Date Palm Biotechnology Protocols Volume II : Germplasm Conservation and Molecular Breeding

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Storage and Viability Assessment of Date Palm Pollen  ( Maryam, Muhammad J. Jaskani, Summar A. Naqvi)....Pages 3-13
 In Vitro Conservation of Date Palm Tissue Cultures  (Shawky A. Bekheet)....Pages 15-24
 Cryopreservation of Date Palm Pro-Embryonic Masses Using the D Cryo-plate Technique  (Mohammad Salma, Florent Engelmann)....Pages 25-37
 In Vitro Cryopreservation of Date Palm Caulogenic Meristems  (Lotfi Fki, Olfa Chkir, Walid Kriaa, Ameni Nasri, Emna Baklouti, Raja B. Masmoudi et al.)....Pages 39-48
 In Vitro Conservation of Date Palm Shoot-Tip Explants and Callus Cultures Under Minimal Growth Conditions  (Maiada M. El-Dawayati)....Pages 49-59
 In Vitro Conservation of Date Palm Somatic Embryos Using Growth-Retardant Conditions  (Mona M. Hassan)....Pages 61-70
 Encapsulation of Date Palm Somatic Embryos: Synthetic Seeds  (Shawky A. Bekheet)....Pages 71-78
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 Evaluation of Clonal Fidelity of Micropropagated Date Palm by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD)  (Arpan Modi, Bhavesh Gajera, Naraynan Subhash, Nitish Kumar)....Pages 81-89
 Molecular Identification of Fungal Contamination in Date Palm Tissue Cultures  (Mohammed H. Abass)....Pages 91-101
Front Matter ....Pages 103-103
 Genetic Diversity Analysis of Date Palm Using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR)  (Mahesh K. Mahatma, Vishal S. Srivashtav, Sanjay Jha)....Pages 105-112
 Date Palm Genetic Diversity Analysis Using Microsatellite Polymorphism  (Hussam S. M. Khierallah, Saleh M. Bader, Alladin Hamwieh, Michael Baum)....Pages 113-124
 Assessing Date Palm Genetic Diversity Using Different Molecular Markers  (Mohamed A. M. Atia, Mahmoud M. Sakr, Sami S. Adawy)....Pages 125-142
 Molecular Analysis of Date Palm Genetic Diversity Using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and Inter-Simple Sequence Repeats (ISSRs)  (Sherif F. El Sharabasy, Khaled A. Soliman)....Pages 143-152
 Determining Phylogenetic Relationships Among Date Palm Cultivars Using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) Markers  (Nadia Haider)....Pages 153-172
 Genotyping and Molecular Identification of Date Palm Cultivars Using Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) Markers  (Basim M. Ayesh)....Pages 173-183
 Molecular Identification of Date Palm Cultivars Using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Markers  (Nasser S. Al-Khalifah, A. E. Shanavaskhan)....Pages 185-196
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 Early Sex Identification in Date Palm by Male-Specific Sequence-Characterized Amplified Region (SCAR) Markers  (Pushpa Kharb, Charu Mitra)....Pages 199-207
 Gender Identification in Date Palm Using Molecular Markers  (Faisal Saeed Awan, Maryam, Muhammad J. Jaskani, Bushra Sadia)....Pages 209-225
 Development of Sex-Specific PCR-Based Markers in Date Palm  (Mohamed A. M. Atia, Mahmoud M. Sakr, Morad M. Mokhtar, Sami S. Adawy)....Pages 227-244
 Date Palm Sex Differentiation Based on Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH)  (Mohamed A. M. Atia, Sami S. Adawy, Hanaiya A. El-Itriby)....Pages 245-256
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 Characterization and Amplification of Gene-Based Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers in Date Palm  (Yongli Zhao, Manjunath Keremane, Channapatna S. Prakash, Guohao He)....Pages 259-271
 Mitochondrial Molecular Markers for Resistance to Bayoud Disease in Date Palm  (Amgad A. Saleh, Anwar H. Sharafaddin, Mahmoud H. El-Komy, Yasser E. Ibrahim, Younis K. Hamad, Younis Y. Molan)....Pages 273-282
 Analysis of Expressed Sequence Tags (EST) in Date Palm  (Sulieman A. Al-Faifi, Hussein M. Migdadi, Salem S. Algamdi, Mohammad Altaf Khan, Rashid S. Al-Obeed, Megahed H. Ammar et al.)....Pages 283-313
 Development of Genomic Simple Sequence Repeats (SSR) by Enrichment Libraries in Date Palm  (Sulieman A. Al-Faifi, Hussein M. Migdadi, Salem S. Algamdi, Mohammad Altaf Khan, Rashid S. Al-Obeed, Megahed H. Ammar et al.)....Pages 315-337
 MicroRNA Expression in Multistage Date Fruit Development  (Wanfei Liu, Chengqi Xin, Jun Yu, Hasan Awad Aljohi)....Pages 339-351
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 Proteome of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Date Palm  (Haddad A. El Rabey)....Pages 355-363
 Electrophoresis-Based Proteomics to Study Development and Germination of Date Palm Zygotic Embryos  (Besma Sghaier-Hammami, Noureddine Drira, Mouna Bahloul, Jesús V. Jorrín-Novo)....Pages 365-380
 Date Fruit Proteomics During Development and Ripening Stages  (Claudius Marondedze)....Pages 381-398
Back Matter ....Pages 399-408