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Achieving sustainable cultivation of oil palm Volume 1
Prof. Alain Rival | Dr Stefano Savi | Dr Choo Yuen May | YewAi Tan | Ahmad Dermawan | Dr Otto Hospes | Pablo Pacheco | Dr Patrice Levang | George Schoneveld | Dr Estelle Jaligot | Dr N Rajanaidu | A. Mohd Din | M. Marhalil | A. Norziha | O. A. Meilina | A. M. Fadila | A. B. Nor Azwani | L. Adelina | H. Zulkifli | S. Wan Salmiah | A. Kushairi | Dr Benoît Cochard | Dr Tristan Durand-Gasselin | Dr Rajinder Singh | Chan Pek Lan | Maizura Ithnin | Umi Salamah Ramli | Prof. Denis J. Murphy | Christopher Teh Boon Sung | Cheah See Siang | Dr Jean-Pierre Caliman | Suhardi | Pujianto | Dr Bernard Dubos | Dr Didier Snoeck | Dr Jean-Marc Roda
(2018)
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Abstract
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
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Not sure what you're getting if you buy this book? Click on the cover image below to open a PDF and preview pages from the book. .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
‘This collection aims to be as comprehensive as possible in coverage, therefore should be essential reading not only for planters and researchers, but also for those involved with international agencies, governmental institutions, academia and non-profit organisations.’ M. R. Chandran, Advisor and former Vice-President, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | v | ||
| Series list | ix | ||
| Introduction | xiii | ||
| Part 1 Setting the scene | xiii | ||
| Part 2 Plant physiology and breeding | xiv | ||
| Part 3 Cultivation techniques | xv | ||
| Part 1 Setting the scene | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1 The palm oil market: growth and trends | 3 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 2 | ||
| 2 Oil palm cultivation and palm oil production | 4 | ||
| 3 Regional oil palm production trends | 5 | ||
| 4 Palm oil industry and market | 6 | ||
| 5 Ecological impact of palm oil production | 8 | ||
| 6 Social impacts | 11 | ||
| 7 Conclusion and future trends | 11 | ||
| 8 Where to look for further information | 13 | ||
| 9 References | 13 | ||
| Chapter 2 Research trends in oil palm cultivation | 17 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 16 | ||
| 2 Establishment of oil palm as an economic crop | 19 | ||
| 3 Yield improvement | 19 | ||
| 4 Oil palm genomics and genetic engineering | 21 | ||
| 5 Cultivation with minimal environmental impact | 23 | ||
| 6 Conclusion | 26 | ||
| 7 Where to look for further information | 27 | ||
| 8 References | 27 | ||
| Chapter 3 Sustainability pathways in oil palm cultivation: a comparison of Indonesia, Colombia and Cameroon | 33 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 33 | ||
| 2 Conceptualizing sustainable pathways | 34 | ||
| 3 Oil palm production in Indonesia, Colombia and Cameroon | 36 | ||
| 4 Sustainable pathways: challenges and initiatives | 39 | ||
| 5 The dynamics of sustainability: actors, regulations and practices | 42 | ||
| 6 Conclusions: creating sustainable pathways | 44 | ||
| 7 Where to look for further information | 44 | ||
| 8 References | 44 | ||
| Chapter 4 The palm oil governance complex: progress, problems and gaps | 49 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 48 | ||
| 2 Conceptual framework: the palm \noil governance complex | 51 | ||
| 3 Constituent parts of the palm oil \ngovernance complex | 55 | ||
| 4 Critical problems affecting the palm oil \ngovernance complex | 61 | ||
| 5 Major gaps in the governance \nof the palm oil sector | 64 | ||
| 6 Conclusions | 66 | ||
| 7 Where to look for further information | 67 | ||
| 8 References | 68 | ||
| Part 2 Plant physiology and breeding | 73 | ||
| Chapter 5 Advances in understanding oil palm reproductive development | 75 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 74 | ||
| 2 Sex ratio | 77 | ||
| 3 Inflorescence and flower development | 79 | ||
| 4 Fruit development and maturation and oil composition | 82 | ||
| 5 Fruit shedding and oil acidification | 83 | ||
| 6 Future trends and conclusion | 84 | ||
| 7 Where to look for further information | 86 | ||
| 8 References | 86 | ||
| Chapter 6 Diversity in the genetic resources of oil palm | 93 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 92 | ||
