Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
Biological control of basal stem rot of oil palm can be achieved through the use of a highly effective biocontrol strain of Trichoderma spp. The strain must not only have the appropriate mechanisms for biocontrol, such as antibiosis and mycoparasitism, but also a strong competitive ability to displace Ganoderma so as to minimize the pathogen’s […]
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. elaeidis (Foe) is a pathogenic fungus that causes vascular wilt in oil palm. The disease is prevalent in African oil palm plantations, causing devastating losses. Oil palm seeds are used in global breeding programmes, and have recently been shown to be highly contaminated with Foe, with 3% of all Foe-infected seedlings […]
Oil palm bud rot is a disease that destroys the young tissues of palms, and Phytophthora palmivora has been identified as the causal pathogen. The disease is devastating the South American oil palm industry. The pathogen is also known to be responsible for a number of serious diseases in cocoa, durian, jackfruit and coconut. A […]