Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization

<p>1. Introduction and Date Production Status and Prospects in Africa and the Americas - Dennis V. Johnson, Jameel M. Al-Khayri and S. Mohan Jain<br>2.Biodiversity, Genetic Diversity and Genetic Resources of Date Palm- Abdullah A. Jaradat<br>Part I     Africa<br>3.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Egypt - Shawky A. Bekheet and Sherif F. El-Sharabasy<br>4.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Algeria - Nadia Bouguedoura, Malika Bennaceur, Souad Babahani and Salah Eddine Benziouche<br>5.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Sudan - Mohamed Khairi<br>6.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Tunisia - Hammadi Hamza, Monia Jemni, Mohamed Ali Benabderrahim, Mrabet Abdesselem, Sana Touil, Ahmed Othmani and Mohamed Ben Salah <br>7.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Libya - Massimo Battaglia, Bashir Ghsera, Marta Mancini, Carlo Bergesio, Alessandro Camussi and Milvia Luisa Racchi<br>8.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Morocco - Moulay Hassan Sedra<br>9.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Mauritania - Moulay Hassan Sedra<br>10.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Sub-Sahelian African Countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal and Somalia - Mohamed Ben Salah<br>11.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Niger - Sahidou Abdoussalam and Dov Pasternak<br>12.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Cameroon - Sali Bourou, Noé Woin and Mohammed Aziz Elhoumaizi<br>13.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Djibouti - Abdourahman Daher, Nabil Mohamed and Frederique Aberlenc-Bertossi<br>Part II    Americas<br>14.Date Palm Status and Perspective in United States of America - Robert R. Krueger<br>15.Date Palm Status and Perspective in South American Countries: Chile and Peru - Hugo A. Escobar and Rafael G.J. Valdivia Urra<br>Appendixes<br>Index</p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p>