| 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.)
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| 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)]
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Symposium
1
Venue:
Ball Room III
Good
Agricultural Practices and Integrated Pest
Management
Chairman:
Dr. Norman Kamarudin (Malaysian Palm Oil Board)
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Symposium 2
Venue:
Junior Ball Room I
Advancement
in Diagnostic Method
Chairman: Dr.
Ganesan Vadamalai (Universiti Putra Malaysia)
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| 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
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| 04.25-04.45pm |
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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) |
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| 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)
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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)
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| 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
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| 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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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Effects of
nest box densities on rat damage and home range of Tyto
javanica in rice field area
Mohd Naim
and Hafidzi Mohd Noor
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| 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.
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| 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.
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Effect
of plastic drum and wooden nest boxes on barn owl occupancy in oil palm
plantation
Lai, C.H and Tey, C.C.
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| 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
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| 03.50-04.10pm |
Coffee break |
| 04.10-05.00pm |
Poster
Session (Posters 31-59) |
| 8.00-10.00 pm |
Conference
Dinner |
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| 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)
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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 Biodiversity
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 |
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| 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. |
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11.40-12.00pm
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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 |
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Population
dynamics of natural enemies on different varieties of cotton
Bhai Khan Solangi, Mohammad Ishaque Mastoi and Adeel Aslam
Pirzada |
| 12.20-12.40pm |
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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 |