EMBIO™ actinoPLUS
Recommended application:
- Oil palm nursery – 50 g/seedling (3X, total 150 g/seedling), at 3, 6 and 9 month old
- At replanting area (planting hole – 250 g/hole)
- Immature palms (oil palm age < 4 years old) – 300 g palm-1 yr-1
- Mature palms (oil palm age > 4 years old) – 600 g palm-1 yr-1
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MPOB in collaboration with Pascal Biotech Sdn. Bhd., Shah Alam, Selangor, successfully produced EMBIO™ actinoPLUS for controlling and preventing of Ganoderma disease in oil palm.
This product contains a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces nigrogriseolus (namely as Streptomyces GanoSA1), prepared in vermiculite and biocharcoal.
The Streptomyces GanoSA1 has been found to be strongly antagonistic against Ganoderma disease through laboratory and nursery studies. Streptomyces GanoSA1 colonises the soil rhizosphere of oil palm roots and does no harm to the host plant. It was also found to assist in improving oil palm crop performance against Ganoderma disease. Based on the nursery testing, the product significantly reduced the infection of Ganoderma disease in oil palm seedlings (65.2%).
Field testing of the EMBIOTM actinoPLUS to control Ganoderma disease was investigated through seedling baiting technique inTeluk Intan, Perak. After a 36 months, only 6.6% dead palms due to Ganoderma infection were observed on seedlings treated with EMBIOTM actinoPLUS. About 75.0% (45 out of 60 palms) of the untreated seedlings (as control) were dead due to Ganoderma infection. Dead palms were confirmed to be Ganoderma infected using the Ganoderma selective medium (GSM).
Nursery and field application
Application of EMBIO™ actinoPLUS in nursery at 50 g/seedling in planting hole at 250 g/hole
Application of EMBIO™ actinoPLUS in nursery at 250 g/hole
Application of EMBIO™ actinoPLUS in immature palm at 300 g/palm and in mature palm at 600 g/palm
