KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has developed an effective solution for oil palm trees infected by Ganoderma which causes upper stem rot disease. The technology, which uses the developed systemic hexaconazole fungicide, is effective as the upper stem rot-infected palms can successfully recover from the disease. "The technology reduces the rate of infection by killing the Ganoderma fungus in oil palm trees,” the board said in a statement. Ganoderma fungus causes two main diseases on oil palm trees, namely, basal stem rot and upper stem rot. MPOB director-general Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir said the increase in upper stem rot disease attacks has prompted its researchers to study control measures immediately.
