Detection and control of Ganoderma boninense: strategies and perspectives

Abstract

The oil palm, an economically important tree, has been one of the world’s major sources of edible oil and a significant precursor of biodiesel fuel. Unfortunately, it now faces the threat of a devastating disease. Many researchers have identified Ganoderma boninense as the major pathogen that affects the oil palm tree and eventually kills it. But identification of the pathogen is just the first step. No single method has yet been able to halt the continuing spread of the disease. This paper discusses the modes of infection and transmission of Ganoderma boninense and suggests techniques for its early detection. Additionally, the paper proposes some possible ways of controlling the disease. Such measures, if implemented, could contribute significantly to the sustainability of the palm oil industry in South East Asia.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/2193-1801-2-555) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Deteksi Ganoderma secara molekuler pada kebun kelapa sawit yang diberi perlakuan biofungisida Ganor (Molecular detection of Ganoderma on oil palm plantation treated with Ganor biofungicide)

“…Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) telah dikembangkan untuk mendapatkan hasil yang lebih akurat dibandingkan cara konvensional (Hushiarian et al, 2013). Penelitian ini bertujuan melakukan analisis molekuler untuk mengetahui apakah tanaman kelapa sawit terserang Ganoderma dan telah mendapat perlakuan Ganor tersebut, sembuh atau bebas dari cendawan patogenik tersebut.…”

Selection of Soil Features for Detection of Ganoderma Using Rough Set Theory

“…Hushiarian et al [5] classified the G. boninense detection methods into molecular and nonmolecular method. Ganoderma and Disease Research for Oil Palm (GanoDROP) Unit is the special unit in the Malaysian Palm Oil Board that focuses on Ganoderma disease research and development.…”

Validation of Differential Gene Expression of Transcriptome Assembly via Nanostring® Technologies Analysis Platform

“…Therefore, integrated sanitisation programme is deployed to mitigate the disease incidence in the plantation such as removing diseased material, ploughing, fallowing, planting legume cover crops, chemical and bio-control treatments as well as beneficial microbes such as Trichoderma species (Lee et al, 2016). Although combination between sanitisation and agronomic management can reduce the impact of the G. boninense disease, tolerant planting materials is needed for the long-term solution for BSR (Hushiarian et al, 2013).…”