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

ISBN-13: 9789401797061 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 566 str.

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

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. 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.

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1. Introduction and Date Production Prospects and Problems in Asia and Europe - Dennis V. Johnson,  Jameel M. Al-Khayri and S. Mohan Jain
Part I     Asia
2. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Iran - Saeed Hajian and Zohreh Hamidi-Esfahani
3. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Saudi Arabia - Salah M. Aleid, Jameel M. Al-Khayri and Abdulaziz M. Al-Bahrany
4. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Iraq - Hussam S.M. Khierallah, Saleh M. Bader, Kadhim M. Ibrahim and Ibrahim J. Al-Jboory
5. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Pakistan - Adel A. Abul-Soad, Shaimaa M. Mahdi and Ghulam S. Markhand
6. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Oman - Rashid Al-Yahyai and M. Mumtaz Khan
7. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Yemen - Saeed Ba-Angood
8. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Israel - Yuval Cohen and Baruch (Buki) Glasner
9. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Kuwait - Chellan Sudhersan, Jibi Sudhersan, Jawad Ashkanani and Lateefa Al-Sabah
10. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Qatar - Nazir H. Muhammed, Osman E. Ahmed, Talaat A. Ahmed and Mohammed S. Al-Yafai
11. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Bahrain - Thuraya A. Almansoori, Mohammed A. Al-Khalifa and Abdulaziz M.A. Mohamed
12. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Syria - Nadia Haider
13. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Palestine - Hassan Abu-Qaoud
14. Date Palm Status and Perspective in India - Sunil Pareek
Part II    Europe
15. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Spain - Diego Rivera, Concepción Obón, Francisco Alcaraz, Encarna Carreño, Emilio Laguna, Asunción Amorós, Dennis V. Johnson, Gisela Díaz and Asunción Morte
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 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.