Development and field evaluation of a tractor mounted oil palm trunk injector

Aminulrashid Mohamed, . and Mohd Ikmal Hafizi Azaman, . and Idris Abu Seman, . and Abd Rahim Shuib, . and Abdul Razak Jelani, . and Norman Kamarudin, . and Muhamad Fauzi Ismail, . and Kushairi A., . Development and field evaluation of a tractor mounted oil palm trunk injector. pp. 101-110. ISSN 1511-2780

This article describes the design development and testing of a trunk injection machine. The machine comprised of an injection apparatus hydraulic system and 200-litre storage tank mounted on a mini-tractor. Experiments were conducted to test injection effectiveness test time and motion study (TMS) and field trial. The injection effectiveness test using 0.1 eosin dye on the healthy palms revealed that the machine was able to spread the dye to more than 60 coverage on the vertical (X) and horizontal (Y) axes and up to 65 cm upwards on the longitudinal axis (Z). Results recommended to have two injections per palm for a better coverage profile. TMS revealed that the machine was able to treat about 37 palms per day with the injection cost of about RM 3.15 per palm. Study on 2088 Ganoderma-infected palms in an estate showed that 95.6 of the infected palms were still standing after one year treatment with Hexaconazole. The cost-effectiveness was calculated at RM 1.02 per palm over five-year of economic life. With the performance and cost of the machine it is recommended that this machine is suitable to be used to treat palms infected with basal stem rot disease (BSR).

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Abstract

This article describes the design development and testing of a trunk injection machine. The machine comprised of an injection apparatus hydraulic system and 200-litre storage tank mounted on a mini-tractor. Experiments were conducted to test injection effectiveness test time and motion study (TMS) and field trial. The injection effectiveness test using 0.1 eosin dye on the healthy palms revealed that the machine was able to spread the dye to more than 60 coverage on the vertical (X) and horizontal (Y) axes and up to 65 cm upwards on the longitudinal axis (Z). Results recommended to have two injections per palm for a better coverage profile. TMS revealed that the machine was able to treat about 37 palms per day with the injection cost of about RM 3.15 per palm. Study on 2088 Ganoderma-infected palms in an estate showed that 95.6 of the infected palms were still standing after one year treatment with Hexaconazole. The cost-effectiveness was calculated at RM 1.02 per palm over five-year of economic life. With the performance and cost of the machine it is recommended that this machine is suitable to be used to treat palms infected with basal stem rot disease (BSR).

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Agricultural machinery
AGROVOC Term:	Oil palm
AGROVOC Term:	Trunks
AGROVOC Term:	Injectors
AGROVOC Term:	Tree injection
AGROVOC Term:	Plant diseases
AGROVOC Term:	Chemical control
AGROVOC Term:	Fungal diseases
AGROVOC Term:	Fungicides
AGROVOC Term:	Ganoderma
Geographical Term:	Malaysia
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	28 Apr 2025 06:06
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24112

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