Month: February 2020

Hexaconazole is a systemic fungicide widely used to control fungal pathogen in a variety of crops. In Malaysia, hexaconazole is used to inhibit the spread of Ganoderma infection from infected oil palm (Idris et al., 2004). Ganoderma can cause the disease basal stem rot (BSR) in oil palm and the spreading of the infection, if not … Read more

Acetamiprid is a neo-nicotinoid insecticide that is effective against sucking insects such as aphids, and chewing insects such as Coleoptera and some Lepiodoptera. Analysis of acetamiprid residue involves the use of expensive and sophisticated instruments such as the Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectometry, LC-MSMS (Figure 1). This has hindered members of the industry from carrying … Read more

A database on characteristics of palm oil-based products gathers together important physiochemical characteristics of palm oil and palm kernel oil and their fractions, i.e. palm olein and palm stearin of various iodine values, palm kernel stearin and palm mid-fraction of various iodine values. Characteristics of oil and fat blends containing palm-based products are also included … Read more

Herbicides and insecticides are the main pesticides used in oil palm plantations. Being relatively cheap, insecticides such as cypermethrin often used to protect the oil palm against leaf-eating insects. However, insecticide residues in food and food ingredients is of great concern. As such, reliable analytically methods for the detection and qualification of insecticide residues in palm oil and palm … Read more

Hydroxyl value is defined as the number of hydroxyl end-groups per gram of a sample. It is a very important quality parameter, and a typical measure to determine molecular weight and calculate the functionality of polyols. A polyols is an alcohol with more then two reactive hydroxly groups per molecule. Polyols are the starting material for … Read more