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Leaf Nutrient Status in Relation to Severity of Ganoderma Infection in Oil Palm Seedlings Artificially Infected with Ganoderma Boninense using Root Inoculation Technique

Basal stem rot (BSR) caused by Ganoderma spp., a basidiomycete fungus, is a major devastating disease of oil palm, especially in Malaysia and Indonesia. Several factors were reported to influence the outbreak of BSR disease which include nutrient status, age of palm, types of soil, previous crop and replanting techniques. Elemental nutrient is known to […]

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Quality Testing Laboratory for the Oil Palm Motorised Cutter

Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has developed a hand-held motorised harvesting tool called Cantas for fresh fruit bunches (FFB) harvesting. Several local and foreign companies have been licensed to manufacture and market the technology. It is crucial that the machine complies with the industry standard in terms of performance, durability and safety. In fulfilling this, […]

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Identification of Etiolated Palms for Thinning via IFSAR

Remote Sensing (RS) technology has come a long way in assisting the oil palm plantations to increase productivity while simplifying tedious and laborious field work. Utilising the highly accurate RS data like Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (IFSAR) is one of those ways. In this paper, the IFSAR data is used to assist in the identification […]

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The Impact of El Niño and La Niña on Malaysian Palm Oil Industry

El Niño and La Niña are two complex weather patterns that result from variations in the ocean temperatures of the equatorial Pacific. Being close to the equatorial Pacific, the occurrence of the socalled El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events has a notable impact on Malaysian weather. The wind circulation of the ENSO influences the precipitation in […]

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Evaluation of Entomopathogenic Fungi and Chemical to Control Termite, Coptotermes curvignathus on Mature Oil Palm and Supply Seedlings on Peat

The use of chemical insecticide, fipronil and two entomotahogenic fungi, Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium major on termite control was evaluated. The experiment was conducted in high termite infested field with 10 year-old palm and young supply seedlings of six months after planting. Treatment on infested mature palm was conducted by spraying of product solution on […]

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