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WEEDING OPERATIONS 1. clean weeding of palm circle to prevent competition from weeds and to facilitate loose fruit collection, 2. strip weeding to provide access for harvesting and other field operations, 3. selective spot weeding to remove noxious weeds from the legume covers or natural ground covers and, 4. periodic control of legume covers or
Aug 1, 2020 · Several publications have revealed that integrated weed management (IWM) for sustainable oil palm and rubber production can be achieved through various chemical, cultural, mechanical, and biological approaches, including herbicides, hand weeding, mulch, high planting density, livestock grazing, cultivation of cover crops, and mechanical ...
Jul 1, 2023 · Weeds in oil palm plantations are commonly associated with harmful ground cover species that can compete with oil palm at some level. Here, we discuss weeds from the perspective of communities...
desired ground vegetation is vitally important to keep the palms free from weed competition, improve palm growth and oil palm yield facilitating uninterrupted access and evade soil erosion including in providing conducive ecosystem for beneficial parasitoids and predators to thrive to keep in check
According to Corley et al. (1976), the following four types of weeding operations will be necessary in areas where legume covers are maintained: circle weeding of palm circles (Figure 14) – for young palms, circle weeding is normally carried out to prevent weed competition.
The new weeds emerging from uncollected oil palm loose fruits, volunteer oil palm seedlings (VOPS) was reported to be found in 64 per cent of the oil palm plantations. Keywords: Weeds, oil palm plantation.
Jul 1, 2023 · Weeds in oil palm plantations are commonly associated with harmful ground cover species that can compete with oil palm at some level. Here, we discuss weeds from the perspective of communities impacting other taxonomic groups of agro-biodiversity in oil palm plantations.
