{"id":2649,"date":"2026-08-10T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T07:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2026-08-17T12:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:40:03","slug":"organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\/","title":{"rendered":"Organic Crop Protection vs Traditional Spraying MY"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Merriweather:ital,wght@0,100..900;1,100..700;1,100..900&family=Montserrat:ital,wght@0,100..900;1,100..900&family=Roboto:ital,wght@0,100..900;1,100..900&family=Rubik:ital,wght@0,100..900;1,100..900&display=auto');.wp-premium-body { font-family: 'Rubik', 'Roboto', sans-serif; color: #333333; line-height: 1.75; font-size: 16px; margin: 0 auto; }.wp-premium-callout { font-family: 'Merriweather', serif; background-color: #f4f7f6; border-left: 4px solid #00a88f; padding: 22px; margin: 25px 0; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; }.wp-premium-cta-box { background: linear-gradient(135deg, #111111 0%, #2c3e50 100%); color: #ffffff; padding: 40px; text-align: center; border-radius: 12px; margin: 40px 0; }.wp-premium-btn { display: inline-block; background-color: #00a88f; color: #ffffff !important; padding: 14px 35px; text-decoration: none !important; font-weight: bold; border-radius: 5px; margin-top: 15px; }<\/style>\n<div class='wp-premium-body'>\n<div class='wp-premium-callout'><strong>Quick Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Malaysian oil palm estates and MADA-scheme padi fields are under pressure to retire calendar-based synthetic spraying because of chlorpyrifos phase-outs, brown planthopper resistance, and the mandatory MSPO audit trail; organic crop protection now hinges on Bt and Trichoderma product biology, plus the heat-viability and drone logistics that still make them more complex to run than a knapsack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>1. Spray Economics per Hectare in MY<\/h2>\n<p>A one-hectare padi block under MADA in Kedah costs roughly RM 160 to RM 220 in synthetic pesticide inputs for a single wet-season crop if you follow the conventional two-insecticide-plus-fungicide calendar (deltamethrin at 0.6 L\/ha, abamectin at RM 95\/L, plus tricyclazole for blast). Knapsack drift and mis-timed sprays cut true economic efficacy to about 60 percent. Organic biologicals flip the cost split: a <em>Bacillus thuringiensis<\/em> (Bt) application runs RM 70 to RM 90 per hectare, an azadirachtin-neem regime around RM 130 to RM 160, but the suppression window lasts longer and the second spray drops off the schedule.<\/p>\n<p>On mature oil palm\u20144 to 6 m canopies in Teluk Intan or Mersing\u2014manual mist-blowing costs RM 400 to RM 500\/ha in daily wage labour alone, at RM 35 to RM 45 per man-day with the current foreign-worker pool. Granular <em>Trichoderma<\/em> applied to mulch circles and trunk-injected azadirachtin formulations cut that labour line because they bypass the canopy entirely. The 2024 DOA regional price surveys put the all-in operating cost of drone-delivered biologicals for padi at RM 60 to RM 80\/ha, including the service fee, which is now cheaper than contract knapsack gangs in Perak and Kedah.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Pest-Specific Efficacy, Bagworm to Diamondback<\/h2>\n<p>Location-specific pest pressure determines whether organic products actually hold. On oil palm, bagworm (<em>Metisa plana<\/em>) outbreaks can shave up to 43 percent off fresh fruit bunch yields if left untreated. Synthetic cypermethrin knocks the larvae down in 30 minutes but also wipes out the parasitoid <em>Dolichogenidea metesae<\/em>, guaranteeing a rebound outbreak 60 to 90 days later. Bt kurstaki (DiPel) only targets leaf-feeding larvae, digests the mid-gut in 2 to 4 days, and keeps the parasitoid population intact. Several FGV-managed estates in northern Johor now use Bt as the first response and reserve synthetic pyrethroids only for flare-up zones where economic injury levels exceed 10 percent defoliation.<\/p>\n<p>The Cameron Highlands brassica belt has a different bottleneck: diamondback moth (<em>Plutella xylostella<\/em>) populations there are widely resistant to abamectin and deltamethrin after two decades of consecutive use. Azadirachtin-based antifeedants and Bt strains work on resistant larvae, but the action is slow\u201424 to 72 hours\u2014so growers must abandon the habit of spraying at first sight of live worms and instead trust scouting thresholds. That behavioural switch, not the product itself, is the real failure point in converting Cameron Highlands farms.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Residue Compliance and MSPO Pressures<\/h2>\n<p>Malaysia&#8217;s mandatory MSPO certification, enforced since 31 December 2019, forces estates to keep a full chemical application logbook that auditors cross-check against purchase records. Chlorpyrifos registrations have been wound down under the Fertiliser and Pesticides Act 1974, and the paraquat phase-out continues to narrow the traditional arsenal. Estates exporting RSPO-certified palm oil to EU buyers also face residue testing on processed kernels; synthetic organophosphate detections in mill by-products trigger immediate on-hold audits.<\/p>\n<p>For food crops, the residue argument is sharper. Malaysian exporters shipping fresh vegetables to Singapore are bound by the SFA&#8217;s maximum residue limits, and MRL exceedances from late-sprayed synthetic insecticides have led to container rejections at the Woodlands checkpoint. Organic products with a zero-day pre-harvest interval eliminate that export risk entirely. Padi farmers within the MADA scheme face a softer constraint\u2014NAFAS padi purchases do not routinely test for MRLs\u2014but the DOA&#8217;s integrated pest management protocol for the Muda granary now explicitly recommends biological control in the second half of the season to avoid residues in irrigation outflow.