CONFERENCE PROGRAM

7
th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PLANT PROTECTION IN THE TROPICS

Hotel Nikko Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

27-29 August 2008

FINAL PROGRAM


August 27 (Wednesday)
08.00-08.30am Registration : Ball Room III Foyer
08.30-09.30am Opening Ceremony by Honorable Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
09.30-10.30am Coffee break & VIP Viewing of Exhibition Booths
10.30-11.30am

Keynote Address

The Stewardship of Crop Protection Products- An Intricate Component of GAP
Dr Martin Gibson (CropLife Asia, Singapore)

Chairman: Dr. Lim Jung Lee (Syngenta Crop Protection Sdn. Bhd.)
11.30-12.30pm Plenary 1

Communicating Pest Management to Rural Farmers
Dr
Heong Kong Luen (International Rice Research Institute, The Philippines)

Chairman: Dr. Md Yusof Husin (Hexagon Green Sdn. Bhd.)

Note:  All events for the morning session will be held at Ball Room III.
12.30-02.00pm Lunch
02.00-03.00pm

Plenary 2

Venue: Ball Room III

Dynamics of Pest Management: Challenges for Developing Economies and Imperatives for Research
Dr Sivapragasam Annamalai (Malaysian Agricultural Research & Development Institute, Malaysia)

Chairman: Tuan Syed Abd. Rahman Syed Abd. Rashid [Chairman, Board of MAPPS ETF (Education Trust Fund)]


Symposium 1
Venue: Ball Room III

Good Agricultural Practices and Integrated Pest Management
Chairman: Dr. Norman Kamarudin (Malaysian Palm Oil Board)

Symposium 2
Venue: Junior Ball Room I

Advancement in Diagnostic Method
Chairman: Dr. Ganesan Vadamalai (Universiti Putra Malaysia)

03.05-03.25pm

Can manipulation of wavelength-dependent behavior of insects serve as an IPM tool for vector and virus management in humid tropics? 

Prabhat Kumar

Molecular detection and identification of cucumber mosaic virus infecting Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don in Malaysia 

Mazidah, M.  Lau, W.H.  Khatijah, M.Y.  Habibuddin, H and Tan, Y.H.
03.25-03.45pm

Control measures and integrated approach for major pests of oil palm in Felda 

Noor Hisham Hamid, Hasber Salim, Suhaidi Hamzah, Abu Hassan A, Che Salmah Mad Rawi

PCR detection of Huanglongbin (HLB) on eighteen citrus species through grafting in Malaysia

Shokrollah,H., Thohirah,L.A., Kamaruzaman,S., and Siti Nor, A.
03.45-04.05pm

Developing Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) for mycotoxin plant protection

Rahmani, A. Selamat, J.  and Soleimany, F.

Detection and identification of phytoplasma associated with yellow decline disease of coconut in Malaysia 

Nejat, N. Sijam, K. Abdullah, S. N. A., Vadamalai, G. and Dickinson, M.
04.05-04.25pm

Good Agricultural Practice and the implementation of integrated management of pest fruit flies using protein bait 

Mokhtar Idrus, Asna Booty Othman and Shaharuddin Shariff

Natural occurrence of Bean common mosaic virus on patchouli plants in Indonesia 

Sedyo Hartono, Siti Subandiyah, Aminatun Munawarti, Keiko T. Natsuaki, Tomohide Natsuaki, and Seiichi Okuda
04.25-04.45pm

Ribonuclease protection assay as a tool for detection of Coconut cadang-cadang viroid (CCCVd) variants in oil palm 

Vadamalai G., Cheong, L.C., and Randles, J.W.
04.45-05.00pm Coffee Break
05.00-06.00pm Poster Session (Posters 1-30)



August 28 (Thursday)
8.30-9.30 am

Plenary 3
Venue: Ball Room III

Past and Future Approaches to Control of Ganoderma Disease of Oil Palm

Prof Dr Robert Russell Monteith Paterson (University of Minho, Portugal)

Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Sariah Meon (Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia)


Symposium 3
Venue: Ball Room III
 

Plant Pathology
Chairman: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kamaruzaman Sijam (Universiti Putra Malaysia)

Symposium 4
Venue: Junior Ball Room I

Chemical Control, Pesticide Application Technology and Pesticide Science
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Dzolkifli Omar (Universiti Putra Malaysia)

09.35-09.55am

Evaluation of “Apple” dessert banana accessions against Fusarium wilt disease 

Margaret Onyango, Richard Manshardt, Deborah Karamura, and David Haymer

Spinosad:  Innovative formulations and new markets 

William H. Hendrix, III, Doris Paroonagian, Mark Hertlein, Aris Chloridis, Amit Samsudin, and Katsuya Kaneshi
09.55-10.15am

Fruit rot of salak (Salacca zalacca) in relation with endophytic fungi 

Sepiah, M., Nurul Zaadah,J. and Noreha, M.

