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{"title":"MG-RICH SYNTHETIC GYPSUM OR BASALT AS AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF AMELIORANT TO MANAGE SOIL ACIDITY FOR PLANTATION TREE CROPS","authors":"S. Jusop","doi":"10.56333/tp.2022.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56333/tp.2022.004","url":null,"abstract":"The rubber and oil palm in Malaysia are mainly cultivated on acidic Ultisols and Oxisols, which occupy about 70 per cent of the country’s land surface. The pH of the soils varies from 4 to 5; however, the crops can withstand this level of soil acidity. This is not the case for cocoa, which grows best if the pH is greater than 5, at which Al3+, Fe2+ and Mn2+ toxic to its roots are mostly precipitated as inert hydroxides; the respective pKa of the ions are 5, 4.58 and 6. Long-term application of ammonium sulphate on soils in Malaysian plantations can result in increased soil acidity due to nitrification of NH4+ released by the N-fertiliser. Thus, in the long run, soil pH can be lowered to the level that affects the growth and production of the crops. For oil palm, soil pH should be maintained at the level greater than 4.3. Treating Ultisols and Oxisols cropped to cocoa, rubber or even oil palm with ground magnesium limestone (GML), Mg-rich synthetic gypsum (MRSG) and ground basalt increases their pH, with the level dependent on the amount applied. Besides increasing soil pH, application of the ameliorants (MRSG or basalt) increases Ca, Mg and even S in the soils that translate into enhanced crop growth and eventually their production is sustained.","PeriodicalId":22956,"journal":{"name":"The Planter","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72653386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"MAMMALS IN AN OIL PALM DOMINATED LANDSCAPE","authors":"D. O Z, H. S P, B. H., N. D L, W. O R, D. N J, S. M J, E. R M","doi":"10.56333/tp.2022.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56333/tp.2022.003","url":null,"abstract":"The Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems (SAFE) Project has been running since 2011 in the state of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Over the past ten years we have conducted 19 studies that have generated data that can be used to compare the ecology of non-flying mammals in forest areas with those in oil palm plantations. This paper summarises information on the diversity, abundance and behaviour of these mammals in oil palm dominated landscapes. The studies have robustly demonstrated a dramatic decline in diversity of mammals in oil palm plantations compared to logged forests, with approximately 50 per cent of species completely disappearing. A small subset of species otherwise found in tropical forests can survive in, and apparently adapt to, this new habitat to some extent. It is also shown that there is very little movement of native rodents from forests into plantations. Our results highlight the importance of remnant forest patches, even heavily logged patches and riparian buffers in the agricultural landscape, and demonstrate the importance of maintaining the structural complexity of these forest remnants to enhance their conservation value for native mammals. In view of the findings, several management recommendations are made derived from the practical applications of our research.","PeriodicalId":22956,"journal":{"name":"The Planter","volume":"102 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74836768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Recent Methods and Technologies for an Early Detection of Red Palm Weevil Infestation: A Review","authors":"Muhammad Nurfaiz Abd Kharim, K. Krishnan","doi":"10.56333/tp.2022.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56333/tp.2022.001","url":null,"abstract":"The red palm weevil (RPW) (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) is one of the world’s most destructive pest of oil palm plantation as it can damage the entire palm and incur a total loss to the planters. Early detection of the RPW is difficult, and when the symptoms of infestation are discovered, usually the plant is not salvageable. The adult RPW lays the eggs inside the tree trunk and starts feeding on the tissue of the plant and remains inside until the tree dies. Intensive efforts have been explored to enhance the early detection process of RPW in the field. There are numerous detection methods for discovering the infected trees, such as manual visual inspection, acoustic detection, chemical odour/signal detection, canine detection, thermal sensing, remote sensing, Geographic Information System mapping (GIS), Internet of Things (IoT), cloud platform and data mining-based technology. In this article, the current methods and technologies used for the early detection of RPW are explored and discussed.","PeriodicalId":22956,"journal":{"name":"The Planter","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78597405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"International Human Rights Requirements in the Workplace and its Reception in Malaysia","authors":"Chandra Segaran","doi":"10.56333/tp.2022.