Destructive infection of Ganoderma Boninense in an Oil Palm Plantation at Triang, Pahang

Early of January 2016, we visited an oil palm plantation at Triang, Pahang which badly infected by Ganoderma Boninense disease. Obviously the estate manager didn't do a good job to manage the situation or he just doesn't really care about it due to lack of knowledge on how to deal with such problem.

Conservative thinking and less awareness in disease control are reason of such disaster. We believe it's a very common attitude to many plantation managers especially the older generations. Their jobs are fertilizing (which at least 50% were wasted due to bad soil condition), weed killing (which herbicide always over dosage) and harvesting (as long as the tree is producing) till the diseased tree fall down.

As requested by the estate owner, we were there to give them a trial on our products, to educate them how to control the disease, how important the condition of soil could affect the tree health and yield and how to save cost on fertilizer and herbicide by using our product (GRAMAX+ and BiOZAP).

The entire oil palm estate is badly managed and showing sign of sickness. Leaves are falling and drying

A victim of Ganoderma Boninense disease

Butt rotten oil palm tree

Ganoderma Boninense detected on the butt, usually when you can see it that means it a little too late to save the tree as the internal butt has already rotten.

Another infected oil palm tree where external is just 2 small Ganoderma but internal had turn hollow (big hole on the upper left)

Worker applying treatment (GRAMAX+ 500ml mix into 20L water) by pouring the mixture around the tree butt 

Weed Control Trial - BiOZAP the bio-booster and crop management enhancer

In large scale farming, weed control is another headache issue which bothering many farmers and plantation workers. There are many herbicides available in the market with one aim - kill the weed. Among all the brands, Paraquat is the superstar due to its superior effect and performance. Certainly such a high toxic product had been banned in many countries because its not only killing weed but also harmful to other living creature especially endanger the applicant life.

In the same time, herbicide toxicity will leave numbers of side effects to the eco system as well such as destroying the good microbes inhabitant in the soil. And the worst part is all these negative impacts are hardly biodegradable but will be retained in the environment for years or even decades.

To stop the usage of herbicide in large scale farming is a fairy tales, but to reduce its dosage and quantity in every application has made possible by adding our product - BiOZAP the bio-booster.

Weed control test (BiOZAP and water mix ratio 1:100 where herbicide reduce by half rate)

Obvious sign of drying after 2 and a half hours. Mixture of BiOZAP with systemic herbicide able to achieve a fast burndown effect and 30 minutes of rainfastness.

With just a 1% BiOZAP mixture and reduce the herbicide dosage by half, we kill the weed in style - not only faster and more effective but safer to environment and reduce pollution as well.

Rubber tree survived from Rigidoporus microporus infection (white root disease) after GRAMAX+ treatment

In Malaysia, rubber trees planting is the second largest agriculture business after oil palm. While oil palm is invaded by Ganoderma boninense, rubber tree also struggling from Rigidoporus microporus infection (aka white root disease)

Rubber tree suffered from Rigidoporus microporus infection (white root disease)

Our duty doesn't end with the significant lab test result, in fact we move on to the real battlefield - a rubber tree estate which infected with Rigidoporus microporus in Melaka.

Rubber tree cured from Rigidoporus microporus infection with many green and healthy new growth leaves.

4 weeks after GRAMAX+ treatment, we had win the battle obviously and save the tree from Rigidoporus microporus infection.

Product Lab Test GRAMAX+ (Code: Bio-zap 9) against Rigidoporus microporus (white root disease) on rubber trees

Lab test showing significant result of GRAMAX+ (product code: Bio-zap 9) on suppressing the disease of Rigidoporus microporus (white root rot) which bring deadly infection to rubber trees.

Note: 'ppm' expressed as milligrams per liter (mg/L) in the lab test. As shown in the chart a volume of 200ppm had 100% successfully suppressed the growth of Rigidoporus microporus in 10 days which equal to a mixtures of 2ml into 10L of water. Somehow on field, dosage and mix ratio will be vary depends on level of infection, climate, humidity as well as other outdoor conditions.

Product Lab Test GRAMAX+ (Code: Bio-zap 9) against Rigidoporus microporus (white root disease)

What are GRAMAX+ and BiOZAP actually?

Some people might have question about our products since its carry multi functions from soil energizer, plant growth booster to disease treatment. Briefly explain, our product is not fertilizer as it doesn't contain any NPK. It's not EM (Effective microorganism) as it doesn't contain any microbe as well.

We categorized our product as 'Carbon Fix Solution':

• an organic based chemistry solution which easy biodegradable.
• high carbon content provide energy source for microbes.
• renewable material and sustainable solution.
• earth friendly, pollution free and non toxic.

