Microsatellite markers containing simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are a valuable tool for genetic analysis. Date palm is a dioecious and slow flowering and is very difficult to identify the gender of the trees until it reaches the reproductive age (5-10 years). A total of 12 microsatellite primers were used with 30 date palm samples, 14 parents (8 male + 6 females) and 16 progeny (developed from...

Date palm tissue culture technique aimed to production of huge numbers of plants to farmers in order to increasing dates which have high nutritional value. Date palm plantlets from pre-acclimatization stage in vitro were transferred to acclimatize in the greenhouse cultured in peat moss + perlite 2:1 and kept in the plastic covered inside 100% humidity and 28 C0 till new leave or root was grown...

The date palm can adapt to extreme drought, to heat, and to relatively high levels of soil salinity. However, excessive amounts of salt due to irrigation with brackish water lead to a significant reduction in the productivity of the fruits as well as marked decrease in the viable numbers of the date palm trees. It is imperative that the nature of the existing salt-adaptation mechanism be unders...

Cellulolytic fungi have shown potential applications in various industries such as pulp and paper, agriculture, biofuel production, textile. The purpose of this is study to isolate, screen identify cellulolytic from palm. Twenty (20) strains were isolated screened. Seven (7) isolates: 3 Aspergillus spp, (2) Trichoderma 1 Rhizopus species, Penicillium spp had significant activity. C (from palm p...

The genus Phoenix is one of the most widely cultivated groups of palms around the world. The aim of this study was to determine the antioxidant activity and total phenolic compounds of 14 different varieties of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L., Arecaceae) seed extracts with 5 solvents [water, methanol, methanol (50%), DMSO, and water: methanol: acetone: formic acid (20:40:40:0.1)]. Ferric redu...