{"id":6323,"date":"2013-09-22T19:07:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T18:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/?p=6323"},"modified":"2020-08-26T12:35:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T11:35:23","slug":"newsletter-septembre-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/?p=6323","title":{"rendered":"NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBRE 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">BOTANIQUE<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Biodiversit\u00e9 du genre Phoenix<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Phoenix-hybride-reclinata-x-canariensis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6324\" src=\"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Phoenix-hybride-reclinata-x-canariensis.jpg\" alt=\"Phoenix hybride reclinata x canariensis\" width=\"399\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Phoenix-hybride-reclinata-x-canariensis.jpg 399w, http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Phoenix-hybride-reclinata-x-canariensis-150x111.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Phoenix-hybride-reclinata-x-canariensis-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a>Illustration\u00a0: pr\u00e9sence de plusieurs cycles reproducteurs sur un palmier Phoenix hybride <em>reclinata x canariensis<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11px;\">Diverses \u00e9tudes consacr\u00e9es aux palmiers ont \u00e9t\u00e9 men\u00e9es depuis plusieurs ann\u00e9es sur le site de Bordighera\/ San Remo (Italie), dans le cadre du projet Phoenix, sous la direction de Jean Christophe Pintaud et de Robert Castellana. Cette r\u00e9gion est en effet un site d&rsquo;acclimatation historique, marqu\u00e9 en particulier par les premi\u00e8res introductions in situ de P<em>hoenix dactylifera<\/em> (Moyen-Orient), <em>P. canariensis<\/em> (Iles Canaries), <em>P. sylvestris<\/em> (Inde) ou encore <em>P. reclinata<\/em> (Afrique). Une r\u00e9cente publication, accessible ci-dessous, vient de faire le point sur les m\u00e9thodes exp\u00e9riment\u00e9es, les donn\u00e9es recueillies \u00e0 ce jour et les perspectives de recherches futures: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11px;\">BOURGUET S. 2013. Dynamique de l\u2019hybridation dans le genre <em>Phoenix <\/em>sur la Riviera italienne: caract\u00e9risation g\u00e9n\u00e9tique et ph\u00e9notypique. Universit\u00e9 de Montpellier, juin 2013, Master Biologie des Plantes et des Micro-organismes, Biotechnologies, Bioproc\u00e9d\u00e9s: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/BOURGUET-S.-2013-Dynamique-de-l%E2%80%99hybridation-dans-le-genre-Phoenix-sur-la-Riviera-italienne.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">ABSTRACT. Les 14 esp\u00e8ces de palmiers qui composent le genre <em>Phoenix<\/em>, forment un complexe inter-fertile. La connaissance de la dynamique de l\u2019hybridation est donc essentielle pour comprendre l\u2019histoire et l\u2019avenir de ce genre. La capacit\u00e9 d&rsquo;hybridation intersp\u00e9cifique se manifeste tout particuli\u00e8rement dans les cultures ornementales, o\u00f9 plusieurs esp\u00e8ces sont mises en pr\u00e9sence et ensuite multipli\u00e9es sur place. Au bout de quelques g\u00e9n\u00e9rations, une diversit\u00e9 nouvelle finit par s\u2019organiser, d\u2019o\u00f9 \u00e9mergent des ph\u00e9notypes hybrides propres \u00e0 chaque lieu de culture.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a title=\"Claudio Littardi punteruolo rosso Sanremo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Littardi-Claudio-punteruolo-rosso-Sanremo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8262\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Littardi-Claudio-punteruolo-rosso-Sanremo-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"Littardi Claudio punteruolo rosso Sanremo\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Littardi-Claudio-punteruolo-rosso-Sanremo-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Littardi-Claudio-punteruolo-rosso-Sanremo-227x300.jpg 227w, http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Littardi-Claudio-punteruolo-rosso-Sanremo.jpg 716w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>SANREMO (Italian Riviera)<br \/>\nDicember 