Pest And Disease In Rubber Plantation In Malaysia

About 46 of the total world s rubber is produced in malaysia.

Pest and disease in rubber plantation in malaysia. Since then about one hundred maladies and diseases were reported all over the world. Rubber plantation in malaysia introduction malaysia is the leading producer of natural rubber in the world. The rubber tree is affected by a number of diseases of economic important and they can be divided for convenience into four categories. Rubber trees are popular disease resistant houseplants.

Attention is drawn in the preface to the fact that the future of plantation rubber is largely dependent on the effective control of disease and that the importance of this factor. Pang syed 1971. Although healthy rubber tree plants tend to be pest resistant they can be infested by several sap sucking pests. The present work is a revised and greatly enlarged version of the section devoted to pathological problems in the author s well known book the physiology and diseases of hevea brasiliensis which appeared in 1911.

Common pests diseases of rubber group. These are minute organisms with four pairs of legs. First the seedlings were brought from the amazon basin and were planted here on a experimental basis. There are several tools present to diagnose treat and prevent the diseases and pests.

Rubber hevea brasiliensis the important plantation crops in srilanka. Although they are large tree in the wild rubber trees respond well to pruning and can be kept quite small if trimmed regularly. Cocoa is very susceptible to pests and diseases right from the moment the seeds are sown. When the infestation is severe apply sevin 5 at the rate of 10 kg per ha or ekalux 1 5 or fenval 0 4 dust at the rate of 7 kg per ha provisional recommendation with a power duster.

They suck the sap from the leaves resulting in crinkling and shedding. If properly cared for few pests or diseases seriously threaten rubber trees. However if weakened by overwatering or dark conditions they can be afflicted by. Turner shepherd 1978 and varghese 1985.

Rubber tree ficus elastica is an impressive plant with huge shiny leaves but this cold sensitive plant survives outdoors only in very warm climates for this reason it is usually grown indoors. Tools are available for breeders extension and academic officers and plant protectionists. A plant disease has affected thousands of hectares of rubber plantations in indonesia and may take a serious toll on natural rubber output this year. In 1900 the first disease on rubber tree was detected.

All the plant parts including the pods are affected by various pests conway 1971.