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56333/tp.2022.002","url":null,"abstract":"This article highlights the core international instruments on human rights promulgated by the United Nations and International Labour Organisation. It also briefly explains the doctrine of obligations erga omnes and postulates the essential human rights requirements recommended for observance amongst the international community. An analysis is also provided on all the essential elements of these international human rights concerns and the extend of its reception in Malaysia with an overview of its observance in the plantation industry.","PeriodicalId":22956,"journal":{"name":"The Planter","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81113615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"METHODS OF LAND PREPARATION TO DELAY GANODERMA OR BASAL STEM ROT (BSR) DISEASE IN OIL PALM REPLANTING IN INLAND MINERAL SOILS - EXPERIENCES AND OBSERVATIONS","authors":"J. Mathews, S. Ng, R. Lim, J. Ng, M. S","doi":"10.56333/tp.2021.020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56333/tp.2021.020","url":null,"abstract":"Three methods of land preparation in oil palm replanting are described, attempted and observations recorded for a period of 11 to 14 years. In method A carried out in 2006 replanting, the land was prepared by excavating only the stumps of Ganoderma infected fallen and vacant palms through the construction of pits. Here, after 11 and 12 years of replanting resulted in 18 and 21 per cent of BSR infections respectively, while, after 14 years the infection increased to 28.5 per cent in the same replants. In method B, comprising of two fields replanted in 2009 and 2008 after clean clearing or 100 per cent removal of boles of living, dead and vacant palm points followed by two rounds of thorough disc ploughing and single rotovating of the soil, showed 5.8 and 8.5 per cent of Ganoderma infections after 11 and 12 years, respectively. Although method C was a slow and expensive operation, 100 per cent excavation of living, dead and vacant palm boles followed by deep ploughing or tilting of the soil with the excavator bucket showed 2 per cent Ganoderma disease after 11 years of replanting. Among the three modes of land preparation, methods B and C showed a delay in infection of Ganoderma in replants compared to method A. The excavator bucket used in method C for deep tilting prompted the search for other tools like Howard ripper and fabricated steel ripper mounted on a bulldozer, of which the latter was found suitable and has been implemented commercially. However, the cost of such operation was 2.6 times (i.e. RM2 030 against RM769 per hectare) higher than the preparation of land by method A in replanting. Another study was conducted to understand the relationship between the visually observed Ganoderma palms and normal appearing palms with Ganoderma infection at the sub-clinical level. This may be helpful for planters to predict the total Ganoderma infected palms present in the field prior to replanting. The relationship appeared to be a cubical expression between the visual and total Ganoderma population in a field prior to replanting. Keywords: Ganoderma disease, basal stem rot, clean clearing, land preparation, replanting, deep ploughing.","PeriodicalId":22956,"journal":{"name":"The Planter","volume":"64 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72574843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"WILD BITTER GOURD, MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L. (CUCURBITACEAE): A CREEPING WEED OF OIL\u0000 PALM AND ITS MANAGEMENT","authors":"G. F. Chung","doi":"10.56333/tp.2021.021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56333/tp.2021.021","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reviews information on the biological aspects and discusses briefly the\u0000 weediness of wild bitter gourd (WBG) including its management, in oil palm plantations.\u0000 WBG is considered a serious weed in oil palm plantations because: i) it can grow into\u0000 blanket sheet in the inter-row areas in immature and mature plantings, ii) it can\u0000 encroach onto immature palms which is difficult to control and increase risks of\u0000 herbicide phytotoxicity during routine circle spraying, and iii) it can grow as\u0000 epiphytes on palm trunks requiring control (both as a weed and also sources of seeds for\u0000 further infestation). The control of WBG in oil palm plantations involves various\u0000 measures which include preventive measures (planting legume covers, maintenance of\u0000 natural covers, mulching) and applied measures (manual and mechanised weeding, chemical\u0000 control). The planting of legume covers and the maintenance of a less competitive\u0000 natural cover of selected indigenous species in oil palm plantations are sound methods\u0000 of weed management including the exclusion of noxious weeds (like WBG). When WBG\u0000 encroaches onto immature palms, manual weeding or decreeping is the only safe method of\u0000 weed control. Post emergent chemical control of M. charantia has been reported by many\u0000 researchers and they make no recommendations for the efficacy or suitability of these\u0000 herbicides against M. charantia in named crops. A WBG herbicide evaluation with six\u0000 herbicide treatments gave effective control after three rounds of spraying. These are:\u0000 (i) paraquat + metsulfuron methyl at 2.8 L + 75 g per hectare, (ii) glyphosate +\u0000 metsulfuron-methyl at 1.5 L + 75 g per hectare, (iii) glufosinate-ammonium at 3 