(MPOB Transfer of Technology)
Biological control agents such as endophytic bacteria have gained significance in suppressing and controlling plant disease. Endophytes have been isolated from several hosts, such as oil palm (Zaiton et al., 2007) and banana (Pan et al., 1997). The capability of colonising host tissue has made endophytic bateria valuable as a tool to improve crop performance. The efficacy … Read more
Biological control is among the options apart from fungicides in controlling phytopathogens. Many species of microorganisms including actinomycetes, bacteria and fungi have the ability to be an effective control agent of plant disease. The use of Strptomyces genus as biological control agent of Ganoderma disease is of interest. The Strptomyces genus in actinomycetes group showed a high inhibition percentage towards Ganoderma boninense in vitro … Read more
Loose fruits are currently collected by hand picking or raking. This technique is not only labour demanding and time-consuming but also tedious. The collection process requires the worker to squat and stand up repeatedly, which cause fatigue. On the average, the time taken for the worker to collect loose fruits is about 28% from the … Read more
It is a challenging to task to evacuate bunches from oil palm planted on peat or soggy areas. Apart from low bearing capacity of the peat, undecomposed or semi-decomposed logs along the harvesting paths require a specially designed vehicle to tackle this problem. The new concept vehicle is specifically built for infield collection on peat … Read more
Despite the advent of technologies, oil palm management often need to spend an average of one week in preparing monthly performance report of their estates (Malek,2002;Paimin,2008). This is essentially an opportunity cost to the managers and supervisors for not attending field operations. More importantly, cost overruns and other operational inefficiencies are only discovered at the … Read more
Bagworms (Lepidoptera:Psychidae) are leaf eating caterpillars characterised by the possession of bag, built from pieces of dried plant materials such as leaves and small twigs ( Barlow,1982). Their outbreak are common in several states in Malaysia and have a significant economic impact on oil palm yield. According to Wood et al. (1973), 43% of yield decline … Read more
The beneficial effects of leguminous cover crops (LCC0 and its use in oil palm plantation are commonly accepted. Besides improving soil fertility by fixing nitrogen and making it available to the main crop and reduce competition from noxious weeds, it also improves palm grwoth and reduces the immaturity period. In peat soil areas, the need … Read more
Research and development (R&D) on palm oil and oil palm has generated many scholarly publications, articles, patents, reports and other references. These information are currently hosted on various platforms by various publishers, scientific organisations, assosiations and related socueties. To facilitate research activities among the research activities among the research communities and industry pertaining to literature … Read more
Herbicides such as diuron are often used to control broad-leaf weeds. However, wide spread use of diuron in oil palm plantations has led to concern on its impact on the environment. Diuron is easily taken up from soil solution by the root system and translocated to the stem and leaf. Therefore, it is necessary to … Read more
Herbicides such as diuron are often used to control broad-leaf weeds. However, wide spread use of diuron in oil palm plantations has lead to concerns on its impact on the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an analytic method to detect and quantify diuron residue in soil. Diuron is the common name for 3-(3,4-dichlophenyl)-1,1- … Read more