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Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization

Volume 1: Africa and the Americas

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Editors:
  1. Jameel M. Al-Khayri

    1. Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia

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  2. Shri Mohan Jain

    1. Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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  3. Dennis V. Johnson

    1. Cincinnati, USA

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  • First book addressing global status of date palm cultivation by country
  • Chapters were authored by prominent date palm experts of each country
  • Presents a special chapter on date palm biodiversity worldwide
  • Comprehensive coverage of traditional and modern technologies
  • Contains 64 tables and 138 figures including color photos of popular date cultivars
  • Provides recommendations for further developing date palm sector in each country
  • Handy appendixes listing cultivars traits and commercial and research resources

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: Date Production Status and Prospects in Africa and the Americas

      • Dennis V. Johnson, Jameel M. Al-Khayri, S. Mohan Jain
      Pages 3-18

    3. Biodiversity, Genetic Diversity, and Genetic Resources of Date Palm

      • Abdullah A. Jaradat
      Pages 19-71

  3. Africa

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Egypt

      • Shawky A. Bekheet, Sherif F. El-Sharabasy
      Pages 75-123

    3. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Algeria

      • Nadia Bouguedoura, Malika Bennaceur, Souad Babahani, Salah Eddine Benziouche
      Pages 125-168

    4. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Sudan

      • Mohamed M. A. Khairi
      Pages 169-191

    5. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Tunisia

      • Hammadi Hamza, Monia Jemni, Mohamed Ali Benabderrahim, Abdesselem Mrabet, Sana Touil, Ahmed Othmani et al.
      Pages 193-221

    6. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Libya

      • Massimo Battaglia, Bashir Ghsera, Marta Mancini, Carlo Bergesio, Alessandro Camussi, Milvia Luisa Racchi
      Pages 223-255

    7. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Morocco

      • Moulay Hassan Sedra
      Pages 257-323

    8. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Mauritania

      • Moulay Hassan Sedra
      Pages 325-368

    9. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Sub-Sahelian African Countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal, and Somalia

      • Mohamed Ben Salah
      Pages 369-386

    10. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Niger

      • Sahidou Abdoussalam, Dov Pasternak
      Pages 387-409

    11. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Cameroon

      • Sali Bourou, Noé Woin, Mohammed Aziz Elhoumaizi
      Pages 411-427

    12. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Djibouti

      • Abdourahman Daher, Nabil Mohamed, Frederique Aberlenc-Bertossi
      Pages 429-444

  4. The Americas

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 445-445
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    2. Date Palm Status and Perspective in the United States

      • Robert R. Krueger
      Pages 447-485

    3. Date Palm Status and Perspective in South American Countries: Chile and Peru

      • Hugo A. Escobar, Rafael G. J. Valdivia
      Pages 487-506

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 507-546
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About this book

This important 2-volume reference book is the first comprehensive resource reflecting the current global status and prospects of date palm cultivation by country. This volume covers Africa and the Americas. Countries included are: Egypt, Algeria, Sudan, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Cameroon, Djibouti, Chad, Mali Somalia, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso and Senegal, as well as the United States of America and the South American countries Chile and Peru. Topics discussed are: cultivation practices; genetic resources and breeding; conservation and germplasm banks; cultivar classification and identification based on morphological and molecular markers; micropropagation and progress toward scale-up production; and advances in dates processing and marketing. Chapters are supported by tables and color photographs. Appendixes summarize traits and distribution of major cultivars, commercial resources of offshoots and in vitro plants; and institutions and scientific societies concerned with date palm.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia

    Jameel M. Al-Khayri

  • Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Shri Mohan Jain

  • Cincinnati, USA

    Dennis V. Johnson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 1: Africa and the Americas

  • Editors: Jameel M. Al-Khayri, Shri Mohan Jain, Dennis V. Johnson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9694-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9693-4Published: 30 March 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0094-6Published: 09 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9694-1Published: 20 March 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 546

  • Number of Illustrations: 138 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Agriculture, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology

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