L per\u0000 hectare, (iv) fluroxypyr at 2 L per hectare, (v) dicamba at 1.5 L per hectare and (vi)\u0000 triclopyr at 1.5 L per hectare. In any spraying programme to eradicate thick sheet\u0000 growth of WBG in inter-row areas, three rounds of spraying were required to achieve\u0000 complete eradication by killing off the original weed stand and killing off any\u0000 regeneration/new seedlings from germination of seeds. However, the risks of crop\u0000 phytotoxicity limits the choice of herbicide to only spraying of paraquat +\u0000 metsulfuron-methyl at 2.8 L + 75 g per hectare and glufosinate-ammonium 3 L per hectare\u0000 for the control of WBG and other weeds around the periphery of the immature palm during\u0000 circle spraying. More important, careful spraying by trained operators to minimise lower\u0000 frond contact is required. Paraquat is not available now and may be replaced with sodium\u0000 chlorate (sodium chlorate + metsulfuron-methyl at 5.5 kg + 75 g per ha). Another\u0000 approach can be the sequential spraying of the herbicide mixtures: two rounds of\u0000 spraying glyphosate + metsulfuron-methyl and the third spraying with only a single\u0000 selective broadleaf herbicide (fluroxypyr, or dicamba, or triclopyr) to kill any WBG\u0000 regeneration in order to allow the growing of soft grasses as natural covers. Keywords:\u0000 Momordica c","PeriodicalId":22956,"journal":{"name":"The Planter","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73178198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"GLASSHOUSE EVALUATION ON THE EFFICACY OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS (BT) AGAINST BAGWORM, METISA PLANA AND NON-TARGET EFFECT ON OIL PLAM POLLINATOR, ELAEIDOBIUS KAMERUNICUS (FAUST)","authors":"Y. Rashid, Cik Mohd Rizuan Zainal Abidin, Kek HO Then, N. H. Hamid","doi":"10.56333/tp.2021.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56333/tp.2021.018","url":null,"abstract":"Evaluations on the performance of selected bioinsecticides and recommended chemical insecticides to suppress the bagworm, Metisa plana (Walker) infesting oil palm, were carried out in a glasshouse environment. The results showed that a series of biological products using Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is effective in killing 80 per cent of bagworm larvae within 7 to 15 days after application (DAA). Among the biological products, the Bt1 product showed the highest efficacy, killing 99.72 per cent of the bagworm population at 7 DAA. Although slow in reacting, Bt products were highly toxic to the adults, and less effective on the emergence of pollinator weevil,Elaeidobius kamerunicus (Faust). The chemical insecticide, cypermethrin was the most effective compared to all other treatments (p<0.05), killing 100 per cent of the bagworm larvae in only 3 DAA. All non-Bt based insecticides, including cypermethrin, were toxic to both adults and emergence of the weevils. There was no significant difference in the number of adult emergence between the non-treated (control) and Bt-insecticides, but significantly was lower when treated with other insecticides (F= 93.75 p<0.05). Based on its high performance, the biopesticide Bt1 product has a higher potential to be tested in the field for integrated leaf-eating caterpillar management programme. To ensure consistency in their efficacy, these bio-insecticides need further evaluation in large-scale trials, especially in oil palm fields infested with bagworms in epidemic proportions. Keywords: Bagworms, Bacillus thuringiensis, non-target effect, pollinator, oil palm","PeriodicalId":22956,"journal":{"name":"The Planter","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82569838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE AND GRADING OF FRESH FOOD BRUNCHES ON OIL CONTENT AND OIL EXTRACTION RATIO IN OIL PALM","authors":"N. Ali, N. T","doi":"10.56333/tp.2021.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56333/tp.2021.019","url":null,"abstract":"Cultivation of oil palm in India was started during the late 1980s under Government’s initiative and the state of Andhra Pradesh has the largest hectarage cultivated with oil palm. So far, in India, an area of 0.372 million hectare is under oil palm and it is cultivated mostly as a smallholders’ crop. Variations in oil extraction ratio (OER) at palm oil mills are often observed with seasons and grading standards. This study was undertaken to understand the effect of temperature and grading on oil content and OER. The study revealed that temperature had a negative correlation with OER and oil to bunch percentage. Fruit grading plays an important role in improving OER through enhanced oil to bunch percentage. Keywords: Oil palm, oil extraction ratio, oil to bunch percentage, temperature, grading","PeriodicalId":22956,"journal":{"name":"The Planter","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76081365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"OBSERVATIONS ON BIODIESEL USAGE TRENDS IN EUROPEAN UNION","authors":"F. Yew, Mei Lee Yew","doi":"10.56333/tp.2021.