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  • Seed Production in Oil Palm

    A Manual

    Series Book 1 - Techniques in Plantation Science
    This is a practical guide to seed germination in oil palm for both breeding and genetic studies as well as commercial seed production. Oil palm is the top oil crop in the world and this manual provides step-by-step illustrated methods, written by practitioners actively engaged in oil palm seed production and breeding. Presenting sound practices based on scientific innovation and knowledge, this ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Crossing in Oil Palm

    A Manual

    Series Book 2 - Techniques in Plantation Science
    Oil palm is the world's most important oil crop and crossing is used extensively in the production of commercial seed, breeding and genetic studies. This book illustrates crossing techniques to maximise success and safeguard purity, enabling the production of high quality seeds to grow-on as planting material and in breeding superior cultivars. Presenting sound practices based on scientific ... Read more

    $24.89 USD

  • Nursery Screening for Ganoderma Response in Oil Palm Seedlings

    A Manual

    Series Book 3 - Techniques in Plantation Science
    This is a hands-on, practical guide covering seedling screening for disease response in oil palm for pathology, breeding and genetics. Oil palm is the top oil crop in the world and Ganoderma is the most devastating disease of oil palm. The authors are all actively engaged in oil palm seed production and breeding and bring together the many aspects of seedling disease testing in to one integrated ... Read more

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  • Bunch and Oil Analysis of Oil Palm

    A Manual

    Series Book 9 - Techniques in Plantation Science
    This is a hands-on, practical guide to describe physical bunch and oil analysis of oil palm. Bunch and oil analysis laboratories are set up at oil mills to assess production, yield potential of plantations and oil extraction rates relative to targets. The higher the oil yields produced by the planting material, the less land that is needed to achieve a specific level of production, hence helping ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Nursery Practices in Oil Palm

    A Manual

    Series Book 19 - Techniques in Plantation Science
    This is a hands-on, practical guide to general and specific practices in oil palm nurseries to produce healthy, vigorous and uniform plants ready for field planting. There are two nursery stages, pre-nursery and main nursery. The pre-nursery receives both germinated seeds and tissue culture produced plantlets (ramets) which are planted in a relatively small area in which shade and humidity can be ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Trichoderma: Ganoderma Disease Control in Oil Palm

    A Manual

    Series Book 20 - Techniques in Plantation Science
    This is a hands-on practical guide to the use of Trichoderma as a biocontrol, as part of sustainable disease control measures for Ganoderma disease in oil palm plantations. The manual provides background information on Ganoderma (basal stem rot), the most devastating disease of oil palm in Southeast Asia, as well as on the benefits of Trichoderma fungi in safe guarding yields. The disease is ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Field Trials in Oil Palm Breeding

    A Manual

    Series Book 12 - Techniques in Plantation Science
    This is a hands-on, practical guide to describe field trials in oil palm breeding. Such trials are essential in almost all breeding programmes to select and verify the real expression of different target traits. In oil palm these include yield, tolerance to pests and diseases, oil quality and adaptability to the environment. Breeding success is dependent upon the genetic resources available and ... Read more

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  • Mutation Breeding in Oil Palm

    A Manual

    Series Book 5 - Techniques in Plantation Science
    This is a practical guide to mutation breeding in oil palm, representing completely novel work supported by the Plant Breeding and Genetics Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division (Vienna, Austria). Oil palm is the top oil crop and the only major crop and only oil crop not to have been improved by plant mutation breeding. The manual is hands-on, providing step-by-step illustrated methods in ... Read more

    $24.89 USD