Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Biology and Utilization (original) (raw)
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Date palm, Phoenix dactylifera L., a monocotyledonous angiosperm diploid species belongs to the Arecaceae family. This perennial and dioecious species is the cornerstone of the economy in many date palm producing countries in North Africa and the Middle East and provides nutrition, food security, and raw materials to the food industry; and is considered as a tree of life. It can be propagated by seeds and the progeny is highly heterogeneous and often produces poor fruit quality. Propagation by offshoots is a routine practice. Date palm trees provide sustainable agro-ecosystems in harsh dry environment, and create ‘microclimate’ that allows to develop agriculture with multiple cropping systems. It provides fruit, fuel, fiber and shade for other essential cover crops. Dates are highly nutritious, a source of sugar, minerals, and vitamins; consumed as fresh or dried, and various products derived from dates.
Properties of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera), and Its Applications: A Review
Advances , 2022
Date palm (phoenix dactylifera), that's commonly founds within the center east countries inclusive of the Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the us (California) that play a large role within the your budget and the environmental situations in the ones regions. The primary motive of planting dates is its fruits, which is ate up as fresh, dried or the processed forms. There are approximately a hundred million date palm bushes within the worldwide that 62 millions of those trees located inside the center east and the North Africa. In Saudi Arabia most effective, 15000 lots of date palm leaves are ready as the waste substances. The leaves of date palm tree are used in the several packages together with making ropes, baskets, and mats in many elements of the world. Unfortunately, the massive amount of the non-meals merchandise from the date palm remains as landfill substances with none particular utilization. Via interest to the date palm properties, the literature definitely confirmed that each part of the date palm has amazing capability for use for a variety of programs which include: making paper, absorption of heavy and poisonous metals, strength production and soil fertilizing. Present review article designed to be a comprehensive source of recent literature and study on date palm. Cultivation and its applications. This article also intended to covers the recent findings in date palm seed with some interest on physical structure and chemical compositions, including their different commercial applications.
Studies on the Establishment of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera
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This article is the second of two exploring establishment of date palm offshoots. Part I (Hodel & Pittenger 2003) had an introduction discussing the background and importance of the date palm industry and the critical practice of propagating date palms from offshoots.
MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF DATE PALM (PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA L.) IN EGYPT I-DRY DATE CULTIVARS
Systematical relationships of twenty one dry date cultivars growing in Egypt were addressed based on one hundred and one morphological characters of trunk, crown, leaves, fruits and seeds. The most important characters are arranged according to their systematic value. This is followed by a key to the dry date palm cultivar in Egypt. Fruit and seed characters are still the most important criteria to distinguish among date palm cultivars. The study concluded that there is a window of opportunity to conserve dry date cultivars. The active cultivation is vital to survival and a cultivar is soon lost for ever if it is not regularly propagated.
Identification of some Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) cultivars by fruit characters.pdf
Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) was studied for the morphological, anatomical and phytochemical characters of fruit cultivars. These cultivars are Amhat, Barhy, Bint Aisha, Zaghloul, Hayany, Amry, Kuboshy and Samany. The Morphological, anatomical and chemical characters of fruit varied among the cultivars studied. Zaghloul cultivar exhibited the highest values of reducing sugar, total phenols, titrateable acidity, while Samany cultivar showed the highest value of total soluble solids. This study may be helpful for commercial utilization of date palm.
Morphological diversity of three elite date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.).pdf
Abstract Characterization of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cultivars is valuable for identification, conservation and breeding programs are one of the most important areas of date palm cultivation in Libya. Three elite date palm cultivars (Taghyat, Tafsert and Talees) grown in the one of the most important areas of date palm cultivation in south Libyan region (Sabha, Ubari and Murziq). These cultivars were investigated through out of fruit physical characters. The obtained results from this study cleared that physical property of date palm fruit were affected significantly by different cultivars and geographical growing regions
Date Palm in Pakistan, Current Status and Prospective
Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is the third most important fruit crop after citrus and mango in Pakistan. This crop is found in all four provinces of Pakistan on 90,000 ha with a production of around 600,000 mt yr-1. Pakistan’s position is always among the seven largest producers and exporters of dates in the world. Sindh and Balochistan provinces contribute more than 90 % of production and crop area in Pakistan. Date palm has a very strong effect on socioeconomic activities of the area. The top Pakistani cultivars are Aseel, Dhakki, Begum Jangi, Rabai and Muzawati. Pakistani date fruit is being exported as fresh, dry or chohara. This book is published by USAID Pakistan to be used as a manual for date palm growers all over Pakistan describing date palm cultivation in Pakistan, major flood-affected date palms and fruit, protection from monsoon rains, the first commercial trial for date palm micropropagation using inflorescence explants at the Date Palm Research Institute (DPRI) at Khairpur, and major date palm problems generally in Pakistan, including diseases and pests, with emphasis on the Khairpur and Balochistan provinces, and date fruit processing
Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization - Volume 2: Asia and Europe
This important reference book provides a comprehensive assessment of date palm genetic resources and utilization in individual date-producing countries worldwide. The book is published in two volumes; each consists of 15 chapters written by prominent scientists of each country and supported with color illustrations and tabulated data. Volume 1 addresses date-producing countries within Africa and the Americas; whereas, Volume 2 pertains to countries in Asia and Europe. This volume presents the current status and prospects of date palm cultivation in the Asian and European continents. 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 in each chapter include cultivation practices, genetic resources and conservation, plant tissue culture, cultivar identification, cultivar descriptions, date production and marketing, processing and novel products and concludes with recommendations for further development. This volume ends with appendixes presenting available information on each of the above-mentioned countries pertaining to cultivar descriptions and distribution, commercial sources of dates, offshoots and in vitro plants and research institutes and scientific societies concerned with date palm research and production. The book is a valuable resource for students, researchers, scientists, commercial producers, consultants and policymakers interested in agriculture particularly in date palm industry. Readers can derive great benefit from the adoption of policies and practices discussed to enhance production and expand industrialization of traditional and potentially new date products.
Characterization of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cultivars is valuable for identification, conservation and breeding programs. Three elite date palm cultivars (Taghyat, Tafsert and Talees) grown in one of the most important areas of date palm cultivation in southern region of Libya (Sabha, Ubari and Murziq). These cultivars were investigated throughout the physical characters of the fruit. The obtained results revealed that physical property of date palm fruit were affected significantly by different cultivars and geographical growing regions