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Date Palm
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Date Palm
Series: Crop Production Science in Horticulture
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Date palm, (Phoenix dactylifera), tree of the palm family
(Arecaceae) 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 livelihood to 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 Best practices for optimal fruit production levels
of high-quality fruit Opportunities for more complete utilization
of the multitude of products the date palm can provide at both the
subsistence and commercial level of production.
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