Diseases affecting oil palm

Alvarez, Elizabeth. (2018). Diseases affecting oil palm. In: Rival, Alain. (ed.), Achieving sustainable cultivation of oil palm Volume 2: Diseases, pests, quality and sustainability, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2018, ISBN 9781786761088002. (Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science)

The oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is one of the world’s major sources of edible oil and a precursor of biodiesel fuel. This chapter reviews the oil palm diseases which act as a major production constraint in West Africa, South East Asia and South and Central America. The chapter also describes the characteristics of these key diseases and highlights the methods that are currently being applied to control them.