Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
Measurements of actual greenhouse gases (GHG) like CO2, CH4 and N2O emissions from tropical peatlands in Malaysia are needed to understand the role of peatlands as carbon sequesters (sink) or source when establishing oil palm plantations on tropical peatland. Long-term eddy covariance (EC) measurements, together with carefully focused ecological measurements of meteorological and flux data, […]
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Oil palm was first introduced to South-east Asia in 1875 and has been grown for commercial purposes in Malaysia since 1917. To date, almost 60% of the country’s agricultural land is planted with oil palm, thus showing its importance to the Malaysian economy. There is a need to continuously improve yields to meet growing demand. […]
The increasing world demand for palm oil has generated rapid growth in the oil palm industry throughout the humid tropics and particularly in Indonesia and Malaysia. Sumatra Bioscience (SumBio) is selecting semi-clonal crosses for potential commercial planting to achieve higher yields and greater uniformity. The greater uniformity is because it is realistic to plant a […]
Fish oil has been widely used as one of the ingredients in the formulation of aquaculture feeds that provide source of energy and essential fatty acids. At present, the current global fish oil production has reached a maximum limit in supply and may not increase beyond current levels. As such, fish oil may be unable to meet the rapidly growing demands in […]
The palm oil milling processes produce by-products or wastes in the form of empty fruit bunch (EFB) (23%), mesocarp fibres (12%), shell (5%), boiler ash, decanter cake, sludge and palm oil mill effluent (POME) (60%) for every tonne of fresh fruit bunch (FFB) processed (Najafpour et al., 2005). These byproducts can be utilised as renewable resources with present technologies in harmony […]
A genetic diversity analysis was performed on 2039 dura seed palms and 25 pisifera pollen parents using eight Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) markers. The heterozygosity of the pisifera germplasm (mostly AVROS) was higher than the Deli dura seed palms. Variation was found in heterozygosity among the Deli dura progenies, selected for seed production. As expected, […]
Sulphur (S) has received limited attention by researchers, agronomists and planters involved in oil palm cultivation, despite the fact that the requirement at tissue level – as indicated by published critical concentrations in Frond #17 – is the same for S and magnesium (Mg) (0.2%). The continuous trend toward S-free fertilisers (urea, rock phosphate, KCl, […]
MPOB has recently redesigned the traction mechanism of the standard articulated tractor to get the optimum mobility on soft ground soils and peat areas. Blending the concepts of an articulated half-track and a traction mechanism, this prototype transporter shows a good potential to operate on soft ground. Since 1980s, many fabricators/importers had tested and evaluated […]
Land evaluation is the process of assessing the characteristics of a given piece of land to determine its suitability and viability for development. For oil palm cultivation, land development involves planning, land clearing, road and drainage networks development and oil palm planting. This article reports the results of land evaluation carried out in Sungai Asap, […]