As one of the oldest fruit trees of the Arabian peninsula, other Middle-Eastern countries, and
also North Africa, the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.), is highly significant for the economy …

Background Accurate identification of crop cultivars is crucial in assessing the impact of crop
improvement research outputs. Two commonly used identification approaches, elicitation of …

Different types of molecular markers based on DNA have been used for the assessment of
genetic diversity in the plant species. Start Codon Targeted Polymorphism (SCoT) marker …

The Date palm is a strategic fruit crop in Algeria, which is one of the largest producers of
dates in the world and contains about one thousand cultivars. However, the practice of …

Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera), one of the most ancient crops, is grown commercially in> 30
countries. Using whole plastome assemblies, phylogenetic analyses revealed that cultivated …

Date palm is one of the oldest cultivated plants, grown in the arid and semiarid regions of the
world. The date fruit serves as a vital worldwide component of the human diet and a staple …

Crop diversity is shaped by biological and social processes interacting at different
spatiotemporal scales. Here, we combined population genetics and ethnobotany to …

Twenty-eight morphological characters (consisting of 15 quantitative and 13 qualitative
traits) and eight SSR loci were used to study morphological and genetic diversity of 24 male …

Background The present study was undertaken towards the development of SSR markers
and assessing genetic relationships among 32 date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) …

In vitro regeneration of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) plants through somatic
embryogenesis leads to the generation of somaclonal variants. The transposition of …