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5 days ago · Despite control measures to overcome the issue, bagworm remains the most reported infesting oil palm cultivation in the last four decades. Furthermore, the coconut areas in oil palm plantations documented an invasive alien species infestation, the Rhynchophorus ferrugineus or red palm weevil (RPW). The widespread devastation the pests caused on ...
3 days ago · Study Sites The study was conducted from November 2014 to July 2016 on a 7000-hectare oil palm plantation at Kotawaringin Barat, Central Kalimantan. The sampling was done in three category, young (2-6 years), medium (9-11), and mature (17-21 years) oil palm plantation. Average annual rainfall was 1,850.22 mm/year with average rainy days was 97. ...
Jun 29, 2024 · Some examples are the soil microbes which consist of entomopathogenic fungi and bacteria which can be exploited for insect control, especially bagworms, rhinoceros beetle and termites. The bagworms (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) are currently severely infesting oil palm plantations in Malaysia.
Jun 26, 2024 · The National Agricultural Policy identified integration of ruminant with plantation as an important strategy to increase beef production. Thus, the nationaI beef production was forecasted to increase from 9500 t in 2005 to 20 200 t in 2010 while the numbers of cattle should reach 1 million by 2015. This follows integration of 739 600 ha of ...
Jun 8, 2024 · A total of 14 varieties of Guinea grass and four varieties of hybrid Napier were screened for 4 years under dense shade of mature oil palm plantation. Significant differences were observed among the fodder grass varieties evaluated for fodder yield and nutritive quality attributes.
Jun 24, 2024 · Certain predatory insects (e.g. Reduviidae and Carabidae) have been reported to thrive in oil palm plantations integrated with non-crop plants (Jamian et al., 2017 ), as well as small crop plants (Ashraf et al., 2018 ).
Jun 17, 2024 · Not to be overlooked, Ischaemum Muticum and Pennisetum Polystachion are other common weeds found in 71.8% and 67.1% of plantations, respectively. These weeds can severely affect the growth of palm oil trees and pose a significant challenge to farmers aiming to maintain high productivity levels.
