Ganoderma threat to oil palm industry

The main reason cited in the report is that Indonesia has a vast virgin land mass suitable for oil palm plantations and huge areas have already been planted with oil palm trees in recent years, which are reaching maturity soon.

But those in the know are concerned that Malaysia’s oil palm industry is also under threat as it is faced with two other serious problems. And they are a lack of manpower resources and a prevailing incurable oil palm disease called Ganoderma Basal Stem Rot (BSR).

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