Salt tolerance research in date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera L.), past, present, and future perspectives

Yaish, Mahmoud W.; Kumar, Prakash P.

doi:10.3389/fpls.2015.00348

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“…This problem causes a significant loss in yield and quality in a variety of plant species, including the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.), despite the fact that the date palm can survive a wide range of extreme abiotic stresses including drought, high temperatures, and a relatively high level of soil salinity (Yaish and Kumar, 2015;. Drought and high salinity can cause a significant level of damage to plant tissues.…”

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Short Communication Proline accumulation is a general response to abiotic stress in the date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera L.)

Yaish¹

2015

Genet. Mol. Res.

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ABSTRACT. Plants exposed to certain abiotic stress conditions tend to produce the amino acid proline, which acts as an active osmolyte, a metal chelator, an antioxidant, and a signaling molecule. There is increasing evidence that proline accumulates in plants due to a wide range of abiotic stress, in particular high soil salinity and drought. Therefore, proline content is often used as a marker-assisted breeding tool aimed at improving drought and salinity tolerance. In this study, it was investigated whether proline accumulation in date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) seedlings occurs solely due to high salinity and drought stresses or due to other unspecified abiotic stresses, including salinity and salinity shock, drought, extreme temperatures, and abscisic acid. The free proline assays revealed that this amino acid over-accumulated in the roots and leaves of each stresstreated plant, and was remarkably high when leaves were exposed to suboptimum temperatures and salinity stress. These results indicate that the production of proline is a common response to various abiotic stresses and its differential accumulation cannot be used as a molecular marker in date palm breeding programs aimed at improving drought or salinity 9943-9950 (2015) tolerance traits in date palms. This conclusion is consistent with the theory that the molecular outcomes of abiotic stresses are often non-specific.

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Short Communication Proline accumulation is a general response to abiotic stress in the date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera L.)

Yaish¹

2015

Genet. Mol. Res.

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“…extreme drought, to heat, and to relatively high levels of soil salinity" (Yaish and Kumar, 2015). This reinforces the point discussed in Section 2.1 about how the growth of water-efficient crops and crops more suited to the desert climate is only practical for the region insofar as self-sufficiency is concerned.…”

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Interplay of food security, agriculture and tourism within GCC countries

Pirani¹,

Arafat²

2016

Global Food Security

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“…Water shortage and high salinity levels of water in most Gaza Governorates encouraged farmers to grow date palm trees as halophytic plants that tolerate high levels of salinity (Al Hammadi 2006;Yaish and Kumar 2015). According to FAO (1982), the date palm is more salt tolerant than any other fruit crop.…”

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The current status of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) and its uses in the Gaza Strip, Palestine

Rabou

Radwan

2017

Biodiversitas

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Abstract. Abd Rabou AN, Radwan ES. 2017. The current status of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) and its uses in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. Biodiversitas 18: 1047-1061. The date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is considered one of the most important fruit crops in Palestine. It has a major socio-economic importance due to its commercial, nutritional, environmental, social, health and religious values. Because of its importance as a resistant and strategic crop facing serious local threats like pest infestation, underdeveloped marketing and mismanagement, the current study comes to investigate the status of the date palm tree and its uses in the Gaza Strip. Field surveys and institutional visits were applied to fulfill the purpose of the study. The current study revealed a total number of 250,000 trees of date palm existing in the Gaza Strip, with 40% of the dates is concentrated in the Middle Governorate. At least, 19 cultivars have been recorded locally with the 'Hayani', 'Barhee' and 'Bentaisha' being the most common. The average date production in the last few years was 12,000 -15,000 ton per year. More than 40 industries and uses associated with the date palm tree have been observed in the Gaza Strip, with the handicraft production and food industries are the main creative uses by the Palestinian community. Finally, the study recommends the improvement of the processes of date palm cultivation, production, protection, and marketing. The cooperation of different parties is very essential to ensure good sustainable development and uses of the date palm in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.

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Salt tolerance research in date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera L.), past, present, and future perspectives

Cited by 118 publications

References 42 publications

Short Communication Proline accumulation is a general response to abiotic stress in the date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera L.)

Short Communication Proline accumulation is a general response to abiotic stress in the date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera L.)

Interplay of food security, agriculture and tourism within GCC countries

The current status of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) and its uses in the Gaza Strip, Palestine

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