Among different perennial fruit crops, the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is a major and
oldest crop of many hot, arid to semi-arid regions of the world. From the ancient times of date …

Although taste is an important aspect of fruit quality, an understanding of its genetic control
remains elusive in apple and other fruit crops. In this study, we conducted genomic …

Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.), a monocotyledonous species of the Arecaceae family, is
widely cultivated in the arid regions of the Middle East and North Africa. Considering the …

This paper asks whether we can identify a recurrent domestication syndrome for tree crops
(fruits, nuts) and track archaeologically the evolution of domestication of fruits from woody …

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 …

Current study explains effective in vitro protocols for somatic embryogenesis and plantlet
regeneration in commercially important date palm cvs. Begum Jungi and Ajwa. Spikelet …

There are three species of Phoenix (Arecaceae) in the territory of the European Union, P.
canariensis, P. dactylifera and P. theophrasti, found in wild-native populations, feral, planted …

Macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia, and M. tetraphylla) production has increased rapidly in
China over the past two decades. However, our understanding of the genetic diversity and …