Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
A haploid (H) oil palm containing only one complete set of chromosomes (n=16) will shorten the oil palm conventional breeding cycle, which is currently 15 to 25 years. The haploid palm can be utilised to produce completely homozygous doubled haploid (DH) lines in a single generation. As this is an interesting area of research, we […]
The role of tropical peatlands as a fossil carbon sink and source could be a potential nature-based solution for mitigating the ongoing climatic change. The oil palm cultivation on tropical peat needs to be assessed continuously following the dynamic changes in the oil palm ecosystem, influenced by land use management. This study aims to assess […]
The shortage of workers in the oil palm industry caused some oil palm planters to practice the subsoil fertiliser placement to reduce the frequency of fertiliser application. The fresh fruit bunches (FFB) yield obtained from the subsoil fertiliser application was 4.52 t ha–1, which was 13% lower than when fertiliser was broadcasted. Hence, it is […]
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 […]
Field establishment of all seedlings was satisfactory, except for younger seedlings aged 6 and 8-month old (A6 and A8 treatments) which resulted in high mortality due to transplanting shock and pest’s infestation. At the immature stage, the vegetative growth differed signiftcantly with the seedlings age. However, at the mature stage, the vegetative growth affected by […]
The rapid development of oil palm planting industry in Malaysia has given rise to singularly unique hazards to our environmental quality. Most of these are problems pertaining to water and air pollutions churned out at the factory processing level. Mulching practices discussed in the article are fibres and shells, empty bunches, fronds and inflorescence, trunks […]
Kekurangan kawasan tanah yang sesuai di masakini telah menyebabkan penanam-penanam terpaksa menggunakan tanah yang kurang sesuai (seperti tanah gambut) bagi penanaman kelapa sawit. Terdapat lebih kurang 810,000 ha tanah gambut di Semenanjung Malaysia, 90,000 ha di Sabah dan 1.5 juta ha di Sarawak. Di kawasan projek pembangunan Pertanian Johor Barat terdapat kira-kira 70,000 ha tanah […]
Keperluan baja kelapa sawit boleh ditentukan dari maklumat mengenai potensi keluaran yang maksima, zat makanan dari tanah dan kecekapan pemulihan baja yang mana semuanya berbeza mengikut persekitaran. Percubaan telah dibuat untuk mengaitkan faktor-faktor ini dengan sifat-sifat tanah dan iklim, dengan menggunakan keputusan dari percubaan baja, supaya ramalan mengenainya dapat dibuat dalam persekitaran baru. Terdapat pertalian […]
Elaeis oleifera, satu jenis kelapa sawit dari Amerika Tengah dan Selatan mempunyai beberapa ciri agronomi yang berfaedah. Sifat-sifat ini boleh dipindahkan melalui kacukan dan kacukan keasal, kepada kelapa sawit biasa, E. guineensis. Pengetahuan mengenai pembiakan jenis E. oleifera adalah terhad walaupun ianya penting untuk kejayaan pembaikbiakan. Suatu siri percubaan mengkaji aspek-aspek pembiakan biologi telah dimulakan […]
Bahan-bahan contoh tanah dan daun yang sangat berguna telah dipertimbangkan dan dirumuskan bahawa pada masa sekarang hanya satu cara praktikal untuk menentukan kedudukan khasiat kelapa sawit ialah melalui contoh-contoh daun-daun muda dan pelepah 17. Walaubagaimana pun kadar khasiat daun yang berpadanan dengan perolehan maksima agak luas berbeza dari satu tempat ke satu tempat disebabkan perbezaan […]