Application of Cytokinin under Modified Atmosphere (MA) Delays Yellowing and Prolongs the Vase Life of <i>Davallia solida</i> (G. Forst.) Sw. Leaves by Pattaraporn Ngamkham, Varit Srilaong, Chalermchai Wongs-Aree, Mantana Buanong

“…A 10 µM TDZ pulsing treatment significantly prevented the yellowing of <i>D. solida</i> fronds during the vase period or storage period, and one-week storage under MA with light conditions is recommended for retaining postharvest quality after storage.…”
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Effects of Exogenous Putrescine on Delaying Senescence of Cut Foliage of Nephrolepis cordifolia by Ying Qu, Lu Jiang, Tana Wuyun, Shouyuan Mu, Fuchun Xie, Yajun Chen, Lu Zhang

“…In the present study, effects of Put spraying on the postharvest performance of cut foliage of Nephrolepis cordifolia L. were investigated. Cut fronds sprayed with deionized water (Put0) showed visible injuries after 10 days in vase. …”
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Modelling aboveground biomass of oil palm using destructive method and remote sensing data by Sunaryathy, Putri Ida

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Basal Stem Rot of Oil Palm : Screening System and Bioefficacy of Sterol Biosynthesis Inhibitors Against Ganoderma Boninense by Teh, Kim Sing

“…The BSR associated symptoms observed were desiccation of the fronds and retardation of growth. BSR development tends to concentrate at the centre of the bole. …”
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Short-term changes in the soil physical and chemical properties due to different soil and water conservation practices in a sloping land oil palm estate by Teh, Christopher Boon Sung, Goh, Kah Joo, Law, Chu Chien, Seah, Tiong Seng

“…Thus, this study was undertaken to compare the effects of the EFB, Ecomat, silt pit, and control (stacked pruned oil palm fronds) on several soil properties at soil depths of 0-150 and 150-300 mm, over a period of six months, at an oil palm estate with a hill slope of 6°. …”
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Detection, characterization and antimicrobial activity of nano silver against coconut yellow decline phytoplasmas in coconut and ornamental palms in Malaysia by Naderali, Neda

“…Symptoms such as yellowing of fronds particularly older leaves which eventually turned brown, the crown inflorescence yellowing, stunting and decline in growth. …”
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Nutritive Value of Mulberry (Morus Alba) Hay as a Feed Supplement for Sheep by Ali, Arsyadi

“…The third experiment determined the effect of supplementation of mulberry hay on the total digestibility of the ration based on oil palm frond (OPF) pellet. The drying time of W7 mulberry foliage was significantly (P<0.05) longer than W5. …”
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Nutrient loss in runoff and growth response of immature oil palm following application of controlled-release fertilizers by Bah, Alagie

“…Plant growth parameters such as frond number and bole diameter were significantly greater with granular CRF (100%) than the control and mixture treatments. …”
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GanoCare™ fertilization effects on growth and suppression of basal stem rot disease of oil palm seedlings by Rebitanim, Nur Akmal

“…In nursery, the application of GanoCare™ 1 significantly enhanced the height, girth, frond count, total leaf area, chlorophyll content, photosynthesis rate, fresh and dry weight of oil palm seedlings when compared to the control. …”
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Pretreatment of lignocellulosic materials by deep eutectic solvents for enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis by Zulkefli, Syarilaida

“…The dissolution process was done by heating and stirring 5% (w/w) oil palm biomasses which were trunk (OPT), frond (OPF) and empty fruit bunch (EFB) in ChCl:Gly, ChCl:EG, EAC:Gly, EAC:EG and ChCl:U at 100 °C for 48 h and cellulose for 24 h at the same temperature. …”
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Production of glucose from mixed oil palm biomass using hydrothermal pretreatment by Jansar, Khairiatul Nabilah

