Ganoderma boninense: general characteristics of pathogenicity and methods of control

• Main Authors: Ying Wei Khoo, Khim Phin Chong
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Subjects: QH426-470 Genetics; SB183-317 Field crops Including cereals, forage crops, grasses, legumes, root crops, sugar plants, textile plants, alkaloidal plants, medicinal plants
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37905/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37905/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37905/; https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1156869
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Ganoderma boninense (G. boninense) is a soil-borne fungus threatening oil palm at the present. It causes basal stem rot disease on oil palm. Within six months, this fungus can cause an oil palm plantation to suffer a significant 43% economic loss. The high persistence and nature of spread of G. boni...