I alone am responsible for the opinions as they are expressed in this paper. The members of the Board were placed under great obligations by the kindness of planters, administrators, and doctors in Malaya, Java, and Sumatra, and I feel especially indebted to Dr. Chas. Lane Sansom, c.m.g., p.m.o., Fed. M. S.; Hon. W. Gilmore Ellis, p.c.m.o., Straits Settlements, and to Den Hogg. Ed. Gestr., Herr...

This article explores the scientific and entrepreneurial incentives for malaria research in the tea plantations of north Bengal in colonial India. In the process it highlights how the logic of 'location' emerged as the central trope through which medical experts, as well as colonial administrators and planters, defined malaria research in the region. The paper argues that the 'local' emerged as...

peduncidaris by Messrs. James Finlay & Co., Ltd., Calcutta, in March 1936 by means of an extract from Circular No. 1 (1936) of the Dooars Planters' Association. The extract was entitled ' Vitex Peduncularis and Blackwater Fever ' by L. J. de la Nougerede. In April 1936 Dr. D. Finlayson of Munnar, Travancore, kindly sent me a report from Air. C. Rowson, a planter of great experience from the sam...

In 1980, an experimental opencast lignite mine was developed to compare redistributed A horizon with three minesoil mixtures as growth media for woody plants. The three minesoil mixtures contained different amounts and types of overburden materials, and normal reclamation practices were followed. Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.), sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima Carruthers), yaupon (Ilex vomitori...

OBJECTIVES To determine the leptospirosis seroprevalence and to identify the predominant infecting serovars among oil palm plantation workers. METHODS The cross-sectional study involved 350 asymptomatic oil palm plantation workers in Melaka and Johor. A serological test using the microscopic agglutination test was conducted in the Institute of Medical Research with a cut-off titre for seropos...

To solve the problem that covering device of sugarcane cannot be adequate for agronomic standards seed cane setts planting, a soil-covering and film-mulching transverse planting was designed. The includes part, soil-compacting part. Through theoretical analysis key components, factors affecting quality were obtained. A quadratic orthogonal rotation regression test conducted by homemade prototyp...