| 2 The genetic base of current breeding materials | 95 | ||
| 3 Genetic diversity in oil palm: fruit forms | 98 | ||
| 4 Genetic diversity in oil palm: fruit types | 100 | ||
| 5 Genetic diversity in oil palm: morphological traits | 104 | ||
| 6 Genetic diversity in oil palm: genetic markers | 106 | ||
| 7 Conservation of oil palm collections | 109 | ||
| 8 Utilization of germ plasm | 111 | ||
| 9 Conclusion | 113 | ||
| 10 Where to look for further information | 113 | ||
| 11 Acknowledgement | 113 | ||
| 12 References | 113 | ||
| Chapter 7 Advances in conventional breeding techniques for oil palm | 117 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 116 | ||
| 2 Early history of oil palm breeding | 118 | ||
| 3 Oil palm breeding from the beginning of the 20th Century | 121 | ||
| 4 Breeding objectives and methods | 123 | ||
| 5 Data collection methods | 128 | ||
| 6 Impact of reciprocal recurrent selection (RRS) on oil yield | 129 | ||
| 7 Impact of oil palm breeding on other traits and using other methods | 133 | ||
| 8 Seed production | 135 | ||
| 9 Future trends | 138 | ||
| 10 References | 140 | ||
| Chapter 8 Advances in marker-assisted breeding of oil palm | 145 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 144 | ||
| 2 Application of markers for paternity testing in oil palm | 147 | ||
| 3 Genomic resources and tools for MAS | 148 | ||
| 4 MAS for predicting monogenic traits | 149 | ||
| 5 MAS for predicting quantitative traits in oil palm breeding | 152 | ||
| 6 MAS in oil palm tissue culture | 156 | ||
| 7 Factors contributing to large-scale application of MAS in oil palm | 158 | ||
| 8 Future trends | 160 | ||
| 9 Conclusion | 160 | ||
| 10 Where to look for further information | 161 | ||
| 11 References | 161 | ||
| Chapter 9 Advances in the genetic modification of oil palm | 169 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 168 | ||
| 2 Early and current genetically modified (GM) crop varieties | 170 | ||
| 3 GM oil palm in Malaysia | 171 | ||
| 4 Improving the fatty acid composition of palm oil | 173 | ||
| 5 Progress to date in oil palm transformation | 174 | ||
| 6 New technologies for genome editing – an alternative to ‘classical GM’ | 176 | ||
| 7 Conclusions and future prospects | 176 | ||
| 8 Where to look for further information | 177 | ||
| 9 References | 177 | ||
| Part 3 Cultivation techniques | 181 | ||
| Chapter 10 Modelling crop growth and yield in palm oil cultivation | 183 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 182 | ||
| 2 Theory and model development | 184 | ||
| 3 Modelling meteorology | 185 | ||
| 4 Modelling photosynthesis | 187 | ||
| 5 Modelling energy balance | 193 | ||
| 6 Modelling soil water flow | 199 | ||
| 7 Modelling crop growth | 203 | ||
| 8 Model testing | 209 | ||
| 9 Results and discussion | 210 | ||
| 10 Conclusion | 218 | ||
| 11 Where to look for further information | 219 | ||
| 12 Acknowledgement | 219 | ||
| 13 List of main symbols | 219 | ||
| 14 References | 223 | ||
| Chapter 11 Improving soil health and crop nutrition in oil palm cultivation | 229 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 228 | ||
| 2 Soil fertility | 231 | ||
| 3 Nutrient management | 242 | ||
| 4 Mineral nutrition and planting material | 248 | ||
| 5 The specific case of smallholders | 248 | ||
| 6 Future trends and conclusion | 248 | ||
| 7 Where to look for further information | 250 | ||
| 8 References | 250 | ||
| Chapter 12 Maintaining soil health in oil palm cultivation | 255 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 254 | ||
| 2 Key issues and challenges | 256 | ||
| 3 Management practices and soil health in oil palm plantations | 258 | ||
| 4 Optimizing biomass recycling: the promising way to increase yields and sustainability | 264 | ||
| 5 Future trends in research | 265 | ||
| 6 Where to look for further information | 266 | ||
| 7 References | 267 | ||
| Chapter 13 Use of palm oil for biofuel | 269 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 268 | ||
| 2 Trends in biofuels | 271 | ||
| 3 Production of palm-based biofuels | 274 | ||
| 4 Biodiesel economics | 276 | ||
| 5 Imports and defiscalisation: the odd alliance | 278 | ||
| 6 The geopolitics of agribusiness: competition between productions systems | 281 | ||
| 7 Conclusions | 283 | ||
| 8 References | 285 | ||
| Index | 287 |