Publications by authors named "Abdulhafed A Al-Ameri"
Article Synopsis
- Date palm is cultivated in dry regions and requires gender identification at the seedling stage due to its dioecious nature.
- A specific SCAR marker linked to male plants was developed using a unique DNA primer that only produced a band in male plants.
- This SCAR marker proved effective in accurately identifying the gender of date palm seedlings, ensuring that only male plants are recognized.
Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on the only endemic plant species in Saudi Arabia and highlights the lack of information on its traditional regeneration methods.
- Alternative tissue culture techniques showed successful shoot regeneration, specifically with a medium containing BA at 1.0 µM resulting in an average of 14.44 shoots per explant.
- IBA supplementation proved most effective for rooting, achieving an 83.3% success rate, and the acclimatized plantlets can aid in conservation and potential pharmaceutical applications.
Early sex identification of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) at seedling stage is an economically desirable objective, which will significantly increase the profits of seed based cultivation. The utilization of molecular markers at this stage for early and rapid identification of sex is important due to the lack of morphological markers.
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