSIS -- 12.5 SOIL COMPOSITION AND PLANT NUTRITION -- 12.6 PRACTICAL SYSTEMS FOR FERTILISER ASSESSMENT -- 12.7 RECYCLING AND LOSSES OF NUTRIENTS -- 12.8 DEFICIENCIES AND TOXICITIES IN SPECIAL AND UNUSUAL SOILS -- 12.9 PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT OF FERTILISERS -- Chapter 13: Diseases of the Oil Palm -- 13.1 DISEASES OF GERMINATING SEEDS -- 13.2 SEEDLING DISEASES -- 13.3 ADULT PALM LEAF DISEASES AND DISORDERS -- 13.4 STEM AND ROOT DISEASES -- 13.5 DISEASES OF THE BUD OR STEM APEX -- 13.6 DISEASES OF THE BUNCHES AND FRUIT.

13.7 OTHER ABNORMAL CONDITIONS -- 13.8 PLANT QUARANTINE -- Chapter 14: Pests of the Oil Palm -- 14.1 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT -- 14.2 NURSERY PESTS -- 14.3 LEAF PESTS OF IMMATURE PALMS: AFRICAN SPEAR BORER -- 14.4 STEM DAMAGE TO YOUNG PALMS -- 14.5 LEAF PESTS OF MATURE PALMS -- 14.6 STEM PESTS OF MATURE PALMS -- 14.7 ROOT PESTS: OIL PALM ROOT MINER -- 14.8 PESTS ATTACKING FRUIT AND BUNCHES -- 14.9 MAMMALS AND BIRDS AS PESTS -- 14.10 INSECT VECTORS OF DISEASES -- 14.11 PESTS OF OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE OIL PALM AGROECOSYSTEM -- Chapter 15: The Products of the Oil Palm and Their Extraction -- 15.1 PALM OIL PRODUCTS AND THEIR CHEMICAL STRUCTURE -- 15.2 NUT COMPOSITION -- 15.3 OIL SYNTHESIS AND BREAKDOWN IN THE FRUIT -- 15.4 EXTRACTION OF PALM PRODUCTS -- 15.5 FURTHER PROCESSING OF OIL PALM PRODUCTS -- 15.6 OTHER OIL PALM PRODUCTS -- Chapter 16: Marketing, Economics, End Use and Human Health -- 16.1 PALM OIL MARKETING -- 16.2 PRODUCTION COSTS -- 16.3 USES OF PALM OIL AND PKO -- 16.4 PALM OIL AND HUMAN HEALTH -- 16.5 CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 17: Oil Palm and Climate Change -- 17.1 CLIMATE CHANGE -- 17.2 THE ROLE OF OIL PALM IN CLIMATE CHANGE -- 17.3 EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON OIL PALM -- Chapter 18: Biofuels -- 18.1 BIOFUEL FROM OIL PALM -- 18.2 BIODIESEL FROM PALM OIL -- 18.3 POLITICS AND ETHICS OF BIOFUEL PRODUCTION -- 18.4 CONCLUSION -- Chapter 19: Oil Palm and Sustainability -- 19.1 THE NEED FOR SUSTAINABILITY -- 19.2 OIL PALM EXPANSION AND DEFORESTATION -- 19.3 BIODIVERSITY IN PLANTATIONS -- 19.4 SOCIAL ASPECTS OF OIL PALM DEVELOPMENT -- 19.5 PALM OIL AND FOOD SUPPLIES -- Chapter 20: Concluding Remarks -- 20.1 FUTURE DEMAND FOR PALM OIL -- 20.2 FUTURE YIELDS -- 20.3 SUSTAINABILITY -- Reference list and index of citations -- Index -- Supplemental Images -- End User License Agreement.