Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/JMIaUQ Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization Volume 2: Asia and Europe By: Jameel M. Al-Khayri Publisher: Springer Print ISBN: 9789401797061, 9401797064 eText ISBN: 9789401797078, 9401797072 Copyright year: 2015 Format: EPUB Available from $ 189.00 USD SKU 9789401797078 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.
