The Ganoderma, the cause of basal stem rot (BSR) disease, is facultative basidiomycete fungus and a mahor pathogen of oil palm in Malaysia. One stratergy to manage BSR is by reducing chemical to infected stumps. Fu,ogation is one means of reducing inoculum f some root rotting fungi. Soil fumigants such as methylisothiocyanate (MITC), methyl bromide, vorlex, choloropicrin, carbon disulphide and vapam have been shown effective in eradicating basidiomycetous root pathogens of tree crops. 

Main Research: Dr. Idris Abu Seman