Assessment of induction technique and selection factors for agarwood production from cultivated aquilaria

Aquilaria is a genus belonging to the Thymelaeaceae family. This genus produces the valuable, non-wood fragrant product known as agarwood (gaharu). Agarwood is a highly commercial non-timber product due to its important role in the fragrance, aromatherapy, and medicine industries, and its usage i...

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Main Author:	Mat Desa, Mohamad Azren Putra
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2021
Subjects:	Agarwood (Wood) Forest products industry Aquilaria
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/105518/1/MOHAMAD%20AZREN%20PUTRA%20-%20IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.1055182024-02-04T23:56:09Z Assessment of induction technique and selection factors for agarwood production from cultivated aquilaria 2021-09 Mat Desa, Mohamad Azren Putra Aquilaria is a genus belonging to the Thymelaeaceae family. This genus produces the valuable, non-wood fragrant product known as agarwood (gaharu). Agarwood is a highly commercial non-timber product due to its important role in the fragrance, aromatherapy, and medicine industries, and its usage in religious activities. Along with the increasing agarwood demands and growth of Aquilaria plantations, some artificial methods to induce agarwood formation have been developed, not only to improve agarwood yields but also to produce sustainable agarwood with quality closely resembling the wild-sourced agarwood. In this study, an underrated method with high potential to increase agarwood yields were assessed in a field trial in a local plantation. Six cultivated Aquilaria subintegra trees were induced using a patented agarwood inducer, where three stands were harvested at six- and 12-months post induced, respectively, and were assessed (i.e., documenting agarwood formation, yields estimation and agarwood grading). It is shown that the inducer has the potential in maximizing the agarwood yields at 12 months post induced with higher quality than after six months post induced. A survey was conducted to evaluate the potential of agarwood inducer in local market. It highlighted five influential factors on inducer selection among smallholders/plantation owners. Chemical inducer has potential in local market since the desire to use chemical inducer among planters is about 48%. In addition, the trends of agarwood trade were found fluctuating but gives impression that the industry has potential to bring huge profits for planters and country. Overall, this study is informative and contribute analytical analysis for the advancement of agarwood industry. Agarwood (Wood) Forest products industry Aquilaria 2021-09 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/105518/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/105518/1/MOHAMAD%20AZREN%20PUTRA%20-%20IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Agarwood (Wood) Forest products industry Aquilaria Emang, Diana
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language	English
advisor	Emang, Diana
topic	Agarwood (Wood) Forest products industry Aquilaria
spellingShingle	Agarwood (Wood) Forest products industry Aquilaria Mat Desa, Mohamad Azren Putra Assessment of induction technique and selection factors for agarwood production from cultivated aquilaria
description	Aquilaria is a genus belonging to the Thymelaeaceae family. This genus produces the valuable, non-wood fragrant product known as agarwood (gaharu). Agarwood is a highly commercial non-timber product due to its important role in the fragrance, aromatherapy, and medicine industries, and its usage in religious activities. Along with the increasing agarwood demands and growth of Aquilaria plantations, some artificial methods to induce agarwood formation have been developed, not only to improve agarwood yields but also to produce sustainable agarwood with quality closely resembling the wild-sourced agarwood. In this study, an underrated method with high potential to increase agarwood yields were assessed in a field trial in a local plantation. Six cultivated Aquilaria subintegra trees were induced using a patented agarwood inducer, where three stands were harvested at six- and 12-months post induced, respectively, and were assessed (i.e., documenting agarwood formation, yields estimation and agarwood grading). It is shown that the inducer has the potential in maximizing the agarwood yields at 12 months post induced with higher quality than after six months post induced. A survey was conducted to evaluate the potential of agarwood inducer in local market. It highlighted five influential factors on inducer selection among smallholders/plantation owners. Chemical inducer has potential in local market since the desire to use chemical inducer among planters is about 48%. In addition, the trends of agarwood trade were found fluctuating but gives impression that the industry has potential to bring huge profits for planters and country. Overall, this study is informative and contribute analytical analysis for the advancement of agarwood industry.
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author	Mat Desa, Mohamad Azren Putra
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title	Assessment of induction technique and selection factors for agarwood production from cultivated aquilaria
title_short	Assessment of induction technique and selection factors for agarwood production from cultivated aquilaria
title_full	Assessment of induction technique and selection factors for agarwood production from cultivated aquilaria
title_fullStr	Assessment of induction technique and selection factors for agarwood production from cultivated aquilaria
title_full_unstemmed	Assessment of induction technique and selection factors for agarwood production from cultivated aquilaria
title_sort	assessment of induction technique and selection factors for agarwood production from cultivated aquilaria
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publishDate	2021
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Assessment of induction technique and selection factors for agarwood production from cultivated aquilaria

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