Spinetoram (XDE-175): A new, reduced risk insect management tools 

Leng Choy Lee, Nguyen Lap, Samsudin Amit, Somsak Samanwong, Zahariman Mohd Shah, Zhen Wei Yao, Jim Dripps
10.15-10.35am

Comparison of biological and chemical control of Fusarium oxysporium f. sp. ciceri 

Irum Mukhtar and Abdul Hannan

Broadnet - A new herbicide for general weed control in oil palm

Zahariman, M.S, Shieh, J.N., Samsudin, A., Love, C.O. and Master R.A.
10.35-10.55am

Spread of Huanglongbin by the Asiatic Citrus Psyllid and its control in citrus orchid in Sarawak

Leong, C.T.S., Abang, F., Beattie, G.A.C., Kueh, J.H.R and Ng, H.L.

PrevathonTM – A novel insecticide in controlling wide spectrum of Lepidopteran pests in various economically important crops

Shamsul Kamar, Chua Chin Kok and Ooi Kok Eng
10.55-11.20am Coffee Break
11.20-11.40am

Mitigation of Ganoderma disease in oil palm by application of Trichoderma and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Mohd Ahdly, A., Tey, C.C. and Faridah, A.

Postcolumn flourogenic-lebelling for the HPLC analysis of glyphosate and ampa in oil matrix 

Norizah Halim, Ainie Kuntom and Loh Saw Hong
11.40-12.00pm

Aethiology of a new disease on red-fleshed dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) caused by Fusarium proliferatum 

Masratul Hawa, M., Hew, P. Y., Latiffah, Z., Maziah, Z., Nagao, H.D., and Salleh, B.

Determination of cypermethrin in crude palm oil 

Badrul Hisyam Zainudin, Halimah Muhamad, Nor Kartini Abu Bakar
12.00-12.20pm

Gall Rust Disease Epidemic of Falcataria moluccana (Miq.) Barneby & J.W. Grimes Plantation (Case Study in Brumas Estate, Tawau-Sabah, Malaysia)

Sri Rahayu, Lee Su See, Nor Aini Ab. Shukor, Ghizan Salleh, Ahmad Said Sajap

Adsorption, desorption and mobility of metsulfuron-methyl in Malaysian soils in an oil palm ecosystem

Ooi Kok Eng, Cheah Uan Boh and Ismail B.S.
12.20-12.40pm

Fumigation for quarantine treatment – Malaysian Standard

Mokhtarud-din Hussin

Comparing inhalation and skin exposure of selected herbicides among pesticide sprayers

Mohd Rafee, B.B.  Ismail, B.S., Norela, S. and Fadzil, O.
12.40-01.00pm

Oil palm root colonization by beneficial actinomycetes 

Ho Li-Sim, Norhafizi Hashim, Noor Azizah Musa, Nalisha Itnin, Jaime Low Yoke Sum, Hirzun Mohd Yusof
01.00-02.30pm Lunch

Symposium 5
Venue: Ball Room III
 

Weed Science
Chairman: Mr. Chung Gait Fee (Malaysian Plant Protection Society)

Symposium 6
Venue: Junior Ball Room I
 

Vertebrate Pests
Chairman: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hafidzi Mohd Noor (Universiti Putra Malaysia)
02.30-02.50pm

Impact of the presence of “Soft Herbs’ on the growth of young tea (Camellia sinesis L.O. Kuntze) and soil fertility status. 

K. G. Prematilake  & M.G.S. Liyanage & P. Prematunge

Effects of nest box densities on rat damage and home range of Tyto javanica in rice field area

Mohd Naim and Hafidzi Mohd Noor

02.50-03.10pm

Glyphosate Monoammonium and other commercial herbicides for controlling volunteer oil palm seedlings

Maizatul, S. M. and Idris, A. S.

Relationships between rodent abundance, fruit bunches and Damage: Towards understanding of numerical and functional responses in a plantation system

Puan, C.L., Baxter, G., Hafidzi, M.N., Goldizen, A.W. and Zakaria, M.

