Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization Volume 2: Asia and Europe

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Synopsis

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 Asia and Europe. The Asian countries included are: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Pakistan, Oman, Yemen, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Syria, Palestine and India. Europe is represented by Spain. 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.

Book details

Edition:
2015
Author:
Jameel M. Al-Khayri, Shri Mohan Jain, Dennis V. Johnson
ISBN:
9789401797078
Related ISBNs:
9789401797061
Publisher:
Springer Netherlands
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2019-10-21
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2015
Copyright by:
Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Technology