“…Different weight ratios of oil palm biomass mixture were treated, i.e. 1:1:1, 1:1:2, 1:2:1 and 2:1:1 of oil palm frond fiber: oil palm empty fruit bunch: oil palm mesocarp fiber (OPFF:OPEFB:OPMF), respectively. …”
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Superheated steam pretreatment of oil palm biomass for improving nanofibrillation of cellulose and performance of polypropylene/cellulose nanofiber composites by Norrrahim, Mohd Nor Faiz

“…In this research, SHS was used to pretreat three types of oil palm biomass (OPB): oil palm mesocarp fiber (OPMF), oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) and oil palm frond (OPF). Potassium hydroxide (KOH) pretreatment was used as control experiment. …”
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Fungal Screening and Isolation of Cellulolytic, Mannan and Protein Degrading Enzyme Producers in Palm Kernel Cake Solid State Fermentation by Farida Asras, Mohd Fazli

“…The potential isolates were obtained from various sources such as peat soil, rotten rice chaff, ‘Tanah Bakar’, rotten palm frond and raw PKC. The isolates were screened based on the clearing zone method and on selective agar media containing substrates such as locust bean gum (LBG), carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), potato dextrose, mannan and PKC. …”
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Differential potassium uptake and utilization efficiency of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) commercial cultivars by Sim, Choon Cheak

“…Alterations in rooting behaviour (increasing fine root proliferation) and maintenance of shoot growth (frond production rate) are the primary physical traits of adaptation to potassium-deficient environment. …”
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An Ecological Study of Red Junglefowl (Gallus Gallus Spadiceus) in Agriculture Areas by Arshad, Muhammad Irshad

“…Roosting ecology shows that the Red Junglefowl preferred horizontal branch/frond for roosting at night and changed branches and trees from time to time. …”
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Hydrolysis of biomass to levulinic acid over hy-zeolite supported ionic liquid catalyst by Abu Zarin, Muhammad Anif

“…Meanwhile, when the testing was done on the biomass, oil palm frond (OPF) and empty fruit bunch (EFB), 21.0% and 22.4% of levulinic acid yield were obtained respectively at reaction temperature of 170 °C, reaction time of 4 h, 0.6 g of HY-IL-2 and 0.4 wt% of feedstock concentration. …”
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In silico analysis on degradation order of cellulosic components in oil palm leaves by Trichoderma asperellum UC1 enzymes by Bahaman, Aina Hazimah

“…Literature has shown that oil palm frond leaves (OPFL) can be transformed into nanocellulose (NC) by fungal lignocellulosic enzymes, particularly those produced by Trichoderma species. …”
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Candida rugosa lipase supported on biomass-based nanocellulose-chitosan composite for synthesis of butyl butyrate by Elias, Nursyafiqah

“…The current practices of large-scale oil palm plantations such as passive dumping and open burning of unwanted matured oil palm fronds leaves (OPFL) are aesthetically displeasing and contributes to poor regional air quality along with increased health problems. …”
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Targeted metabolite profiling of Salvia rosmarinus Italian local ecotypes and cultivars and inhibitory activity against Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum by Valeria Iobbi, Giuliana Donadio, Anna Paola Lanteri, Norbert Maggi, Johannes Kirchmair, Valentina Parisi, Giovanni Minuto, Andrea Copetta, Mauro Giacomini, Angela Bisio, Nunziatina De Tommasi, Giuliana Drava

“…Moreover, the possibility of using the resulting biomass after removing cuttings or fronds as a source of extracts and pure compounds to be used as phytosanitary products in organic farming was evaluated. …”
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Hyposalinity affects diurnal photoacclimation patterns in the rhodophyte Palmaria palmata under mimicked Arctic summer conditions by Johanna Marambio, Sebastian Rosenfeld, Kai Bischof

“…Palmaria palmata (Rhodophyta), an alga that inhabits the arctic, intertidal and upper subtidal zones, is directly influenced by variations in the daily cycles of irradiance and temperature and being affected by low salinities. Fronds of P. palmata were collected during the summer of 2019, in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard (78.9°N, 11.9°E). …”
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