Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
Conserving carbon density of tropical peat swamp forest is an important indicator of environmental and agronomical impact of oil palm. Understanding the carbon stock contribution from management within oil palm areas to retain forest patches and other set-asides containing natural forest may become increasingly important in the context of assessing the potential contribution to the […]
Malaysia has become one of the most important countries that produce and supply the world’s palm oil. The oil palm industry has emphasised the need for the preservation of small forest patches within oil palm plantations to sustain various species of fauna; this is a new conservation strategy for developing biodiversity-friendly oil palm plantations. The […]
Bagworms (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) are one of the dominant defoliator pests in oil palm plantations. They have also been reported as pests on other crops and on ornamental trees. A generalist predatory bug, Sycanus dichotomus Stal. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), is one of the alternative means to manage the pest naturally. In this study, the suitability of different […]
Orange spotting (OS) disease is one of the emerging diseases of oil palm in Malaysia. The major pathogen in oil palm (OS-CCCVd) is a variant of the coconut cadang-cadang viroid (CCCVd). Even though the disease has not to date significantly affected the oil palm industry, awareness and detection of the disease need to be promoted. […]