6-8<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b style=\"color: #008000; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\">Rendez-vous \u00e0 la prochaine \u00e9dition du Dies Palmarum (2013), qui\u00a0 sera principalement consacr\u00e9e aux recherches du Projet Phoenix <\/b><span style=\"color: #008000; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><b>relatives<\/b><\/span><\/span><b style=\"color: #008000; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"> au palmier dattier: <\/b><a style=\"color: #008000; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\" title=\"Le palmier-dattier sera au centre des communications pr\u00e9sent\u00e9es, en mati\u00e8re de g\u00e9n\u00e9tique comme d\u2019agronomie. L\u2019anthropologie occupera elle aussi une place importante dans ce colloque, avec la pr\u00e9sence d\u2019artisans en provenance du pourtour m\u00e9diterran\u00e9en, d\u2019historiens et d\u2019arch\u00e9ologues. La Biennale se d\u00e9roulera par ailleurs dans le contexte pr\u00e9occupant de la progression du ravageur des palmiers, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, lequel menace d\u00e9sormais les palmeraies ornementales comme les cultures vivri\u00e8res dans l\u2019ensemble du monde m\u00e9diterran\u00e9en. \" href=\"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/?p=6512\">www.listephoenix.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Ill. Claudio Littardi (Presidente del Centro Studi e Ricerche per le Palme).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>{tab=WEB SURWEY}<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Publications r\u00e9centes en ligne<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>ABASS <\/strong>M.H. <strong>2013. A PCR ITS-RFLP method for identifying fungal contamination of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) tissue cultures.<\/strong> African Journal of Biotechnology, Vol. 12(32), pp. 5054-5059, 7 August, 2013.<strong> Link\u00a0: <\/strong><a title=\"Abstract. Morphological and molecular procedures have been used in the study to characterize the most abundant fungal contaminants of date palm tissue cultures. Aspergillus species were found to be the most frequently isolated species, followed by the species of Alternaria and Penicillium. Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) products of the predominant fungi were analyzed by PCR amplification with ITS1 and ITS4 primers. The results of BLAST search of the ITS sequences revealed the identity of the fungal species. Three species were found to belong to the genus Aspergillus as Aspergillus clavatus, Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus terreus, while, two species were found for the genus Alternaria withAlternaria alternata and Alternaria citri, and two species for the genus of Penicillium with Penicillium expansum and Penicillium glabrum. The restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the ITS amplicons was used to discriminate between fungal species and provides an alternative method to sequencing ITS products; both restriction endonucleases EcoRI and SmaI were used to digest ITS products, and three types of fragment patterns were detected: A type (one undigested fragment), B type (two fragments type) and C type (three fragments type). This is the first study which used ITS sequence and ITS-RFLP techniques as a rapid and reliable procedure for identification of date palm fungal contamination in the laboratories of tissue cultures in Iraq.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academicjournals.org\/ajb\/PDF\/pdf2013\/7Aug\/Abass.pdf\">http:\/\/www.academicjournals.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>AL-MSSALLEM et alii 2013. Genome sequence of the date palm Phoenix dactylifera L.<\/strong> Nature Communications 4, Article number:2274. Published 06 August 2013.<strong> Link\u00a0: <\/strong><a title=\"Abstract. Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is a cultivated woody plant species with agricultural and economic importance. Here we report a genome assembly for an elite variety (Khalas), which is 605.4\u2009Mb in size and covers &gt;90% of the genome (~671\u2009Mb) and &gt;96% of its genes (~41,660 genes). Genomic sequence analysis demonstrates that P. dactylifera experienced a clear genome-wide duplication after either ancient whole genome duplications or massive segmental duplications. Genetic diversity analysis indicates that its stress resistance and sugar metabolism-related genes tend to be enriched in the chromosomal regions where the density of single-nucleotide polymorphisms is relatively low. Using transcriptomic data, we also illustrate the date palm\u2019s unique sugar metabolism that underlies fruit development and ripening. Our large-scale genomic and transcriptomic data pave the way for further genomic studies not only on P. dactylifera but also other Arecaceae plants.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/ncomms\/2013\/130806\/ncomms3274\/full\/ncomms3274.html\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>ALTURKI <\/strong>S.M.,<strong> SHEATA <\/strong>W. F.,<strong> ALDAEJ <\/strong>M.I.<strong> 2013. Influence of Nutrient Medium on Antioxidants Production of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Cultivars in vitro. <\/strong>Asian Journal of Plant Sciences 2013.<strong> Link\u00a0: <\/strong><a title=\"Abstract. Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is the major fruit crop in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Presently, date palm is facing problem in the production of healthy in vitro callus tissues. The main objective of this study was to determine the influence of nutrient medium on antioxidants production of callus tissues from date palm cultivars in vitro. Four strengths of Murashige and Skoog (MS) culture medium (full, half, one quarter and three quarter strength) were used in the study. The MS strength significantly affected the vitality of the explants and its browning and ability for callus formation. The analysis of variance the cultivars and medium strength showed that they have a clear significantly effect on callus and browning formation of the explants. The highest total phenolic compounds (mg g-1) expressed as gallic acid equivalents induced per explant were 4.274 and 3.262 in Khalas and Shishi cultivars, respectively. The strength of the culture medium was inversely correlated with the antioxidant activity of plant extracts. In conclusion, for callus tissues from date palm cultivars, quarter strength MS medium offered a compromise between optimum growth in vitro and antioxidant phenolic accumulation.\" href=\"http:\/\/docsdrive.com\/pdfs\/ansinet\/ajps\/0000\/55891-55891.pdf\">http:\/\/docsdrive.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>ATTAHA <\/strong>A.H.M. , <strong>MHODER<\/strong> T.Y. , <strong>ABD<\/strong> A.K. M. <strong>2013. Protein Pattern of Phoenix dactylifera Seeded Strains Grown in Basrah Region Using Cluster and Principal Component Analysis.<\/strong> Journal of Plant Studies,\u00a0Vol 2, No 2 (2013).<strong> Link\u00a0: <\/strong><a title=\"Abstract. The present study was carried out on 17 seeded strains of date palm \u201cPhoenix dactylifera L.\u201d grown in Basrah region to investigate variations in protein pattern of leaflets and fruits among these strains. Cluster and principal component analysis were used to identify the degree of similarity and differences between date palm strains. The leaflet and fruit protein pattern on SDS-PAGE showed differences in band number, location, thickness and density leading to variations in protein quantity and quality among the studied strains.Cluster analysis data showed a high degree of similarity between leaflet and fruit samples of these strains recording an average similarity value of 0.76 and 0.67 for leaflet and fruit samples respectively. Cluster analysis also revealed that all strains occupied two main groups and then distributed into two subgroups under each main group. The principal component analysis showed that protein banding characters for leaflets and fruits could be used for identification of date palm seeded strains.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ccsenet.org\/journal\/index.php\/jps\/article\/view\/29333\/17453\">http:\/\/www.ccsenet.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>BOURGUET <\/strong>S. <strong>2013. Dynamique de l\u2019hybridation dans le genre <em>Phoenix <\/em>sur la Riviera italienne : caract\u00e9risation g\u00e9n\u00e9tique et ph\u00e9notypique.<\/strong> Universite de Montpellier, juin 2013, Master Biologie des Plantes et des Micro-organismes, Biotechnologies, Bioproc\u00e9d\u00e9s.