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This book is a comprehensive volume on the current updates on oil palm-Ganoderma research. It consist of several important topics on oil palm, epidemiology, its economic important, the biology and epidemiology of pathogen Ganoderma, detection, current control methods and future direction on research related to oil palm-Ganoderma. This book is intended to serve as a reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students, teachers, researchers, technologist, extension workers, plantation personnel on Ganoderma problem.

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Dr KP Chong is currently a Senior Lecturer in School of Sustainable Agriculture, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. He holds a PhD Degree from University of Nottingham, UK and has made significant contributions on various aspects of plant pathology. He has published more than 60 research papers. His current interest is on Ganoderma-oil palm interaction.

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