Using date palm residues to improve soil properties: the case of compost and biochar

V Kavvadias, E Le Guyader, M El Mazlouzi… - Soil Systems, 2024 - mdpi.com
Agricultural residues are generated during the production and processing of agricultural
crops. Under modern date palm plantation practices, field operations generate huge …

Genomic insights into date palm origins

M Gros-Balthazard, KM Hazzouri, JM Flowers - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
With the development of next-generation sequencing technology, the amount of date palm
(Phoenix dactylifera L.) genomic data has grown rapidly and yielded new insights into this …

[HTML][HTML] Agroforestry heritage systems as agrobiodiversity hotspots. The case of the mountain oases of Tunisia

A Santoro, M Venturi, S Ben Maachia, F Benyahia… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Traditional agricultural systems are receiving increasing attention at the international level
due to their multifunctional role. The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems …

A brief history of the origin of domesticated date palms

M Gros-Balthazard, JM Flowers - The Date Palm Genome, Vol. 1 …, 2021 - Springer
The study of crop origins is of great interest both in the fields of evolutionary biology and
applied crop research. The understanding of plant domestication involves multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Archaeophenomics of ancient domestic plants and animals using geometric morphometrics: a review

A Evin, L Bouby, V Bonhomme… - Peer Community …, 2022 - peercommunityjournal.org
Geometric morphometrics revolutionized domestication studies through the precise
quantification of the phenotype of ancient plant and animal remains. Geometric …

On the necessity of combining ethnobotany and genetics to assess agrobiodiversity and its evolution in crops: A case study on date palms (Phoenix dactylifera L.) in …

M Gros‐Balthazard, V Battesti, S Ivorra… - Evolutionary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Crop diversity is shaped by biological and social processes interacting at different
spatiotemporal scales. Here, we combined population genetics and ethnobotany to …

Physical properties and mass models of Deglet Noor and Arichti semi‐dry Algerian date fruits: A comparative study

M Roumani, R Remmani, M Miladi… - Food Science & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
For thousands of years, date fruit (Phoenix dactylifera L.) has been a popular diet in arid and
semi‐arid locations. It has religious importance for Muslims and is especially important …

What lies behind a fruit crop variety name? A case study of the barnī date palm from al‐'Ulā oasis, Saudi Arabia

M Gros‐Balthazard, V Battesti, JM Flowers… - Plants, People …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement The oasis of al‐'Ulā is subject to a vast development operation by
the central government of the Saudi monarchy. Agriculture is not strictly speaking the first …

Male diversity matters: genetic structuring of insular male date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) revealed valuable breeding and conservation resources

H Bourguiba, A Hachef, W Saffar… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Most male date palms available for pollinating different female cultivars have mainly
originated from seed propagation resulting in many different local males that represent a …

Effect of replacing corn grains with date palm kernels on ruminal fermentation, feed degradability, and methane production under different initial in vitro pH conditions

M Sabry, MEA Nasser, HEM Kamel, MA Abaza… - Animal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Date kernels (DK) are cheap by-products rich in energy and phenolic compounds. It can be
used as an alternative to the conventional sources of energy in ruminant diets while …