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Link: <\/strong><a title=\"Abstract. Le  genre  Phoenix  comprend  14  esp\u00e8ces  interfertiles  et  morphologiquement  tr\u00e8s  proches, distribu\u00e9es  depuis  les  \u00eeles  de  l\u2019Atlantique  jusqu\u2019aux  confins  du  Pacifique  et  \u00e0  travers  les  r\u00e9gions chaudes  de  l\u2019Afrique  et  de  l\u2019Eurasie.  Les  hybrides  se  manifestent  tout  particuli\u00e8rement  dans  les cultures ornementales. La Riviera-C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur est un site d\u2019acclimatation historique du genre Phoenix, marqu\u00e9 en particulier par les premi\u00e8res introductions en ext\u00e9rieur de Phoenix canariensis, P. sylvestris, , P. reclinata, et Phoenix dactylifera. A l\u2019heure actuelle, il existe toute une diversit\u00e9 du genre Phoenix dans  les  plantations  ornementales  de  la  r\u00e9gion,  du  fait  des  hybridations  entre  ces  quatre  esp\u00e8ces, produisant  de  nouveaux  ph\u00e9notypes  originaux  et  de  grande  valeur  ornementale.  Outre  l\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat historique,  paysager   et   horticole,  ce   ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne   d\u2019hybridation   libre   est   tr\u00e8s   int\u00e9ressant   pour comprendre la dynamique de la diversit\u00e9 dans un complexe d\u2019esp\u00e8ces et en particulier pour mesurer l\u2019influence  des  facteurs  g\u00e9n\u00e9tiques  sur  les  traits  ph\u00e9notypiques.  L\u2019objectif  de  ce  stage  concerne l\u2019analyse (et en partie l\u2019acquisition) de diff\u00e9rents jeux de donn\u00e9es g\u00e9n\u00e9tiques et ph\u00e9notypiques sur un ensemble d\u2019hybrides de Phoenix provenant des jardins municipaux de Sanremo (Italie) et un r\u00e9f\u00e9rentiel des  esp\u00e8ces  parentes  g\u00e9n\u00e9tiquement  pures.L\u2019analyse  statistique  des  relations  g\u00e9notypes-ph\u00e9notypes contribuera  \u00e0  valider  certaines  m\u00e9thodes  d\u2019identification  ph\u00e9notypique  (morphom\u00e9trie  g\u00e9om\u00e9trique, SPIR) et permettra de caract\u00e9riser les patrons de variation des caract\u00e8res induits par l\u2019hybridation et en particulier de quantifier les distances aux ph\u00e9notypes parentaux sur certains caract\u00e8res.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/BOURGUET-S.-2013-Dynamique-de-l%E2%80%99hybridation-dans-le-genre-Phoenix-sur-la-Riviera-italienne.pdf\">www.listephoenix.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>CARR<\/strong> M.K.V. <strong>2013<\/strong>. <strong>The water relations and\u00a0 irrigation requirements of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.). A\u00a0 review.<\/strong> Expl Agric. (2013), volume 49 (1), pp. 91\u2013113. Cambridge University Press 2012. <strong>Link: <\/strong><a title=\"Summary ; Date palm is a crop suited to hot, arid regions. It originated in Mesopotamia and the centres of production are in West Asia and North Africa. Despite its regional and international importance, and its dependence on irrigation or a shallow water table for survival, relatively little research has been published on the water relations and irrigation need of date palm. Following early work in California, the majority of the recent research reported in the literature has been conducted in Saudi Arabia and Tunisia. The date palm has a terminal crown of 100\u2013120 leaves. At the base of each leaf is an axillary bud, most of which develop in the winter as \ufb02ower buds. It takes 150\u2013200 days from pollination to fruit maturity. Stomata occur on both leaf surfaces. Different techniques have been used to measure the water use of date palm, including micrometeorological and sap \ufb02ow methods. In Syria, mean actual evapotranspiration rates varied between 0.5 mm d \u2212 1 (winter) and 3.5 mm d \u2212 1 (summer), in Saudi Arabia from 2\u20133 to 8\u201311 mm d \u2013 1 depending on location and in Jordan from 2 to 8\u201310 mm d \u2013 1 respectively. In Tunisia, there was some (limited) evidence of stomatal control of transpiration rates (seasonal range 0.5 to 3.5 mm d \u2212 1) when temperatures exceeded 32\u25e6 C. Experimentally determined values of the crop coef\ufb01cient were inconsistent, varying