GRAMAX + and BiOZAP suppress pathogen to ensure healthy growth and crop’s yield by breaking the bacteria peptidoglycan layer of gram (-) and as an energy source for gram (+) 

Ganoderma Boninense treatment for oil palm in a plantation at Melaka

Whatever happen in the lab is just a figure on paper. To our product the field test is a much bigger lab and more challenging as we need to face the mother nature. So we carry a product trial in an oil palm plantation at Melaka. The application is easy and simple, a mixture of GRAMAX+ (500ml) into 20L water and pour around the tree butt.

Plantation worker applying treatment to oil palm with Ganoderma Boninense infection.

The butt is full of Ganoderma Boninense, soon enough the tree will rot and fall without proper care and treatment.

The result showing a good sign of cure by eliminating the Ganoderma Boninense after 30 days.

Many say that the Ganoderma Boninense is incurable. It's deadly like a cancer to any oil palm tree. Once infected and the tree will die eventually, but it seems like our product GRAMAX+ has given the palm tree a new hope of surviving! And most importantly a solution to estate owner to cut down their losses.

Product Lab Test GRAMAX+ (Code: Bio-zap 9) against Ganoderma Boninense

Lab test showing significant result of GRAMAX+ (product code: Bio-zap 9) on eliminating the fungal of Ganoderma Boninense which bring deadly infection to oil palm.

The Botryosphaeria dothidea infection on Dragon Fruit (Pitaya)

Dragon fruit (Pitaya) has became a new trend of commercial crop framing now due to its high nutrients value and taste. When the farming scale is getting bigger and bigger, so do the chances of infection will go higher and higher if without proper management.

Here is a Dragon Fruit farmer in Sepang, Selangor who almost give up his hope and hardwork when get caught in the outbreak of Botryosphaeria dothidea infections until he met us. 

Botryosphaeria dothidea is a fungal infection causes blotchy red/brown spots on the stems of Dragon Fruit. The spots are typically flat but slightly raised compared to adjacent normal areas. The infection can result in multiple irregular spots that may coalesce together. The disease may first present as yellow areas on a branch that then develop into darker spots.

After applying BiOZAP, the disease was eliminated, the plant staying strong and also.... many battle scars of surviving from infection. 

Our Flagship Product - BiOZAP

• Fast burndown effect when tank mix with systemic herbicide (30mins rainfast) 
• Quick knockdown effect when tank mix systemic insecticidal effect (improve bio-efficacy performance) 
• Reduce application “half rate” of systemic herbicide/fungicide/insecticide (synergistic effect) 
• Cut down on inorganic chemistry agrochemical (reduce pollution) 
• Multiply gram (+) bacteria and suppress soil-borne pathogen and water-borne pathogen (disease control)

BiOZAP propagate gram (+) bacteria and suppress gram (-) bacteria and fungus. On contact BiOZAP naturally inserts themselves into the lipid bi-layer of the fungal & gram (-) bacteria & nematode membranes and physically disturbs the membrane, resulting in increased fluidity of the membrane. These elevations in membrane fluidity will cause a generalized disorganization of the cell membrane that leads to conformational changes in membrane proteins, the release of intracellular components, cytoplasmic disorder and eventually cell disintegration. BiOZAP high carbon content is readily an energy source for gram (+) to thrive and multiply rapidly

Irrigation water can become contaminated through a variety of ways and can potentially spread bacteria, fungus, viruses, and parasites to crops. Contaminated water that is used during crop production, harvesting, and processing can lead to many issues affecting yield.When soil microflora is imbalance, plant health deteriorates and outbreak of diseases will cause severe financial loss.

Our Flagship Product - GRAMAX+

• Multiply effective microbe (Gram +)
• Improve soil aggregation (ameliorant)
• Stimulate root growth & plant strength
• Increase fixation of atmospheric nitrogen
• Healthy microflora to improve yield (bio-fertilizer)
• Suppression of soil-borne pathogen

GRAMAX+ is a high carbon energy source for microbes to thrive and rapidly multiply Gram (+) bacteria (effective microbes) thus suppressing potential pathogen.

It is estimated that the number of bacteria in soil is more than 100 million per gram of soil. In reduced tillage agriculture system, the ratio of fungi to bacteria increase over time since chemical fertilizers (nitrogenous fertilizers) damage the environment. In contrast, bio-fertilizers lead to soil enrichment and are compatible with long-term sustainability. Further they are ecofriendly and pose no danger to the environment.

Soil microorganisms are the driving force behind maintaining the long-term fertility of an agro ecosystem. Nitrogen fixation refers to the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen gas (N2) into a form usable by plants and other organisms. Nitrogen fixation is conducted by a variety of bacteria, both as free-living organisms and in symbiotic association with plants. Because it is the principal source of the nitrogen in the soil, nitrogen that plants need to grow, nitrogen fixation is one of the most important biochemical processes on Earth.