oilpalm Tag

08 Jan

Posted at 06:56h in Crop Cultivation
Asha Kushwah1, Sanjay2, Rahul Singh Sikarwar3, Ravi4, Abhishek5, Poonam6, Sarika Mahore7 0 views

ऑयलपाम की खेती Oil palm (Elaeisguineensis Jacq.), is a native of West Africa and popularly known as African oil palm or red oil palm. It is known to be the highest edible oil yielding perennial crop. It produces two distinct oils, i.e., palm oil and palm kernel oil. Palm oil is derived from fleshy mesocarp of the fruit, which contains about 45-55% of oil. The palm kernel oil, obtained from the kernel of stony seed, is a potential source of lauric oil. Oil palm is the crop of the present and future vegetable oil economy of world as well as India. Palm oil has good consumer acceptance as cooking medium because of its price...

30 Oct

Posted at 09:10h in Miscellaneous
Bhagya, H.P. and Anitha, P. 69 views

उगाऐ गऐ तेल ताड़ के फलों में विविधता Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is perennial vegetable oil yielding crop. Which gives 4-6 t/ha of oil yield per hectare. Area covered under oil palm in India is around 3, 25000 hectares and Andhra Pradesh is leading in area with 1, 56000 hectares. India is the world's largest importer of palm oil, importing of 8-9 million tonnes of the edible oil per annum from the overseas market. Palm oil accounts for over 60 % of the country's total edible oil imports. India imports palm oil mainly from Indonesia and Malaysia, the world's largest producers. To reduce the import of oil from other country we need to...

16 Dec

Posted at 06:20h in Miscellaneous
L.Saravanan 5,496 views

तेल पाम में परागण करने वाला एक घुन या कीट- भुजा एलाइडोबियस कामरुनिकस (फ़ॉस्ट) Oil palm, Elaeis guineensis Jacq. is a monoecious plant which means it bears male and female inflorescences, separated from one another on the same vegetative axis. This particular situation demands cross pollination, as both the inflorescences of the same plant are seldom simultaneously receptive. Pollination in oil palm is primarily by various means viz., wind and insects. Several species of insects are reported as natural pollinating agents, of which Elaeidobius kamerunicus is the predominant species. Introduction of this weevil increased fruit set from 36.9 to 56.0% resulting in 40% increase in bunch weight. Knowing about various aspects...