Mature oil palm - pest and disease management
Pictures from the PPI/PPIC handbook
Patrols
Patrols are carried out to detect the incidence of rat damage and todetermine whether control measures are required.
Census
This 'upright' sterile palm should have been culled before planting. It is nowtoo late for further in-filling but this palm must be poisoned out.
Census
A sterile palm which should never have been planted or allowed to reachthis age. It should be poisoned and removed from the plantation.
Rat control
Rat damage on a maturing bunch.
Rat control
Successful rat baiting is indicated by the presence of numerous dead rats inand around creeks and drains.
Insect control
Drilling the hole for trunk injection.
Insect control
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Injecting insecticide into the trunk of an oil palm. The operator should bewearing safety equipment!
Insect control
Plugging the hole after insecticide has been injected into the palm.
Insect damage
Rhinoceros beetle damage to the growing point of a young palm.
Insect damage
Damage to frond pinnae caused by bagworms.
Insect damage
Nettle caterpillars collected from an infested palm stand.
Insect damage
Nettle caterpillar damage in mature palms.
Diseases and disorders
Crown disease in a young mature palm. The disorder persists in older palmsof some progenies.
Diseases and disorders
An old stand of palms affected by ganoderma. This block should bereplanted as soon as possible.
Diseases and disorders
Frond collapse around the crown of a palm affected by ganoderma.Phytosanitary precautions should be taken when replanting this block.
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