Description
Date palm, (Phoenix dactylifera), tree of the palm family (Arecaceae) is cultivated for its sweet edible fruits. Over the past century, it has become a major commercial fruit crop and a key component of agricultural production in the world's subtropical arid and semiarid regions. A crop suited both to the low-input small farmer and the modern high-input commercial plantation, the date palm provides livelihood to millions of people living in marginal land areas where farming options are restricted. Date palm is mainly grown for its fruits, but the whole tree is utilized. Research into date palm improvement for fruit production in recent decades has brought about improved elite cultivars, stress and pathogen resistance, and enhanced postharvest technologies. These developments have led to revised recommendations for date palm producers, and increased opportunity to promote novel fruit products. This book provides: A practical manual on modern date palm cultivation Best practices for optimal fruit production levels of high-quality fruit Opportunities for more complete utilization of the multitude of products the date palm can provide at both the subsistence and commercial level of production
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Author Biography
Prof. Jameel M. Al-Khayri is a Professor of plant biotechnology affiliated with the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. He received B.S. in Biology in 1984 from the University of Toledo, M.S. in Agronomy in 1988, and Ph.D. in Plant Science in 1991 from the University of Arkansas. He is a member the International Society for Horticultural Science and Society for In Vitro Biology as well as the National Correspondent of the International Association of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology. For the last three decades, he dedicated his research efforts to date palm biotechnology. He has authored over seventy research articles in referred international journals, thirty chapters, and edited several journal special issues. In addition, edited eighteen reference books on date palm biotechnology, genetic resources and advances in plant breeding strategies. He has been involved in organizing international scientific conferences and contributed numero
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- Publisher/Imprint CABI / CAB International
- Publication Date March 2023
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781800620186 / 1800620187
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 75 GBP
- Pages568
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions234 X 156 mm
- SeriesCrop Production Science in Horticulture
- Reference Code5572
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