Date palm is dioecious, characterized by unisexual flowers located on separate male or
female trees. Dioecy has always been an issue in date palm breeding because the sex of …

Breeding of date palm is complicated because of its long life cycle and heterozygous nature.
Sexual propagation of date palm does not produce true-to-type plants. Sex of date palms …

In the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera), a dioecious mode and late initial reproductive age of
5–10 years are major practical constraints to genetic improvement. Improvement of the …

During the past decade, there have been numerous attempts to identify sex-linked molecular
genetic markers that can be used to discriminate among male and female trees in date palm …

Though the genetic control of sex determination is being explored in several animal
systems, no much information is available on the genetic basis for sex specificities in …

Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is a dioecious plant, and sex of the seedlings can be
determined only at the time of first flowering which takes 4–5 years. Female date palm plants …

• Premise of the study: Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) is one of the oldest cultivated trees
and is critical to the development of arid land. The date palm is a dioecious monocot with …

The date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is a dioecious plant that holds importance due to the
nutritional value of its fruit. Genetic improvement in the date palm can be accelerated …

Genetics of control mechanisms that underlies sex differentiation in date palm is not known.
Sex of the plants becomes known only at the time of first flowering, which takes around 5 …

The date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.), 2n= 36, is a dioecious long-lived monocotyledonous
plant, with separate male and female trees. The dioecy represents the major challenge in …