The date palm : from traditional resource to green wealth

Forum held in Abu Dhabi on September 15-17, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references.

The role of date palm culture in combating desertification / Hama Arba Diallo. -- Archaeobotanical evidence for early date consumption in the Arabian Gulf / Mark Beech. -- Date palms and date consumption in Eastern Arabia during the Bronze age / Daniel Potts. -- Research into the origins of date palm domestication / Margareta Tengberg. -- Date palm tissue culture in the UAE: research activities and mass propagation / Helal Hameed Al-Kaabi and Abdelouahhab Zayed. -- Date palm large-scale propagation through tissue culture techniques / Mohammed Aaouine. -- Date palm axillary productions: morphogenesis and in-vitro propagation / Michel Ferry, Elena Ruiperez, and Jose Navarro. -- Improved techniques for date palm fertilization and irrigation / Pieter de Wet. -- Major diseases of the date palm / Mohammed Djerbi. -- Major pests of the date palm / Abdullah Weheibi. -- Date palm culture in the UAE: present situation and future potential / Abdelouahhab Zayed. -- Date post-harvest technology in the UAE / Samir Al-Shakir. -- Date palm and biosaline agriculture in the UAE / Abdullah El-Dakheel. -- The Date palm industry in the Republic of South Africa / Michelle McCubbin. -- Date palm culture in India / Brij Bushan Vashishtha. -- Introduction and cultivation of the date palm in the Sahel / Saidou Koala and Dov Pasternak. -- Controlled atmosphere storage of dates at Rutab stage / Abdullah Abboudi. -- The marketing potential of dates in Europe / Pascal Liu. -- Global cooperation and information network / Enrique Arias.