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Application Gear and Biological Storage<\/h2>\n<p>The operational reality in Malaysia&#8217;s climate is that most biologicals arrive with tight shelf-life constraints and zero cold-chain tolerances. Bt wettable powders retain viable spore counts for 4 to 8 months at 25 to 30\u00b0C, but degrade measurably faster above 32\u00b0C. Most agro-input distributors in Nilai and Seri Kembangan warehouses do not operate cold rooms, so fungal products like <em>Metarhizium anisopliae<\/em> and <em>Beauveria bassiana<\/em> sit on open shelves for weeks. In practice, Malaysian estates purchase biologicals in smaller lots directly from approved producers or import agents, rather than through conventional dealer channels.<\/p>\n<p>Drone application changes the spraying physics. The DJI Agras T30, widely used by Kedah and Perak aerial service providers, fits a 30 L tank and works at 6 to 8 L\/ha water volume, but fungal spore products must be run through rotary atomizer nozzles, not hydraulic nozzles, or the spores shear and lose germination rate. Suspending agents are also mandatory\u2014untreated spores settle out of the tank within 15 minutes. No Malaysian drone operator runs biologicals without a tank-side agitator, and every reputable one checks water pH below 7 before loading Bt, because alkaline water inactivated the endotoxin in several documented MADA cases in 2023.<\/p>\n<h2>5. Transition Timelines for Oil Palm and Paddy<\/h2>\n<p>Shifting a mature oil palm estate to organic crop protection is a 24 to 36-month project, not a single-season swap. The first stage is restoring the parasitoid base by stopping broad-spectrum sprays on one block and manually removing bagworm-infested fronds. Only after the <em>Dolichogenidea<\/em> population rebounds\u2014usually two crop cycles\u2014can biologicals take over as the primary suppression tool. Estates that skip this sequence and spray Bt into a clean block end up with false confidence and a bagworm flare-up in year two.<\/p>\n<p>Padi is faster. A MADA block can convert within one wet season because the crop cycle is 100 to 120 days and the entomopathogenic fungi can establish in standing water and straw residue during the first growing period. The DOA-recommended conversion path pairs one season of biologicals with relay planting of a short-duration pulse between padi crops, which gives <em>Metarhizium<\/em> and <em>Beauveria<\/em> a host substrate during the fallow gap. Yields in MADA trial blocks running this sequence have matched conventional blocks at around 4.0 to 4.2 t\/ha, without the resistance-driven spray inflation that pushes synthetic costs up in years three and four.<\/p>\n<div style='overflow-x: auto; margin: 30px 0;'>\n<table class='wp-premium-table'>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Approach \/ Tool<\/th>\n<th>Key Feature<\/th>\n<th>Best For<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>Bacillus thuringiensis<\/em> (Bt kurstaki)<\/td>\n<td>Stomach poison, mid-gut rupture in 2\u20134 days; parasitoids survive<\/td>\n<td>Bagworm (<em>Metisa plana<\/em>) on oil palm; diamondback moth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Azadirachtin \/ neem formulations<\/td>\n<td>Antifeedant and growth disruption; zero-day pre-harvest interval<\/td>\n<td>Cameron Highlands brassicas, short-PHI vegetable exports<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>Metarhizium anisopliae<\/em> granules<\/td>\n<td>4\u20136 week suppression; needs 80%+ humidity and shade<\/td>\n<td><em>Oryctes rhinoceros<\/em> larvae in oil palm nurseries, padi fallow straw<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DJI Agras T30 + rotary atomizer<\/td>\n<td>30 L tank, 6\u20138 L\/ha water, GPS gap-based logbook mapping<\/td>\n<td>MADA padi and 5\u20137 m oil palm canopies in Kedah\/Perak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Synthetic pyrethroid + abamectin (legacy)<\/td>\n<td>Fast 30-minute knock-down; RM 25\u201340\/ha; resistance breaking<\/td>\n<td>Emergency flare-up zones only, never calendar-based<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class='wp-premium-cta-box'>\n<h3>Ready to Accelerate Your Digital Growth Strategy?<\/h3>\n<p>Partner with an industry-leading digital agency to upscale your infrastructure today.<\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.justsimple.com.my\/' class='wp-premium-btn'>Get Started for Free Today<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Summary: Malaysian oil palm estates and MADA-scheme padi fields are under pressure to retire calendar-based synthetic spraying because of chlorpyrifos phase-outs, brown planthopper resistance, and the mandatory MSPO audit trail; organic crop protection now hinges on Bt and Trichoderma product biology, plus the heat-viability and drone logistics that still make them more complex to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[34],"class_list":["post-2649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle-culture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Organic Crop Protection vs Traditional Spraying MY - Durian Journal Malaysia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Organic Crop Protection vs Traditional Spraying MY - Durian Journal Malaysia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Quick Summary: Malaysian oil palm estates and MADA-scheme padi fields are under pressure to retire calendar-based synthetic spraying because of chlorpyrifos phase-outs, brown planthopper resistance, and the mandatory MSPO audit trail; organic crop protection now hinges on Bt and Trichoderma product biology, plus the heat-viability and drone logistics that still make them more complex to [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Durian Journal Malaysia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-10T07:37:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-17T04:40:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/durian-journal-malaysia-blog.