BACKGROUND Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.), a member of Arecaceae family, is one of the three major economically important woody palms--the two other palms being oil palm and coconut tree--and its fruit is a staple food among Middle East and North African nations, as well as many other tropical and subtropical regions. Here we report a complete sequence of the data palm chloroplast (cp) geno...

This study focuses on the characterization and functioning of oasis agricultural systemin in upper part Oued Righ valley southeastern Algeria. It aims to determine, through surveys, determining elements production systems, their evolution constraints understand dynamics. The results obtained, according cropping system criterion, enabled us identify characterize four types systems : (P1) Date pa...

Circular agriculture is an effective approach for the management of soil organic inputs that improves fertility and cropping system sustainability. We developed a typology assessed effects crop rotation, fertilization, residue on properties. Farmers in Drâa-Tafilalet oases Morocco were surveyed, was sampled analyzed. In most common systems (Type I), date palms associated with cereals, forages, ...

The sporadic death of queen palms in one county in Florida was first brought to our attention in 2003. Recent conversations throughout the southern half of the state where queen palms are grown indicate the problem was observed in other counties at approximately the same time, which means we cannot blame the 2004 hurricane season for the spread of the problem. While initially less than 1% of th...

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 ...

This research examines the role of micro-irrigation systems, i.e., sprinkler and drip irrigation, on date palm production quality in a semi-arid region. The field experiment was carried out for two successful seasons at private farm, Al-Nubaria region Egypt. planted under pressurized irrigation (drip mini-sprinkler irrigation) to investigate effect both systems three water treatments (100, 80, ...