Month: February 2020

Palmoilis is an online database service developed and hosted by the Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM). Palm oil data, information and knowledge are the strategic resource, the intellectual capital and main product of PORIM. Since its establishment in 1979, many databases and information components have been independently generated at the various R&D laboratories and … Read more

Candles are mainly used in religious ceremonies such as in churches and temples. They are also widely used for decorative purposes in restaurants, festivities and even in food-warmers in restaurants and hotels. traditionally, beeswax and solid fats were used. However, the use of solid fats in candles was always objectionable because pyrolysis of these materials … Read more

The occurrence of an anti-sterility factor which was characterized as a vitamin was first reported in 1992; later in 1925, it was given the designation vitamin E. It is now known that vitamin E compromises two groups of related compunds, known as tocopherols and tocotrienols and that, in nature, there are four homologues in each … Read more

More than 44,000 hectares of oil palm are due for replanting in 1993/1994. This would involve the felling of approximately 6 million palms. In addition to the palm fronds available at replanting, fronds are also obtained from pruning during the harvesting of fresh fruit bunches. In line with its mission, PORIM’s R&D efforts are geared towards … Read more

The commercial oil palm planting materials, DxP is produced largely by crossing Deli duras with selected pisiferas. One of the popular sources of pisifera is AVROS population. HIGHLIGHTS AVROS pollen combines well with Deli duras to produce progenies with high yield and good extraction rate. The DxP progenies are uniform in yield and physiological characteristics. … Read more

The production of high yielding depends on the quality of duras mother palms and pisiferas pollen involved. PORIM has identified a number of promising dura mother palms in trial 0.212 planted at kluang. Main Research: Dr N. Rajanaidu 

Palm oil-based printing ink is a recent innovation of collaborative research project between Coates Brothers (M) Sdn Bhd and the Palm oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM). Begun in the middle of 1990, the project has gone through the usual stages of laboratory formulation and testing, through pilot plant production to final testing of the … Read more

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, … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more