from 0.6\u20130.7 to 1.18. In the vicinity of an oasis, advection may increase potential water use substantially above that of a reference crop. In the absence of a shallow water table, roots can extract water from soil depths greater than 2 m. There is little published information on the water productivity of date palm. A target benchmark \ufb01gure is probably about 1.3-kg fresh fruit m \u2013 3 of irrigation water applied. Under controlled conditions, phenotypes differed in their responses to water stress. The date palm is traditionally considered to be relatively salt-tolerant, with a threshold electrical conductivity value for the saturated soil extract of 4.0 dS m \u2013 1 , but recent evidence from Israel suggests that this view may be mistaken. Since early times,  \ufb02ood irrigation has been used to irrigate date palm and it is still probably the most common method in many countries. Since the 1980s, farmers have been encouraged by governments to use localised irrigation methods (e.g. micro-sprinklers, drip and bubbler) as a means of saving water. Since water is a scarce resource in the West Asia and North Africa region, research should focus on developing ways to improve the water productivity of this high value crop.\" href=\"http:\/\/journals.cambridge.org\/download.php?file=%2FEAG%2FEAG49_01%2FS0014479712000993a.pdf&amp;code=60285315f6895330e051a6bcc1b17fc3\">http:\/\/journals.cambridge.org\/<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>DAMANKESHAN <\/strong>B., <strong>PANAHI <\/strong>B. <strong>2013. A comparative study on the growth characteristics of offshoot and tissue culture propagated palm trees in orchards<\/strong>. Intl J Agri Crop Sci. Vol., 5 (19), 2221-2228, 2013.<strong> Link\u00a0: <\/strong><a title=\"Abstract. Plant tissue culture is a collection of techniques used to maintain or grow plant cells, tissues or organs under sterile conditions on a nutrient culture medium of known composition. Plant tissue culture is widely used to produce clones of a plant in a method known as micropropagation; meanwhile, observing abnormal plants is possible. Some abnormalities have been reported in date palm trees which are propagated by tissue culture. These reported abnormalities, including: Plant dwarfism, excessive vegetative growth, bleached white leaves, various color leaflet, leaf black burn, offshoot misshapenness, twisted curly inflorescence, parthenocarpic fruits production are some abnormalities that have been obsereved in the datepalm trees propagated by tissue culture method. In order to evaluate the demonstrated abnormalities in \u201cBerhee\u201d micropropagated and offshoot propagated datepalms, an investigation was conducted in 2009 on 20 trees originated from tissue culture propagation mehod in Jiroft area and 20 trees originated from offshoot propagation mehod in Abadan area (control) and the obtained data was analyzed and compared by T test, statitically. The evaluated characteristics in current study included: Plant dwarfism, excessive vegetative growth, bleached white leaves, various color leaflet, leaf black burn, offshoot misshapenness, twisted curly inflorescence, fruit set percentage, fruit shedding percentage, total number of primary flowers, number of seeded fruits, number of parthenocarpic fruits, total number of parthenocarpic fruits and percentage of parthenocarpic fruits. The obtained result from T-test indicated significant differences between date palm trees are propagated by offshoot and tissue culture methods. The trees derived from tissue culture in compare to trees consequent from offshoot showed much more primary flowers, but increase in number of seedless fruits or in the other hands the high percentage of parthenocarpic fruits were observed. The percentage of fruit set with seeded fruits in trees resulting from offshoot were 2-fold of fruit set of trees resultant from tissue culture. Comparing the standard deviations of all evaluated characteristics to control indicated that standard deviation in trees propagated by tissue culture was higher than trees propagated by offshoot. In the other words, high variation observed in measured characteristics of trees derived from tissue culture.\" href=\"http:\/\/ijagcs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2221-2228.pdf\">http:\/\/ijagcs.