State of research on the date palm culture operations and their effect on the improvement of date production

Farming operations have a direct effect on the date palm production and fruit quality. Research programs conducted in Tunisia and elsewhere helped to solve many problems and adopting new technologies to improve date palm cultivation and protection. Other techniques were also developed for molecular...

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Published inActa horticulturae no. 994; pp. 87 - 92
Main Author Ben Salah, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published International Society for Horticultural Science 01.01.2013
Subjects
biological control
farming systems
fruit quality
harvesting
new technology
pests
pollen
pollination
pruning
research programs
Tunisia
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Summary:Farming operations have a direct effect on the date palm production and fruit quality. Research programs conducted in Tunisia and elsewhere helped to solve many problems and adopting new technologies to improve date palm cultivation and protection. Other techniques were also developed for molecular characterization and varietal distinction. The results were obtained in propagation, pollination, fruit thinning, pruning, harvesting and conservation of the pollen and improvement of the date sector in general. Efforts have been made in chemical and biological control of major pests and diseases of date palm, and some successes were realized. This paper reviews the situation of the research work in date palm cultivation and presents major results obtained during the last years.
Bibliography:http://www.actahort.org/books/994/994_6.htm
ISSN:0567-7572
DOI:10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.994.6