A cost-effective loose fruit collection system is still one of the main targets of oil palm industry. Various inventions have been introduced but the objective has not been met due to the various technical limitations and constraints. Therefore, collection of loose fruits by raking is still being practiced, with a high percentage of debris. The debris content […]

For many years in Malaysia, phosphate rock (PR) from Christmas Island (CIRP) has been used most exclusively as the P source for plantation crops including oil palm. This source was shown in oil palm trials to be as effective as soluble P fertilizer (Chan, 1982). The effects of direct application of phosphate rock on mature […]

Satellite remote sensing (RS) technology using optical and radar remote sensing techniques have been used successfully in various applications related to earth resource studies and environmental monitoring. Some advantages of these techniques are cost effectiveness, wide coverage, near real-time data acquisition and frequent revisit capability. RS has significant potential to aid oil palm monitoring and detection […]

Peat with an area totalling approximately 2.6 million hectares is considered a major problem soil in Malaysia (Mutalib et al., 1991). In Sarawak alone, peat area covers approximately 1.6 million hectares or 13% of the total land area in the state (Teng, 2003). The poor inherent physical and chemical properties of peat make its development for […]