Date Palm (Crop Production Science in Horticulture)

By: Dr Larbi Abahmane and Dr Mohamed Ait-El-Mokhtar and Dr Fatima-Zahra Akensous and Dr M. Tahir Akram and Dr Salah Mohammed Aleid and Dr Melkamu Alemayehu and Dr Abda Ali and Dr Latifa Al-Kharusi and Professor Jameel M Al-Khayri and Dr Mohammed Al-Mahish and Dr Abdulrasoul Mosa Al-Omran and Dr Lyutha Al-Subhi and Dr Rashid Al-Yahyai and Asunción Amorós and Dr Mohamed Anli and Dr Mohamed Marouf Aribi and Dr Raja Ben-Laoaune and Dr Houda Besser and Dr Neeru Bhatt and Dr Abderrahim Boutasknit and Dr Roshini Brizmohun and Dr Latifa Dhaouadi and Dr Gisela Díaz and Dr Raga Elzaki and Dr Abdessamad Fakhech and Dr Mohamed Abusaa Fennir and Dr Ibrahim E. Greiby and Dr Ayah R. Hilles and Professor Shri Mohan Jain and Rhonda Janke and Dr Muhammad Jafar Jaskani and Professor Dennis V Johnson and Dr Imran Ul Khan and Dr M Mumtaz Khan and Dr Rashad Rasool Khan and Dr Robert R Krueger and Dr Mithlesh Kumar and Dr Abdelilah Meddich and Dr C. M. Muralidharan and Dr Summar Abbas Naqvi and Dr Taseer Abbas Naqvi and Dr Concepción Obón and Dr Redouane Ouhaddou and Dr Ozcan Ozturk and Dr Ouissame Raho and Dr Diego Rivera and Dr Ricardo Salomón-Torres and Dr Kapil Mohan Sharma and Mostafa I. Waly and Dr Muhammad Waseem and Dr Glenn C. Wright

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Synopsis: Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is a tree belonging to the palm family (Arecaceae) and is cultivated for its sweet edible fruits. Over the past century, it has become a major commercial fruit crop and a key component of agricultural production in the world's subtropical arid and semiarid regions. A crop suited both to the low-input small-farmer and the modern high-input commercial plantation, the date palm provides a livelihood for millions of people living in marginal land areas where farming options are restricted. Date palm is mainly grown for its fruits, but the whole tree is utilized. Research into date palm improvement for fruit production in recent decades has brought about improved elite cultivars, stress and pathogen resistance, and enhanced postharvest technologies. These developments have led to revised recommendations for date palm producers, and increased opportunity to promote novel fruit products. This book provides: · A practical manual on modern date palm cultivation methods. · Best practice guidelines for optimal production levels of high-quality fruit. · Opportunities for more complete utilization of date palm products at both the subsistence and commercial levels of production. With contributions from leading international experts, this is a valuable resource for researchers and students in horticulture, as well as date palm growers and processors.