Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
Malaysia is currently experiencing a labour shortage of labours in oil palm plantations, estimated to account for 46% of the total industrial workforce. At present, efforts are being made to increase the productivity of workers by utilising a wide range of intensive mechanisation technologies. Laser technology is a new approach as a tool for oil […]
The oil palm is an exotic plant from Africa that has contributed vastly to the national economy and development. Many of the insect pests on oil palm come from other native palms, in particular coconut palm. The outbreak of pests in coconuts is rare because the pests are usually controlled by their natural enemies. In […]
Endophytic Trichoderma virens 7b isolated from oil palm roots has been extensively studied to determine its potential against the oil palm pathogen, Ganoderma. The activities of its nonpolar metabolites were previously reported to show the highest inhibition on G. boninense PER71 growth compared to other extracts. Nevertheless, it is also important to understand the activity […]
In order to deal with environmental sustainability issues such as global climate change, food and energy crisis as well as environmental pollution, biochar had been widely used as a tool to combat these problems. It might act as soil carbon sink to restore soil organic carbon (SOC) larger than its inherent capacity, thus reducing the […]