Hartley, C. W. S.  1911- <br/><br/>
The oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) / 
C.W.S. Hartley. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Harlow, Essex, England :  New York :  Longman Scientific & Technical ;  Wiley,  1988. 
 - xiv, 761 p., [12] p. of plates :  ill. (some col.) ;  22 cm. 
 - Tropical agriculture series .
<br/><br/> CONTENTS<br/><br/>The origin and development of the oil palm industry<br/>The botany of the oil palm<br/>The climates and soils of the oil palm regions<br/>Factors affecting growth, flowering and yield<br/>Oil palm selection and breeding<br/>Germination and the preparation and storage of seed<br/>The raising of nursery seedlings<br/>The preparation of land for oil palm plantations<br/>The establishment of oil palms in the field<br/>The care and maintenance of a plantation<br/>The nutrition of the oil palm<br/>Mixed cropping, rearing livestock among oil palms and tapping for wine<br/>Diseases and pests of the oil palm<br/>The products of the oil palm and their extraction 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0470210702  0582404002 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Oil palm.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>633.851  / HAR