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"578\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"196\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"becky fung\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"becky fung\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"becky fung\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/44f8171ce1f4b566a0431b0e9f980baf\"},\"headline\":\"Organic Crop Protection vs Traditional Spraying MY\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-10T07:37:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-17T04:40:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1125,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Lifestyle &amp; Culture\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\\\/\",\"name\":\"Organic Crop Protection vs Traditional Spraying MY - Durian Journal Malaysia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-10T07:37:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-17T04:40:03+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Organic Crop Protection vs Traditional Spraying MY\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/\",\"name\":\"Durian Journal\",\"description\":\"Malaysia\u2019s Freshest News, Trends &amp; Insights\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Malaysia Top Recommendation\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Durian Journal Article\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/durian-journal-malaysia-blog.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/durian-journal-malaysia-blog.png\",\"width\":578,\"height\":196,\"caption\":\"Durian Journal Article\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/44f8171ce1f4b566a0431b0e9f980baf\",\"name\":\"becky fung\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/durianjournal.com\\\/my\\\/author\\\/beckyfung\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Organic Crop Protection vs Traditional Spraying MY - Durian Journal Malaysia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Organic Crop Protection vs Traditional Spraying MY - Durian Journal Malaysia","og_description":"Quick Summary: Malaysian oil palm estates and MADA-scheme padi fields are under pressure to retire calendar-based synthetic spraying because of chlorpyrifos phase-outs, brown planthopper resistance, and the mandatory MSPO audit trail; organic crop protection now hinges on Bt and Trichoderma product biology, plus the heat-viability and drone logistics that still make them more complex to [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\/","og_site_name":"Durian Journal Malaysia","article_published_time":"2026-08-10T07:37:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-17T04:40:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":578,"height":196,"url":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/durian-journal-malaysia-blog.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"becky fung","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"becky fung","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\/"},"author":{"name":"becky fung","@id":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/#\/schema\/person\/44f8171ce1f4b566a0431b0e9f980baf"},"headline":"Organic Crop Protection vs Traditional Spraying MY","datePublished":"2026-08-10T07:37:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-17T04:40:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\/"},"wordCount":1125,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Lifestyle &amp; Culture"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\/","url":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\/","name":"Organic Crop Protection vs Traditional Spraying MY - Durian Journal Malaysia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-08-10T07:37:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-17T04:40:03+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/organic-crop-protection-vs-traditional-spraying-my\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Organic Crop Protection vs Traditional Spraying MY"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/#website","url":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/","name":"Durian Journal","description":"Malaysia\u2019s Freshest News, Trends &amp; Insights","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Malaysia Top Recommendation","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/#organization","name":"Durian Journal Article","url":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/durian-journal-malaysia-blog.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/durian-journal-malaysia-blog.png","width":578,"height":196,"caption":"Durian Journal Article"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/#\/schema\/person\/44f8171ce1f4b566a0431b0e9f980baf","name":"becky fung","url":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/author\/beckyfung\/"}]}},"authors":[{"term_id":34,"user_id":5,"is_guest":0,"slug":"beckyfung","display_name":"becky fung","avatar_url":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/beckyfung-HK.png","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2860,"href":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649\/revisions\/2860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2649"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durianjournal.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=2649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}