Golden Hopes experience with d/6 tapping system
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TextPublication details: Proceedings of Seminar on Low Intensity Tapping Systems(LITS) 10 August 1998, Training Complex, Sungei Buloh. pp.97-102Subject(s): Summary: The rubber industry is still facing the problems of labour shortage and rising cost of production. Lembaga Getah Malaysia (LGM) has recommended few technologies in tackling these problems, and one of them is the Less Intensive tapping System (LITS). The adoptions of these technologies, as reported by LGM, have not been wide spread. The industry instead has resorted to short term measures, for example, the use of immigrant tappers or abondoning tapping. Golden Hope Plantations Berhad, which is maintaining a substantial area under rubber especially in estates in Selangor, Negeri Sembialn, Malacca and Johor, is also facing these problems. Trials were laid out, some with LGM, to evaluate LITS or d/6 tapping system in some of the areas. This paper evaluates some factors affecting the performance of LITS in these trials. These include drying-up of bark due to long intervals between tappings, pre-coagulation problems occurring on trees tapped on LITS, incidence of dryness due to intensive stimulation applications and higher percentage of late drips or cup lumps in the absebce of evening collection, Results obtained from two trials, that is, from Victoria Estate in Kedah and New Rompin Estate in Negeri Sembilan are reported in this paper. The former was conducted with LGM. Trial 1 on Victoria Estate using clone PB 217 has shown that the tappers yield has increased substantially to 251;during the 26 months period of the trial, while land productivity was reduced to 68;. In terms of yield per tree, the results also showed the increase to 203;as compared to the control 1/2S d/2 tapping system. There was no significant differences in dry rubber content (drc) between LITS and the control. The second trial (Trial 2) on New Rompin Estate is the commercial trial with LITS using 11 clones including PB 260 as control. The average yield of these clones varied from 51.2g tree/tapping for clone PM 10 to 104.2 g/t/t for clone PB 347.
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The rubber industry is still facing the problems of labour shortage and rising cost of production. Lembaga Getah Malaysia (LGM) has recommended few technologies in tackling these problems, and one of them is the Less Intensive tapping System (LITS). The adoptions of these technologies, as reported by LGM, have not been wide spread. The industry instead has resorted to short term measures, for example, the use of immigrant tappers or abondoning tapping. Golden Hope Plantations Berhad, which is maintaining a substantial area under rubber especially in estates in Selangor, Negeri Sembialn, Malacca and Johor, is also facing these problems. Trials were laid out, some with LGM, to evaluate LITS or d/6 tapping system in some of the areas. This paper evaluates some factors affecting the performance of LITS in these trials. These include drying-up of bark due to long intervals between tappings, pre-coagulation problems occurring on trees tapped on LITS, incidence of dryness due to intensive stimulation applications and higher percentage of late drips or cup lumps in the absebce of evening collection, Results obtained from two trials, that is, from Victoria Estate in Kedah and New Rompin Estate in Negeri Sembilan are reported in this paper. The former was conducted with LGM. Trial 1 on Victoria Estate using clone PB 217 has shown that the tappers yield has increased substantially to 251;during the 26 months period of the trial, while land productivity was reduced to 68;. In terms of yield per tree, the results also showed the increase to 203;as compared to the control 1/2S d/2 tapping system. There was no significant differences in dry rubber content (drc) between LITS and the control. The second trial (Trial 2) on New Rompin Estate is the commercial trial with LITS using 11 clones including PB 260 as control. The average yield of these clones varied from 51.2g tree/tapping for clone PM 10 to 104.2 g/t/t for clone PB 347.
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