Review on development of integrated pest management for basal stem rot and rhinoceros beetle in oil palm
2021
Nuraini Mohd Noor | Nurul Aqilah Azhar | Siti Nur Anisah Aani
Oil palm has been recognized as the most sustainable and high yielding crop as it becomes the main source of world edible oil. Over years, serious incidence of disease and pest attack has been observed which resulted to the high yield loss. Currently, the sustainability of oil palm industries has become the global concern as an indiscriminate chemical application had caused environmental pollution and at the same time eliminates beneficial organism in the plantation. Integrated Pest Management, IPM is a combination of various control methods such as chemical, biological and cultural control to reduce or to manage the level of disease and pest in the field. This article reviews the development of IPM for controlling major disease and pest in oil palm which are basal stem rot and rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros). The disease and pest are selected due to their significant impacts on the oil palm plantations around the world particularly in Malaysia. This article also reviewed the details procedure of each control method that has been or has a potential to be integrate together to reduce the level of disease and pest in the field.
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