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>DASH <\/strong>S.S., <strong>SIKDER <\/strong>A. K., <strong>BAG <\/strong>B. G.l , <strong>BANDYOPADHYAY <\/strong>S. <strong>2013<\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><strong>Phoenix dactylifera Seed Extract Mediated Green Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles and its Application as a Catalyst for the Reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol.<\/strong> International Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures 2013; 3(2): 42-46. <strong>Link<\/strong><strong>\u00a0: <\/strong><a title=\"Abstract. The seed extract of Phoenix dactylifera was utilized for the one step synthesis of gold nanoparticles at room temperature.  The phytochemicals present in the seed extract act as the reducing agent for Au(III) and stabilizers for the synthesized gold nanoparticles.    The  synthesis  of  gold  nano  particles  of  10-15  nm  size  was  complete  in  several  minutes  and  no  photo irradiation  or  heat  treatment  was  necessary.    The  stabilized  gold  nanoparticles  were  characterized  by  Surface  Plasmon Resonance spectroscopy, HRTEM, X-Ray diffraction and FTIR studies.  The synthesized gold nanoparticles were utilized as a catalyst for the sodium borohydride reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol. \" href=\"http:\/\/urpjournals.com\/tocjnls\/20_13v3i2_4.pdf\">http:\/\/urpjournals.com\/<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>FERCHICHI <\/strong>A., <strong>SGHAIROUN <\/strong>M. <strong>2013. Composting of date palm frond in southern Tunisia.<\/strong> Sky Journal of Soil Science and Environmental Management, Vol. 2(5), pp. 43 &#8211; 46, July, 2013.<strong> Link\u00a0: <\/strong><a title=\"Abstract. Date palm trees provide large amounts of biomass products. Composting is considered as the most promising technique for the biological stabilisation of these products. In this work, the heap composting way was evaluated. Maturity and stability of the compost were analysed. Main results show that palm compost were characterised by a neutral pH (7.55), low moisture content (41.52 %), high organic matter (44 %), acceptable C\/N ratio (14:9), high conductivity (2.48 mS\/cm), finally, microbiological parameters respect hygiene requirements in comparison with compost quality standards.\" href=\"http:\/\/skyjournals.org\/SJSSEM\/pdf\/2013pdf\/May\/Etana%20et%20al%20pdf.pdf\">http:\/\/skyjournals.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>GARBA <\/strong>L., <strong>YUSHA\u2019U <\/strong>M.,<strong> YERIMA<\/strong> A.<strong> 2013. Antibacterial Activity of Ethanol Extract of Phoenix dactylifera Leaves against some Gram Negative Bacterial Isolates.<\/strong> Greener Journal of\u00a0 Biological Sciences Vol. 3 (6), pp. 238-243, August 2013.<strong> Link\u00a0: <\/strong><a title=\"Abstract. This research was conducted at Gombe State University, Gombe State, Nigeria from January to July, 2013. The research aimed at determining the antimicrobial activity of ethanol extract of Phoenix dactylifera leaves against four clinical isolates of Gram negative bacteria using Agar Disc diffusion technique. The Gram negative bacteria screened included; Escherichia coli, Morganella morganii, Proteus mirabilis and Yersinia enterocolitica. Four different concentrations tested included 20\u00b5g\/disc, 40\u00b5g\/disc, 80\u00b5g\/disc and 160\u00b5g\/disc which revealed a strong in vitro antibacterial activity against all the test organisms. Of these organisms tested, E. coli was found to be the most sensitive, followed by P. mirabilis and Y. enterocolitica producing the same zones of growth inhibition and the least sensitive organism being M. morganii. Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) was determined at 25\u00b5g\/ml for all the test organisms while the Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) was probably above 100\u00b5g\/ml at the highest concentration used because the organisms still managed to grow when sub-cultured on the solid media. This indicates that Phoenix dactylifera leaf extract is bacteriostatic against the test isolates used in this study.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gjournals.org\/GJBS\/GJBS%20PDF\/2013\/August\/072913760%20Garba%20et%20al.pdf\">http:\/\/www.gjournals.