Panchaetothrips indicus bagnall, a new pest record from Peninsular Malaysia, collected on leaves of Zingiber officinale Rosc. var. Bentong

The Old World genus Panchaetothrips are currently comprises seven species and distributed between Africa, Asia and Australia. Some species were reported as important pest of coffee, arrowroot, banana and turmeric. In this paper, Panchaetothrips indicus, previously known only from India is newly recorded from Peninsular Malaysia, collected on leaves of Zingiber officinale Rosc. var. Bentong. The description is indicating the P. indicus from the specimen taken from Malaysia

Bioremediation of maleic anhydride contaminated soil

This paper presents a bench-scale study of bioremediation of soil contaminated with maleic anhydride. A quantity of 300 kg of contaminated soil was collected from a petrochemical plant in Malaysia and divided into three portions in order to investigate the effects of nutrient addition as well as mechanical aeration on the biodegradation rate of the contaminants. Online parameters measured included moisture content, redox potential, temperature and pH. The highest first-order biodegradation rate constant was determined to be 6.658 day-1 for soil pile with addition of nutrients and mechanical aeration