ipl-logo

Essay On Oil Palm

860 Words4 Pages

According to Malaysia Palm Oil Council, 4.49 million hectares of land in Malaysia is under oil palm cultivation. Oil palm in Malaysia producing 17.73 million tonnes of palm oil and 2.13 tonnes of palm kernel oil. Oil palm tree produces compact bunches weighing between 10 and 25 kilograms with 1000 to 3000 fruitlets per bunch. (The Oil Palm Tree, 2012). Oil palm plantation activity start with cultivation. Usually a germinated seed will be cultured in the pre-nursery for three months before moving up to nursery for additional nine to 10 months. Then, planting palm oil is suitable when the seedlings aged 12-15 months for normal growing. 150 g – 200 g of phosphate fertilizer is apply before plant the seedling. Based on a case study of Malaysia Palm Oil Industry by Mahat, (2012), after 30 to 36 months, the first fruit brunch can be harvested and usually their weight between two to three kg only. The peak productivity of fruit brunches will occur in the 8th to 15th years of plantation. Normally, the oil palm tree can reach up to 70 to 100 feet in height and they will be removed from production once reach 25 feet which …show more content…

Minerals in soisl are vital because minerals provide volume and mass to the soil, and also as they weather, mineral supply elements required for growth of plants and provide materials to form other materials. These mineral nutrient available in the soil and absorbed through plant’s roots. Macronutrients and micronutrients are two groups of mineral available in the soils. The elements fall under macronutrient are nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium and sulfur while the micronutrients are boron, copper, iron, chloride, manganese, molybdenum and zinc. Zinc are important in for the formation of carbohydrates, regulates consumption of sugars and zinc also part of enzyme system which regulate plant growth (plant nutrient,

Show More
Related

  • The Bean Trees And Two Kinds: A Comparative Analysis

    967 Words  | 4 Pages

    “Children learn more from what you are than what you teach” (W.E.B DuBois). Children constantly gain knowledge from their parent’s actions and decisions. Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Peña, The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, and Two Kinds by Amy Tan all show different ways parents influence their child’s behavior and decisions. Throughout these three novels, parents are role models for their children through the examples they set, the way they treat them, and how they force them into situations. A child’s actions reflects the influence from their parents because they want to make their parents proud.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of The Bean Trees By Barbara Kingsolver

    756 Words  | 4 Pages

    In the Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, the main character, Taylor Greer, leaves home in hopes of adventure and something new from her home in rural Kentucky. Five years after high school, she saves enough money for herself to get an old Volkswagen bug; however, little does she know that her trip will leave her with permanent responsibilities and new friends whom she never imagined she'd meet. When Taylor's car runs out of gas in Taylorville, the place of where she changed her name to Taylor from Marietta, she decides to stop at a bar to get a bite to eat. When she gets back into her car, a woman puts a baby in her car and tells her that she, herself, is the sister of the mother and to take the child; then, she leaves with no further explanation.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of The Bean Trees By Barbara Kingsolver

    755 Words  | 4 Pages

    One's voyage to self-satisfaction and comprehension cannot achieve all alone. Dependably there must have different impacts to aid one little seed to develop and flourish. Throughout The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver depicts the setting in order to provide insight into Taylor Greer, a protagonist who struggles with discovering her true identity, through her journey to self-satisfaction. Taylor’s experience in Pittman, Kentucky, the trip to Tucson, Arizona and last but not least Cherokee Nation helps discover her true identity. Firstly, Kingsolver uses Taylor’s hometown state of Pittman, Kentucky to show the setting of how Taylor’s emotions and feelings of entrapment and desperation to get away reflect on her identity.

    Read More

  • Observation In Burns Bog And Watershed Park

    783 Words  | 4 Pages

    For example, Sphagnum Moss obtains the minerals it needs (calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium) by exchanging ions with the environment (Ecoscope: For Sustaining Wetlands). Hydrogen ions are exchanged with the cell wall of Sphagnum and this is called cation exchange. Since hydrogen ions are dissolved into the water, it becomes more acidic. The Sphagnum gains it minerals this way as bogs are mineral poor. Soil that has higher rates of cation exchange are more fertile that the soil that does not.

    Read More

  • Comparison Of Competition Between Mexican Palm Trees And Coast Live Oak

    1512 Words  | 7 Pages

    The scientific name for this tree is Washingtonia robusta. This specific tree is native to northwestern Mexico but were not brought to southern California until the turn of the century. The Mexican fan palm tree is rapid growing and can soar up to 30.5 meters, although the average is 12 to 15 meters. Their trunks are often 25.4 to 30.5 cm in diameter and become slimmer towards the top of the tree. They have bright green broad fan shaped, palmate leaves.

