FIFTEEN years ago Mataram University made history in cultivation. It all started from a journal which stated that the sapwood on gaharu trees (Aquilaria sp) was actually a disease. “A disease is usually caused by microorganisms like fungus or bacteria,” said Surya Hadi, lecturer at Mataram University, who is also the main researcher in the Gaharu Center. What kind of fungus? That was the question that puzzled the researchers.

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