CROP PROTECTION

Activity of Crop Protection focus on preventing loss of crop yields through the development of an effective integrated pest and disease management (IPM: Integrated pest and disease management ) based on monitoring the potential outbreaks of pests and diseases, identification of pests and new pathogens, as well as the development of an effective biotechnology-based controlling methods.

We continue to achieve significant progress in the development of plant material that is more resistance to Ganoderma, which currently being conducted in multiple trial locations to prove the resistance of the plant material in a variety of environmental conditions. We also conduct intensive efforts to optimize the practice of replanting oil palm and rubber in order to prevent loss of crop yields during the first years after planting and development of antagonistic fungus (Trichoderma spp.) to prevent the infection of Ganoderma in the plantation area.