Background & Aims: Date palm fruit is one of the highly consumed foods with antioxidant compounds and high nutritive value in Iran. In this study, total phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity of three varieties of date palm (Hajmohamadi, Kabkab, and Khasi) in three stages of ripening were investigated. Methods: This was a laboratory study. Palm fruits of Hajmohamadi, Kabkab, and Khasi vari...

mycorrhizal symbiosis increase nutrient uptake and enhance plant growth by elaborating root system. the positive effects of mycorrhizal symbiosis on the growth, physiology and ecology of various plants have been recognized. the symbiotic relations between mycorrhizal fungi and date palm with regard to nutrient uptake by this plant have not yet been explored and studied in iran. this project was...

Red palm weevil (RPW) is widely considered a key pest of palms, creating extensive damages to the date trunk that inevitably leads death if no eradication done. This study evaluates potential remote sensing approach for timely and reliable detection RPW infestation on canopy. For two consecutive years, an experimental field with infested control palms was regularly monitored by Unmanned Aerial ...

Although date palm is relatively salt-tolerant, little is known about the underlying molecular mechanisms that contribute to its salt tolerance. Only recently, investigators have uncovered microRNA-mediated post-transcriptional gene regulation, which is critical for typical plant development and adaptation to stress conditions such as salinity. To identify conserved and novel miRNAs in date pal...

In this research NaOH treated date palm fibres were used as reinforcement in phenolic based composites. The composites prepared by hot press technique and evaluated tensile flexural, structural, thermo gravimetric dynamic mechanical properties. Overall properties of modification/treatment fibers’ surface enhanced, that have been studied compared to untreated samples. samples 50% DPF showed high...

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...