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56333/tp.2021.017","url":null,"abstract":"Vegetable oils, used cooking oils (UCO), pine, tallow and animal oils were the main feedstocks to produce biodiesel in EU in 2011-2020. Rapeseed, palm oil, soya and sunflower were the four vegetable oils feedstocks and contributed to 67- 87 per cent of the total biodiesel usage. Although the amounts of biodiesel usage increased over time, the share of biodiesel from these four feedstocks relative to the total amount, decreased from 87 per cent in 2012 to 78 per cent in 2020. This loss was filled up by, principally, UCO, tallows, animal waste oils and greases; their amounts used increased by 2.5 times over the period. They will continue to be used in larger quantities in 2021-2030 and will cause the share of palm, soya and sunflower oils as biofuel feedstocks to decrease. It is anticipated that vegetable oils will still be needed as biofuel feedstock in 2021-2030. With a significantly large share of 78 per cent of the total amount of biodiesel used in 2020, it will take some time before they can be replaced completely by UCO, tallows/animal waste oils and second to third generation biofuels. The call to determine the sustainability status of UCO more thoroughly in the future will also be expected to put some brakes on the accelerated use of UCO to replace these crop-based feedstocks. The price of feedstock was of secondary importance when choosing the feedstock in 2012-2020. Rapeseed oil was the most expensive vegetable feedstock and yet it was the main feedstock used. This showed that other factors e.g., feedstock sustainability status as stipulated in the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and local availability were also important; the European Union (EU)being the world’s largest rapeseed oil producer. Besides, RED also stressed the importance of energy security and to provide jobs and economic development of the local people when executing the RE programme. As such, it is foreseen that rapeseed oil will remain the dominant feedstock. However, vegetable oils have competing uses for food, feed, oleochemicals and biofuels. The ability to use rapeseed as the primary feedstock in huge amounts indefinitely has limitations. As a resource, rapeseed ranked third in quantity produced globally. Palm oil, followed by soya had the largest amounts of resource available for use in the world. Sunflower had the lowest resource availability among the four vegetable oils. As such, overstretching the use of rapeseed and sunflower for biofuel can have other dire consequences such as supply shortages and price increases. Rapeseed alone cannot meet the total demand of EU’s biodiesel needs. The study showed that even if the entire production of rapeseed oil from locally grown crop in EU was used for biodiesel production, it could only meet 58 per cent of its biodiesel demand in 2020. Since rapeseed feedstock cannot meet the total demand of biodiesel in EU, it is anticipated that in 2021-2030, it will have to be supplemented with other feedstocks particularly palm and s","PeriodicalId":22956,"journal":{"name":"The Planter","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84487079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"BUNCH COMPONENT VARIATIONS OF INBRED PROGENIES IN THIRD CYCLE OF LIMITED BREEDING PROGRAMME OF DURA MATERIALS PLANTED IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA AND SABAH","authors":"J. Mathews, S. Ng, T. Chew, H. L. Goh, M. S, N. D. Sikem, F. Chua","doi":"10.56333/tp.2021.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56333/tp.2021.016","url":null,"abstract":"A total of 7163 bunches were analysed from progenies with identical genotype derived from the third cycle of limited breeding programme (LBP) of dura materials from 2016 to 2020 in Bayok Estate of Pamol Sabah and Gomali Estate in Batu Anam, Peninsular Malaysia. The bunch components of the identical dura inbred progenies showed significant differences in traits when planted in geographically distant locations. The mean square (variance) analysed through ANOVA between the two locations showed that the bunch components of fruit to bunch, oil to dry mesocarp and wet mesocarp to fruits were statistically significant at probability (p)=<5 per cent to result in a significantly low oil to bunch in Sabah when compared to Peninsular Malaysia. Difference in kernel to fruit percent between the two locations was marginally significant at p=<5 per cent, while shell to fruit percent was marginally significant at p=<0.1 per cent. Although the progenies from Sabah showed heavier fruit weight (in grammes), statistically the difference in weights of the fruit in both locations were not significant. Correlation coefficient matrix analysis indicates that the two major bunch analysis components that affected the low oil to bunch were low fruit to bunch and low oil to dry mesocarp percent which were highly significant at p=<0.1 per cent. The differences in bunch phenotypic components on fruit to bunch ratio could be the result of the seasonal high rainfall in Sabah as compared to Peninsular Malaysia. The high soil water table from Typic Endoaquept soil in Sabah during flood and tidal water could be the reason for low oil in dry mesocarp. The low seasonal fruit to bunch percent is a common annual natural phenomenon in Sabah. Keywords: Oil to bunch percent, parthenocarpy, environmental variations, inbred progenies and oil palm breeding","PeriodicalId":22956,"journal":{"name":"The Planter","volume":"217 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77566540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}