Publisher: Springer Nature
The significance of palm oil is high in Africa and South East Asia. Malaysia and Indonesia are the largest producers. Increased mortality and diseases of oil palm are likely to occur with climate change. Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. elaeidis (Foe) is strongly associated with causing Fusarium wilt disease of oil palm in Africa where acute and chronic forms are observed. The disease in Malaysia and Indonesia is controlled by quarantine procedures, which could lapse. The effects of future climate on oil palm mortality and Fusarium wilt disease from current time to 2100 are reported herein for Nigeri ...