Pocketbook of palm oil uses
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) was first introduced to Malaysia as an ornamental plant in 1870 and has now become the cornerstone of the country's agricultural sector, with a planted area of 3.3 million hectares (1999), which has grown every year since 1960 in a beautiful semi-exponential curve w...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Kuala Lumpur
Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia
1995
©1995 |
| Edition: | 3rd edition |
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Add Tag | Summary: | Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) was first introduced to Malaysia as an ornamental plant in 1870 and has now become the cornerstone of the country's agricultural sector, with a planted area of 3.3 million hectares (1999), which has grown every year since 1960 in a beautiful semi-exponential curve without a single interruption (Figure 1). In Malaysia, the oil palm planted is mainly the hybrid tenera which yields about 4.0 tonnes of palm oil per hectare, plus about 0.5 tonne palm kernel oil (PKO) and 0.6 tonne palm kernel meal (PKM). Harvesting of oil palm bunches commences 30 months after planting reaches maturity in three years and has an economic life of about 25 years. It gives the highest yield of oil per hectare of any crop. |
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| Physical Description: | 73 pages colour illustrations 19 cm |
| ISBN: | 9679610152 9789679610154 |
Pocketbook of palm oil uses