Date palm status and perspective in iran

Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization: Volume 2: Asia and Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 19-47

  Hajian, Saeed ^a   Hamidi Esfahani, Zohreh ^b  

^a Date Palm and Tropical Fruits Research Institute of Iran   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Beauveria; Bunch fading disorder; Date products; Electric pollinator; Genetic biodiversity; Irradiation; National date palm program

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943381059     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9707-8_2     Document Type: Chapter

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