Overview

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.

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Author:   Jameel M. Al-Khayri ,  Shri Mohan Jain ,  Dennis V. Johnson
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2015 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   9.575kg
ISBN:  

9789401796934

ISBN 10:   9401796939
Pages:   546
Publication Date:   30 March 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction and Date Production Status and Prospects in Africa and the Americas - Dennis V. Johnson, Jameel M. Al-Khayri and S. Mohan Jain 2.Biodiversity, Genetic Diversity and Genetic Resources of Date Palm- Abdullah A. Jaradat Part I     Africa 3.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Egypt - Shawky A. Bekheet and Sherif F. El-Sharabasy 4.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Algeria - Nadia Bouguedoura, Malika Bennaceur, Souad Babahani and Salah Eddine Benziouche 5.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Sudan - Mohamed Khairi 6.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Tunisia - Hammadi Hamza, Monia Jemni, Mohamed Ali Benabderrahim, Mrabet Abdesselem, Sana Touil, Ahmed Othmani and Mohamed Ben Salah 7.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Libya - Massimo Battaglia, Bashir Ghsera, Marta Mancini, Carlo Bergesio, Alessandro Camussi and Milvia Luisa Racchi 8.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Morocco - Moulay Hassan Sedra 9.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Mauritania - Moulay Hassan Sedra 10.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Sub-Sahelian African Countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal and Somalia - Mohamed Ben Salah 11.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Niger - Sahidou Abdoussalam and Dov Pasternak 12.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Cameroon - Sali Bourou, Noé Woin and Mohammed Aziz Elhoumaizi 13.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Djibouti - Abdourahman Daher, Nabil Mohamed and Frederique Aberlenc-Bertossi Part II    Americas 14.Date Palm Status and Perspective in United States of America - Robert R. Krueger 15.Date Palm Status and Perspective in South American Countries: Chile and Peru - Hugo A. Escobar and Rafael G.J. Valdivia Urra Appendixes Index

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