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Microemulsions are normally isotropic (or clear), very small in droplet size (<100 nm), low in viscosity and are thermodynamically stable solu-tions. However, the ordinary emulsions appear as milky white dispersions with higher viscosity, droplet size of >0.5 µm and are only kinetically stable. Thus, the properties of microemulsion systems have attracted many researchers, formulators, manufacturers … Read more

Oil palm trunk (OPT) is a naturally variable material, and thus, its physical and mechanical properties are far from homogeneous. For peeling of veneer, variations in basic properties-related parameters that include vascular bundles configuration, basic density distributions, moisture content gradients and shrinkage behaviour pose a challenge. Main Researcher: Kamarudin HassanEmail: kamardin@mpob.gov.my

The palm oil industry generates biomass in the form of oil palm empty fruit bunches (EFB), oil palm trunk (OPT), oil palm frond (OPF), mesocarp fibre and palm kernel shell (PKS). It was reported that a total of 439 mills were in operation with a total of 95.38 million tonnes of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) … Read more

The production of charcoal normally involves the heating of the biomass raw material at temperatures between 300°C-500°C, in which volatiles are emitted and removed during the process (Payakkawan et al., 2014). The carbon content is thus enriched, and an initial porosity and some ordering in the carbon structure is formed. Main Researcher: Dr Astimar Abd … Read more

Crude palm oil (CPO) is produced in palm oil mills by mechanically extracting it from the sterilised and digested fruitlets. However, mechanical methods have their limitations as to how efficient they can extract the oil from the fruitlets. Thus, some oil is lost in the residues such as the empty fruit bunches (EFB), mesocarp fibres, … Read more

The lack of information on the roles of metabolites secreted by oil palm roots hindered the understanding on mechanism underlying plant’s response to fluctuations in the abiotic and biotic environments. Investigation of root metabolites may provide information on the concentration levels of hundreds of known and not yet identified metabolites (Dubey et al., 2010; Schmidt … Read more

Improvement to the oil palm liquid culture system is a continuous process. This led to the development of an innovative technology, namely the MultiVessel (MV) bioreactor, for the simultaneous multiplication of cell aggregates of various clones and/or application of various treatments. Main Researcher: Dr Ahmad Tarmizi HashimEmail: mizi@mpob.gov.my

Basal stem rot (BSR) caused by species of Ganoderma is a major concern in oil palm plantations especially in Malaysia and Indonesia. The disease could cause significant impact to the economy due to reduction in fresh fruit bunch (FFB) yield and number of productive standing palms (Turner, 1981). Unfortunately, understanding on the infection mechanism of … Read more

The use of tractor trailer either for in-field collection or mainline transportation of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) is a common practice in oil palm plantation (Rahim et al., 1998). However, there are many cases whereby the FFB is unable to reach the collection point or mill due to the transporter being bogged down, especially on … Read more

In normal practice, goats are integrated in oil palm area using semi intensive production system. The goats are released in oil palm area during day time for browsing and kept in goat’s house at night. This system requires large area for browsing and the integration can only be started when the palms had reached four … Read more