OBJECTIVE To determine the metal contents of date palm (Pheonix dactylifera) samples in dry season from Denizli-Turkey for investigation of heavy metal-polluted traffic. METHOD The levels of iron, copper, zinc, lead, cadmium, nickel, chromium, and manganese ions in the leaves of thirty five date palm (Pheonix dactylifera) samples collected from various levels of traffic in the streets of Deni...

Introduction: Date palm gemmule has been used in traditional medicine to improve the semen quality and treat infertility. Their components remedies those are rich of antioxidant and vitamins can influence spermatogenesis. The aim of this project was to evaluate the effects of date palm gommule water/alcoholic extract on reproductive tissues, sex hormone and sperm quality of rat. Methods: Sev...

The expansion of oil palm cultivation in Indonesia has been driven by a strong world demand for food especially fats and oils. Commencing in the island of Sumatra, it spread out to other island like Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Irian but not to the island of Bali which was already well developed. The role of palm oil in developing remote inland regions and improving the standard of living of rural ...

Multi-parental populations are promising tools for identifying quantitative disease resistance loci. Stem rot caused by Ganoderma boninense is a major threat to palm oil production, with yield losses of up to 80% prompting premature replantation of palms. There is evidence of genetic resistance sources, but the genetic architecture of Ganoderma resistance has not yet been investigated. This stu...

The aim of this study was to develop the procedure for varietal discrimination date palm fruit using image analysis and traditional machine learning techniques. images ‘Mejhoul’, ‘Boufeggous’, ‘Aziza’, ‘Assiane’, ‘Bousthammi’ varieties, converted individual color channels, were processed extract texture parameters. After performing attribute selection, textures used build models intended differ...

Experiments were carried out against the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Oliv.) (RPW in a private orchard containing varieties of Samani (domestic) and Ikhlas (imported) infested with weevil (RPW) El-Marg area, Cairo Governorate, Egypt, using Petroleum oil, Jojoba Inorganic salts, singly mixed each insecticides (Acetamiprid, Profenofos, Dimethoate) by injection spraying trunks, as w...