Basal Stem Rot of Oil Palm : Incidence, Etiology and Control

Basal stem rot (BSR) caused by Ganoderma spp. is a disease of economic importance in oil palm in Malaysia. Although much is known on the occurrence of this devastating disease, fundamental studies on it and its pathogen are rather limited. At present, there appears to be ambiguity in the identi...

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Main Author: Hashim, Khairudin
Format: Thesis
Language:English
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Published: 1990
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10282/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10282/1/FP_1990_5_A.pdf
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description Basal stem rot (BSR) caused by Ganoderma spp. is a disease of economic importance in oil palm in Malaysia. Although much is known on the occurrence of this devastating disease, fundamental studies on it and its pathogen are rather limited. At present, there appears to be ambiguity in the identity of the causal organisms: there is difficulty in getting oil palms to be artificially infected and that control measures advocated are largely inadequate to contain the disease. Present studies are thus focused on answering these issues. An assessment of the BSR situation on selected estates was also carried out to assist in the understanding of the disease. The assessment carried out showed that serious incidence of the disease was "confined to coastal and riverine estates. However, the disease can now be seen to occur in a few in land estates albeit sporadically and at very low incidence. It was demonstrated that previous crops did not necessarily dict ate significant incidence of BSR. The underplanting technique and certain soil types can predispose plantings to much higher BSR incidence.
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spelling upm-102822011-03-21T03:08:39Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10282/ Basal Stem Rot of Oil Palm : Incidence, Etiology and Control Hashim, Khairudin Basal stem rot (BSR) caused by Ganoderma spp. is a disease of economic importance in oil palm in Malaysia. Although much is known on the occurrence of this devastating disease, fundamental studies on it and its pathogen are rather limited. At present, there appears to be ambiguity in the identity of the causal organisms: there is difficulty in getting oil palms to be artificially infected and that control measures advocated are largely inadequate to contain the disease. Present studies are thus focused on answering these issues. An assessment of the BSR situation on selected estates was also carried out to assist in the understanding of the disease. The assessment carried out showed that serious incidence of the disease was "confined to coastal and riverine estates. However, the disease can now be seen to occur in a few in land estates albeit sporadically and at very low incidence. It was demonstrated that previous crops did not necessarily dict ate significant incidence of BSR. The underplanting technique and certain soil types can predispose plantings to much higher BSR incidence. 1990 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10282/1/FP_1990_5_A.pdf Hashim, Khairudin (1990) Basal Stem Rot of Oil Palm : Incidence, Etiology and Control. Masters thesis, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. Oil palm Oil palm - Research English
spellingShingle Oil palm
Oil palm - Research
Hashim, Khairudin
Basal Stem Rot of Oil Palm : Incidence, Etiology and Control
title Basal Stem Rot of Oil Palm : Incidence, Etiology and Control
title_full Basal Stem Rot of Oil Palm : Incidence, Etiology and Control
title_fullStr Basal Stem Rot of Oil Palm : Incidence, Etiology and Control
title_full_unstemmed Basal Stem Rot of Oil Palm : Incidence, Etiology and Control
title_short Basal Stem Rot of Oil Palm : Incidence, Etiology and Control
title_sort basal stem rot of oil palm : incidence, etiology and control
topic Oil palm
Oil palm - Research
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10282/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10282/1/FP_1990_5_A.pdf