Field Notes
Mycorrhizae at the nursery stage: phosphorus an...
The strongest, most practical place to use mycorrhizae in oil palm is the nursery, where colonising young roots early can improve a seedling's ability...
Stylosanthes guianensis for manganese-toxic aci...
Stylosanthes guianensis is a tropical forage legume that tolerates the acid, low-fertility soils where many other cover crops struggle, which makes it...
Legume green manure before rice: the rotation n...
A legume green manure crop grown and incorporated before rice can lift the subsequent rice yield by about 15.7 percent, and it can let you cut applied...
Vetiver hedgerows vs cover crops on steep oil p...
On gentle to moderate slopes, leguminous cover crops are usually enough: they blanket the surface, fix nitrogen, and cut erosion across the whole...
Oryctes rhinoceros: lure-based management for o...
A pheromone lure does not eradicate Oryctes rhinoceros, but used correctly it cuts damage sharply and cheaply. The aggregation pheromone of the...
Designing a cover-crop seed mix for oil palm
A single legume cannot do everything an oil palm block needs across its life. One species establishes fast but fades under shade; another persists for...