Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
Emerging technological knowledge is leading into new ventures. One such of these is the conversion of vegetable oils to polymers to augment the use of petroleum products as the source of polymeric raw materials. Vegetable oils, such as palm oil and soyabean oil, now mainly used in the food industry, could offer alternative applications for […]
Briefing on the Oil Palm Industry and NKEA of the Palm Oil Sector Dialogue between MPOB Chairman and Smallholders Licensing of Palm Oil Transporters Launching of Pusat Latihan Sawit Malaysia (PLASMA), Keratong …
This article aims at: (1) to give wider and more in-depth information related to the structural development of the oil palm industry in Indonesia, (2) to explain the structure and socio-economic roles of the oil palm industry in Indonesia, (3) to explore the challenges encountered and emerging opportunities in recent and future development of the […]
Screening for natural haploids by flow cytometry and chromosome counts on 518 culled tissue culture plantlets and 13 twin germinated seeds yielded no haploids. In anther culture experiments, anthers bearing pollen mother cells (PMC) at the uninucleate and tetrad stages were collected and stored at 4oC for one, two, four, six, eight, 10 and 12 […]
Ganoderma boninense has been identified as a ‘white rot’ pathogen that causes basal stem rot (BSR) disease in oil palm. In spite of numerous reports on the severity of BSR and its effect on the oil palm industry, no single treatment has effectively tackled the problem. Most control measures have to date continued to give […]
The issue of food safety is a major concern in the oil palm industry. Consumers today are more knowledgeable and aware of the paramount importance of food safety with regard to food intake. Their demand for safe food is to ensure their food is free from any contamination and is healthy to consume. Palm oil […]
Launching of B5 Programme for the Central Region – Selangor Anugerah Kualiti 2011 (Qualiy Awards 2011) MPOB Annual Dinner Launching of B5 for the Fisheries Sector, Central Region MPOB Presented Oil Palm Replanting Scheme Cheque …
Recurrent cycles of inbreeding (self or sib crosses) have been commonly used in conventional breeding to produce highly homozygous lines in a range of crop species. Thirty-two Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) markers were involved in assessing the homozygosity of 23 oil palm Single Seed Descent (SSD) programmes which involved 509 parents. From the complete genotype […]
Application of P fertiliser is essential to achieve optimal oil palm yield production throughout Sumatra. Two trials were carried out in Sumatra, one in the north on a typical acid volcanic soil dominated by rhyolite and the other in the south on a representative acid volcanic/sedimentary soil dominated by dacite, to determine the most suitable P fertiliser type in these locations. The trials […]
The planting of oil palm was quite extensively carried out in the ex-mangrove swamp areas in Sabah before environmental and sustainability issues were taken into consideration in land development. This article examines the approach on reclamation and its weaknesses in two plantations: one in the Kunak district and the other in the Semporna district in […]