MPOB to form working group on Ganoderma

THE Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) will set up a dedicated working group to address the issue of Ganoderma or “basal stem rot” disease, which is fast becoming a major threat to oil palm cultivation and production in Malaysia. 

Deputy director-general 1, Dr Mohd Basri Wahid, said MPOB would employ a team of scientists and researchers to help formulate strategies and find a solution to cure and possibly eradicate this disease, which had plagued the local oil palm plantations over the past four decades.