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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.
List of contents
1. Introduction and Date Production Prospects and Problems in Asia and Europe.- Part I Asia.- 2. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Iran.- 3. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Saudi Arabia.- 4. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Iraq.- 5. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Pakistan.- 6. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Oman.- 7. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Yemen.- 8. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Israel.- 9. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Kuwait.- 10. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Qatar.- 11. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Bahrain.- 12. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Syria.- 13. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Palestine.- 14. Date Palm Status and Perspective in India.- Part II Europe.- 15. Date Palm Status and Perspective in Spain.- Appendixes.- Index.
Summary
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.
