Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization: Volume 1: Africa and the Americas

ISBN-13: 9789402400946 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 546 str.

Jameel M. Al-Khayri; S. Mohan Jain; Dennis V. Johnson

Opis

This important 2-volume reference book is the first comprehensive resource reflecting the current global status and prospects of date palm cultivation by country.

Spis treści

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

Blurb

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 African and American continents. The African countries included are: Egypt, Algeria, Sudan, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Cameroon, Djibouti, and the Sahelian African countries of Chad, Mali, Somalia, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso and Senegal. In the Americas, the countries covered are the United States, Chile and Peru. 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 six 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 the policies and practices discussed to enhance production and expand industrialization of traditional and potentially new date products.