Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
Pest, disease and natural disasters in oil palm have caused significant income loss to Malaysia. Early detection of pest and disease is one of the best prevention procedures. However, the tools or devices to efficiently detect and monitor the problems are still limited, especially for oil palm plantations. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an […]
Ganoderma disease in oil palm caused by Ganoderma boninense fungus has resulted in a significant loss of economic income to Malaysia. There is a need to develop an airborne-based Ganoderma disease detection technology to reduce cost and time, and to cover wide-scale oil palm plantation area. This study examines the performance of red-green-blue (RGB) and […]
This Basal stem rot (BSR) disease, which has long been recognized as the most annihilating disease of field palms in Southeast Asia, still reigns as the number one killer of oil palms and serves a disastrous blow to palm oil production. With the identification of the causal agent, i.e. Ganoderma boninense, several control measures have […]