Jameel M. Al-Khayri & Shri Mohan Jain 
Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization [PDF ebook] 
Volume 1: Africa and the Americas

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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1. Introduction and Date Production Status and Prospects in Africa and the Americas.- 2.Biodiversity, Genetic Diversity and Genetic Resources of Date Palm.- Part I.- Africa3.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Egypt.- 4.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Algeria.- 5.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Sudan.- 6.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Tunisia.- 7.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Libya.- 8.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Morocco.- 9.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Mauritania.- 10.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Sub-Sahelian African Countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal and Somalia.- 11.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Niger.- 12.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Cameroon.- 13.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Djibouti.- Part II Americas.- 14.Date Palm Status and Perspective in United States of America.- 15.Date Palm Status and Perspective in South American Countries: Chile and Peru.- Appendixes.- Index.