Month: February 2020

A pesticide is any biological, physical or chemical substance used to control, destroy or repel a pest. A fungicide is a chemical pesticide compound that kills or inhabits the growth of fungi. As fungicides can be toxic to humans and present chronic problems when contaminated food is consumed by people, it is important to monitor … Read more

One of the important properties of lubricating oil is its oxidative staility. Oxidative stability is achieved when the lubricating oil is able to resist oxidation, depanding on the degree of saturation, the presence of natural or added antioxidants, prooxidants or prior abuse. Vegetable oil-based lubricants have been known to exhibit inferior oxidative stability although other … Read more

Shake-flask cultivation is a very effective method for growing cells on a laboratory-scale; however, its usefulness is restricted by inter-flask variation and lack of control over the culture environment. In comparison, biorectors confer many advantages for the growth of plant cell and organ cultures. Most biorectors have either mechanical or gas agitation for proper mixing … Read more

Basal stem rot (BSR) of oil palm is a disease caused by a few species of Genoderma (Idris et al., 2000a, b). It is a major disease inflicting significant losses in Southeast Asia, especially in Malaysia and Indonesia (Turner and Gillbanks, 2003). The disease causes the death of more than 80% of oil palm plantings midway through … Read more

The basal stem rot (BSR) disease of oil palm is widespread, occuring in major oil palm-growing regions of the world. The disease is caused by a few species of Ganoderma, a basidiomycete fungus (Idris et al., 2000a, b). The effects of Ganoderma infection on productivity decline in oil palm corps have been of considerable concern … Read more