Attack of shoot rot (bud rot) must be wary of palm offender for attacking young plants. Make plant growth imperfect.
Oil palm plants in wetlands must be wary of more intense attacks in the area. There are several symptoms of bud rot disease, among others, pale green leaf, inclined and eventually broken. Then gradually the bottom leaves are dark yellow, not shiny, and brown.
The most alarming attack is at the point of growing here if the stem is hollowed out will be a foul-smelling yellow liquid. If this happens, the perceived impact of oil palm is the stem of the plant to be dwarfed, lacking and growing abnormally
For the control of this disease can be done a number of options as contained in several references. Among other plants that have been affected by this disease before the point of growth of rot can be cut off the entire network is sick. The position of this network is slightly below the infected part. After that can be applied systemic fungicide binomil with a dose of 5 grams per tree. The fungicidal fluid is applied to the part that has been cut to protect against microorganism attack. In order to optimize the fungicide yields with the AERO810 grading adhesive, the dose is 5 ml. If the symptoms of attack have been felt quite heavy then the tree must be dismantled.