03.10-03.30pm

Total weed control through a new Imidazolinone-tolerant rice variety in Malaysia

Azmi M., Azlan, S., Lim, E.W., George, K. and Chew, S.E.

Effect of plastic drum and wooden nest boxes on barn owl occupancy in oil palm plantation 

Lai, C.H and Tey, C.C.

03.30-03.50pm

Biomass allocation of Rotttboellia exaltata (Lour.) – an introduced weed species in oil palm in Sarawak

Ipor I.B., C.S. Tawan and K. Meekiong

The first recorded breeding of Grass Owl, Tyto longimembris in oil palm plantation in Sabah 

Noor Hisham Hamid, Hafidzi Mohd Nor, Sukri Taib ismail, Mohd Aswad Abdul Wahab

03.50-04.10pm Coffee break
04.10-05.00pm Poster Session (Posters 31-59)
8.00-10.00 pm Conference Dinner



August 29 (Friday)
08.30-9.30am

Plenary 4
Venue: Ball Room III


Biological Control: A Panacea for Plant Protection?

Prof Dr Kok Loke Tuck (Virginia Tech, US

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Yusof Ibrahim (Universiti Putra Malaysia)


Symposium 7
Venue: Ball Room III
 

Research on New and Improved Formulations of Biocontrol and Biopesticides
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Ahmad Said Sajap (Universiti Putra Malaysia)

Symposium 8
Venue: Junior Ball Room I


Entomology and Biodiversit
y
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Idris Ghani (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
09.35-09.55am

Genotypic studies of genetically improved-baculoviruses carrying insect toxin genes from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Aizawai 

Hamzah, A. A. Lau, W. H., Yusoff, K. Sajap, A. S. and Tan, Y. H.

Insects associated with some ornamental plants in Sabah, Malaysia

Arthur Y. C. Chung
09.55-10.15am

A study on Diamondback Moth Granulovirus morphological characteristics and some effectiveness test on DBM larvae

Dezianian, A. Sajap, A, S. Lau, W. H., Omar, D., Kadir, H. A. and Yusoh, M.R.M.

Mating behaviour and pheromone studies in mango seed weevil Stenochetus mangiferae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Crytorhynchinae)

Fauziah Abdullah and Muhammad Ashraf Khairul Azmi
10.15-10.35am

Field evaluation of Metarhizium anisopliae to control the rhinoceros beetle,  Oryctes rhinoceros  (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae)

Ramle, M. Norman, K. Ang, B.N. Siti Ramlah, A. A. and Mohd Basri, W.

Activity of fruit-piercing moths, Endocima spp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and its control in a citrus orchid 

Leong, C.T.S. and Kueh, J.H.R.
10.35-10.55am

Applying the Weaver Ant, Oecophylla smaragdina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) to control the Mahogany Shoot Borer, Hypsipyla robusta (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Malaysia

Lim, G.T., Kirton, L.G., Salom, S.M., Kok, L.T., Pfeiffer, D.G., Fell, R.D. and Ong, S.P.

Population of cabbage aphid on Canola planted on different dates

Aslam, M., Razaq, M. and Ishaq, A.
10.55-11.20am Coffee Break
11.20-11.40am

Trichoderma harzianum T9 and T. virens T29 as potential biological control agents for Ganoderma boninense – A glasshouse investigation 

Shamala S. and Idris A.S.

Smart utilization of methyl eugenol, a plant-derived potent attractant by a male oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) 

Hee, A.K.W. and Tan, K.H.

11.40-12.00pm

Prospects of Sarcocystis singaporensis as commercial biological rodenticide in Indonesia

Sulaiman Ginting, Evawaty Sri Ulina and Thomas Jaekel

The functional roles of male rectal volatile constituents in Bactrocera carambolae (Diptera:

Tephritidae) and its ecological significance

Suk-Ling Wee and Keng-Hong Tan
12.00-12.20pm

Population dynamics of natural enemies on different varieties of cotton

Bhai Khan Solangi, Mohammad Ishaque Mastoi and Adeel Aslam Pirzada
12.20-12.40pm

Local spatio-temporal pattern of termite infestation in oil palm agroecosystem

Faszly R., Nor Najhalwani S., Idris A.B.
12.45-2.30pm Lunch
02.30-04.00pm Poster Session
04.00-05.00pm Closing Ceremony
05.00-05.30pm Coffee break