    Read More

  • Trip To Wekiva State Park

    2719 Words  | 11 Pages

    The soil had visibly changed from a moist black organic soil to a much dryer lighter in color sandy consistency. The canopy changed as well, more oaks and elm trees were present and the buttressing of the tree trunks was significantly reduced. The magnolia tree was also starting to be introduced into the area, another indicator that the habitat was moving away from the wetter locations. The cabbage palm, being the primary species of understory is fairly easy to locate in the temperate hardwood habitat. This plant covered the forest floor and seemed to act a divider between the pine flatwoods and

    Read More

  • Methyl Linoleate, Two-Butanol

    532 Words  | 3 Pages

    In part 1, the 5 fuels, commercial biodiesel, methyl linoleate, 2-Butanol, Methanol, and Ethanol, were divided among five groups. Each group prepared 6 petri dishes; each dish fitted with a layer of filter paper, 30 seeds, and then another layer of filter paper on top. In preparation for the biodiesel methyl linoleate, 2.25 mL of the biodiesel along with 17.75 mL of water were used to make 20 mL of 10% biodiesel. This amount was split in half 4 times using a graduated cylinder and the appropriate amount of deionized water were added to make 10 mL each of 10%, 5%, 2.5%, 1.25%, and .63% of biodiesel solution. These were poured into the 5 appropriately labeled petri dish; the control dish got 10 mL of DI water.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of The Bean Trees By Barbara Kingsolver

    1569 Words  | 7 Pages

    The Bean Trees “The Bean Trees” was written by Barbara Kingsolver, a novelist, poet, and essayist. She was born on April 8, 1955. Kingsolver was raised in eastern Kentucky but now resides in Tucson, Arizona with her husband and children. The purpose of “The Bean Trees” is to inform people of the hardships of the real world and to promote social change.

    Read More

  • Red Palm Oil Analysis

    1435 Words  | 6 Pages

    In the Dr. Oz video, Dr. Oz is promoting red palm fruit oil. Through demonstrations, Dr. Oz claimed two effects of consuming red palm fruit oil: to clean artery plaque and help burn belly fat. According to Dr. Oz, red palm fruit oil is essential to keep blood vessel in the heart open. Dr. Oz and his assistant claimed that although red palm fruit oil is saturated fat, it is different from the “bad” saturated fat such as butter. Dr. Oz had two models of artery for demonstration.

    Read More

  • Radish Plant Experiment

    924 Words  | 4 Pages

    Based on these results, it is hypothesized that if the amount of topsoil increases by 25% then plant growth increases because topsoil contains essential nutrients required for proper plant

    Read More

  • Why Is Chlorine So Important?

    761 Words  | 4 Pages

    An essential element is a nutrient that would cause severe disruption to reproduction and plant growth if absent (Hillis, 2012). The chemical is found in the soil and actually very important because it is a photosystem II cofactor, assists in signaling and solute and electrochemical balances (Starr, 2009). Chlorine is actually a micronutrient in plants. A micronutrient is a nutrient that is found in small concentrations in the plant’s dry matter (Hillis, 2012).

    Read More

  • Sumatran Orangutans

    1574 Words  | 7 Pages

    The rare, tropical timbers and the vast areas of ancient forest and peat-swamps are cut down make way for the increasing number of palm oil plantations. Huge tracts of forest have been cleared throughout their range and the

    Read More

  • Advantages And Disadvantages Of Palm Oil

    1009 Words  | 5 Pages

    The main problem with palm oil is that only way that it can be massed produced comes at the expense of the biodiversity and ecosystems of the various countries that manufacture the oil.(A) As of 2010 Indonesia one of the leading manufactures of palm oil have reduced a third of their mammal species to the critically endangered list, this is one of many examples of the consequences of the unsustainability of developing palm oil.(F) One animal of meticulous significance is the orangutan. Over ninety percent of the orangutan’s habitat have been deforested in the last twenty years, causing it to be considered “a conservation emergency’ by the United

    Read More

  • Rainforest Deforestation Essay

    1657 Words  | 7 Pages

    Rainforests are one of the most useful things in this world. They contribute to a lot of the world’s resources and at the moment are being taken advantage of. Based on research done by Rhett butler (Co-founder of Tropical Conservation Science), it shows that by 2013 only 81.4% of the rainforest is left. Whereas in 1970 we still had 97.6% of the world’s rainforest. By 2013, we can see that approximately 763,104 trees have been cut down.

    Read More

  • Importance Of Plants Essay

    2023 Words  | 9 Pages

    Introduction Plants are a major necessity in the balance of nature, people’s lives, and our terrain. We may not realize it, but plants are the ultimate source of food for almost 95% of the world population so says the National Group of Food. It’s a fact that over 7,000 species of plants are being consumed today. Plants are one of the reasons that we get clean water; as they help regulate the water cycle.

    Read More

More about Essay On Oil Palm

Open Document