Isolation, fruiting and pathogenicity of marasmiellus palmivorus (Sharples) desjardin (comb. prov.) in oil palm plantations in West Malaysia

• Main Authors: Pong, V. M., Mior Ahmad, Zainal Abidin, Almaliky, Bushra Subair Abdulsada, Kadir, Jugah, Wong, Mui Yun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2012
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19208/1/80.%20Isolation%2C%20Fruiting%20and%20Pathogenicity%20of%20Marasmiellus%20palmivorus.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19208/; http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JTAS%20Vol.%2035%20(S)%20Dec.%202012/04_page%2037-48.pdf

Malaysia`s golden crop, oil palm (Elaies guineensis), is susceptible to bunch rot disease caused by Marasmiellus palmivorus (Sharples) Desjardin (comb. prov.). Nonetheless, there is no published information on the morphology and pathogenicity of the species found in local oil palm plantations in Mal...