Malaysian Palm Oil Board
Oil palm plantations are highly dependent on manual labour. It has been estimated that on the average, about 50-man days are required per hectare. In recent years the agricultural sector of the industry has experienced labour shortage problems. As a result numerous operations including harvesting, and other agronomic activities in the plantations have been significantly affected, […]
Efficient harvesting of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) plays a vital role towards improving the quality of harvested FFB. Harvesting of short palms (>3-metres in height) is relatively simple operation. A chisel attached to a short steel pole is normalyy used. However, harvesting of tall palms (>3-metres in height) requires a different method and technique. A […]
The choice of a suitable treatment system for palm oil refinery wastewater is made difficult by complexities in both the flow and the composition of this effluent. The typical characteristics of the three types of wastewaters from three different types of refining process used in Malaysia are shown in Table 1. Compared to physical-chemical or […]
The commercial oil palm planting material, DxP, or known as tenera is produced by crossing largely Deli duras with selected pisiferas. There are a number of pisifera sources for seed production. One of the popular sources is AVROS population (Figure 1). Main Researcher: Rajanaidu, N
Current oil palm planting materials grow at a rate of 40-75cm / yr. The palms are too tall after 20 years and harvesting is difficult. Breeding for short oil palms is one of the main priorities. PORIM has developed PORIM Series I (PS1) planting materials with slower height increment in PORIM-Nigerian germplasm collection (Rajanaidu et […]