Browsing articles from "February, 2012"
Research and Development Projects: Information Management – CM1-2/93
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CM1-2/93
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Development of an oil palm system model
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1) To develop 3-D light model of oil palm.
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2) To incorporate water and nutrient models into the light model of oil palm.
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3) To visualize the growth and production of oil palm in 3-D.
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4) To verify and validate the oil palm fertiliser recommendation(INFERS) model and site yield potential(SYP) model.
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Research and Development Projects: Information Management – CM11/01
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CM11/01
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Decision making in a plant breeding programme
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1) To develop a new algorithm or methodology to optimise the selection of superior oil palm planting materials.
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2) To develop a procedure to determine the stability of the genotypes for subsequent selection.
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3) To compare and determine the best technique or a combination of techniques to handle large, messy dataset and improve decision making in plant breeding.
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Research and Development Projects: Techno-Economic Management
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Utilisation of palm wastes and by-products-To develop a system to utilize EFB more efficiently in the estate
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Precision agriculture-To develop a method to produce as appiled map(fertilizer)
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Oil palm yield forecasting
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Oil palm replanting- To evaluate a new method of clearing old oil palm for replanting using a machine called the EnviroMulcherTM on the early growth of the replanted palms mulched with the pulverised palm trunk chip
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Size of polybag-To evaluate the suitability of using smaller polybags in the nursery and subsequent assessment of growth and yield of oil palms in the field(New Pogoh estate)
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Size of polybag-To evaluate the suitability of using smaller polybags in the nursery and subsequent assessment of growth and yield of oil palms in the field(Batang Jelai Estate)
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Size of polybag-To evaluate the suitability of using smaller polybags in the nursery and subsequent assessment of growth and yield of oil palms in the field(Tuan Mee Estate)
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To investigate the effectiveness of AA+Mulch on year 1 oil palm (10ha-Ladang Bekoh)
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Labour saving technique in nursery- To evaluate the effects of different types of mulching on the growth of immature oil palms in low rainfall regions(Voules Estate)
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To investigate the use of AA+Mulch to reduce the frequency of fertilizer application in year2 and year3 of oil palm plantings(10ha-Ladang Landak)
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Applications of personal digital assistant(PDA)-To evaluate the feasibility of using PalmPilot ( a PDA) for ffb recording in the field
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Precision agriculture-To weigh ffb in the field to generate yield map on per harvesting task basis for precision agriculture
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Research and Development Projects: Techno-Economic Management – TEM/YM99-3
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TEM/YM99-3
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Precision agriculture-To weigh ffb in the field to generate yield map on per harvesting task basis for precision agriculture
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1) To generate yield map for precision agriculture.
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2) To replace the bunch count method of payment to the harvesters.
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3) As a security check against theft of ffb in transit.
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Research and Development Projects: Techno-Economic Management – TEM/YM99-1A
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TEM/YM99-1A
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Applications of personal digital assistant(PDA)-To evaluate the feasibility of using PalmPilot ( a PDA) for ffb recording in the field
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1) To use the Palm Pilot(a PDA) for recording and grading ffb at each platform.
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2) To generate harvesting and fruit quality reports from the data collected by the PalmPilot with a desktop computer.
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3) To generate yield map for precision agriculture.
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Research and Development Projects: Techno-Economic Management – TEM/WC17/2001
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TEM/WC17/2001
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To investigate the use of AA+Mulch to reduce the frequency of fertilizer application in year2 and year3 of oil palm plantings(10ha-Ladang Landak)
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1) To reduce the number of circle weeding rounds during the first 2 years of oil palm planting.
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2) To reduce the manuring frequency to only just one round at time of planting for year 1 and a subsequent round during year 2 of field planting.
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Research and Development Projects: Techno-Economic Management – TEM/WC 19a/2002
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TEM/WC 19a/2002
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Labour saving technique in nursery- To evaluate the effects of different types of mulching on the growth of immature oil palms in low rainfall regions(Voules Estate)
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To check palm growth, labour, cost parameters and other potential use of Ecomat mulch against AA+ Mulch.
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Research and Development Projects: Techno-Economic Management – TEM/WC 16b/2001
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TEM/WC 16b/2001
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To investigate the effectiveness of AA+Mulch on year 1 oil palm (10ha-Ladang Bekoh)
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1) To reduce the number of the circle weeding rounds during the first 2 years of oil palm planting.
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2) To reduce the manuring frequency to only just one round at time of planting for year 1 and if possible, to extend it to year 2 by doubling the fertilizer rate.
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Research and Development Projects: Techno-Economic Management – TEM/Polybag/99-3
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TEM/Polybag/99-3
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Size of polybag-To evaluate the suitability of using smaller polybags in the nursery and subsequent assessment of growth and yield of oil palms in the field(Tuan Mee Estate)
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To investigate the effect of different sizes of polybag on growth in the oil palm nursery and subsequent yield of oil palms in the field.
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Research and Development Projects: Techno-Economic Management – TEM/Polybag/99-2
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TEM/Polybag/99-2
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Size of polybag-To evaluate the suitability of using smaller polybags in the nursery and subsequent assessment of growth and yield of oil palms in the field(Batang Jelai Estate)
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To investigate the effect of different sizes of polybag on growth in the oil palm nursery and subsequent yield of oil palms in the field.
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