The oil palm industry forms the economic backbone of Malaysia and continues to face new challenges in the face of globalization. Rapid responses are needed to meet the increasing challenges of the industry as they unfold.
Basal Stem Rot (BSR) disease caused by Ganoderma boninense is the most destructive disease in oil palm.
The Basal Stem Rot (BSR) disease is more deteriorated after replanting especially in Malaysia and Indonesia.
The available control measures for BSR disease such as cultural practices and mechanical and chemical treatment have not proved satisfactory due to the fact that Ganoderma has various resting stages such as melanised mycelium, basidiospores and pseudosclerotia.
Mycelium of Ganoderma boninense
Basidiospores in SEM view
Microscopic view of Basidiospores
Pseudosclerotia of Ganoderma boninense
Alternative control measures to overcome the Ganoderma problem are focused on the use of biological control agents and planting resistant material. Present studies conducted at Indonesian Oil Palm Research Institute (IOPRI) are focused on enhancing the use of biological control agents for Ganoderma.
These activities include screening biological agents from the oil palm rhizosphere in order to evaluate their effectiveness as biological agents in glasshouse and field trials, testing their antagonistic activities in large scale experiments and eradicating potential disease inoculum with biological agents. Several promising biological agents have been isolated which has antagonistic activities against Ganoderma spp.
MG BioGuardTM is a bio-fungicide embedded in bio-organic fertilizer medium. The bio-fungicide consists of a cocktail of indigenous microbes having antagonistic properties towards Oil Palm Basal Stem Rot (BSR) causal agent, Ganoderma Spp. It helps prevent and inhibit the spread of BSR.
It has high content of humic and fulvic acids which are able to rejuvenate low-fertility soil and at the same time provide nourishment to the crop for better and higher yield.
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