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>GOURCHALA <\/strong>F.,<strong> HENCHIRI <\/strong>C.<strong> 2013. Study of the effect of dates on blood glucose and lipid profile in healthy human subjects.<\/strong> International Journal Of Pharmaceutical, Chemical And Biological Sciences,\u00a0 2013, 3(3), 826-833.<strong> Link\u00a0:<\/strong> <a title=\"Abstract. The present study had the objective of evaluating the quality of two dates derived from two varieties of date palms, Ghars and Tamesrit, by the determination of physicochemical and biochemical characteristics and the effect of their consumption on blood glucose and lipid profile. The results obtained showed that both dates have morphological and physicochemical characteristics ranging from acceptable to good characters showing their commercial value. The  phytochemical  study  showed  their  richness  in  Alkaloids,  Polyphenols,  Tannins, Flavonoids and Coumarins with different amounts depending on the variety. Tamesrit and Ghars have proved their richness in phenolic compounds, but the rate of total polyphenols was significantly higher (p &lt;0.05) in the variety Tamesrit compared to Ghars with an antioxidant activity of 900 mg for Tamesrit and 600 mg expressed by EAA \/ 100 g Ghars extract. Biochemical composition revealed that Ghars and Tamesrit are also rich in fiber and have water content between 21 and 26 %, values classifying them in the semi-soft to soft category, the amount of reducing sugars is important in both cultivars, the glucose content is higher in the variety Ghars whereas sucrose is absent in Tamesrit. The effect of dates on blood glucose showed that only the variety Tamesrit had a significative decrease on blood glucose (p &lt;0.01). Concerning lipid profile, we noted that Ghars variety induced no significant variation of different lipid parameters while the variety Tamesrit reduced the LDLc level (bad cholesterol), thus improving the lipid profile.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ijpcbs.com\/files\/50-3168.pdf\">http:\/\/www.ijpcbs.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>HAMOUCHE <\/strong>L. <strong>2013<\/strong>. <strong>Palmiers de la capitale : une op\u00e9ration on\u00e9reuse aux contours flous.<\/strong> Alger, Monjournal, 19 ao\u00fbt 2013.<strong> Link\u00a0:<\/strong> <a title=\"Abstract. Alger s'est dot\u00e9e de 1 500 palmiers provenant du Sud du pays, plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment de Biskra. Cette op\u00e9ration est une premi\u00e8re phase touchant la rocade d'Alger sur un axe reliant l'a\u00e9roport international Houari-Boumediene et Zeralda. La deuxi\u00e8me \u00e9tape verra tout le r\u00e9seau autoroutier et les voies rapides de l'Alg\u00e9rois ceintur\u00e9s et bord\u00e9s de palmiers, ce qui laisse entendre que la capitale sera, \u00e0 elle seule, aliment\u00e9e par 5 000 arbres, de type phoenix dactylifera, un palmier-dattier qui se d\u00e9veloppe sous un climat saharien et subsaharien, c'est-\u00e0-dire dans le Sud, pour \u00eatre plus pr\u00e9cis. Ce type de palmier est devenu depuis son arriv\u00e9e dans le paysage alg\u00e9rois, en mai et au d\u00e9but de juin derniers, une source de discorde, voire de pol\u00e9mique, quant \u00e0 sa provenance, son co\u00fbt et son utilit\u00e9 dans une r\u00e9gion comme le Nord o\u00f9 le facteur bioclimatique n'est pas favorable, voire hostile, au d\u00e9veloppement du phoenix dactylifera, selon certaines sources cit\u00e9es plus loin.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.monjournaldz.com\/fr\/index.php\/dossiers\/3857-palmiers-de-la-capitale-une-op%C3%A9ration-on%C3%A9reuse-aux-contours-flous.html\">http:\/\/www.monjournaldz.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>LATIF <\/strong>M.H.A., <strong>ABDULLAH <\/strong>H.M., <strong>AIYA <\/strong>H.G. <strong>2013<\/strong>. <strong>Milled Iraqi Phoenix Dactylifera Date Palm Pruning Woods Lignin Qualitative and Quantitative Determination.<\/strong> Chemical and Process Engineering Research, Vol.13, 2013.<strong> Link\u00a0: <\/strong><a title=\"Abstract. This study aimed to find analytical data base for Iraqi phoenix date palm pruning woods. Lignin has been extracted for five types of Iraqi date palm using Klason lignin method. Weight of extracted lignin ranged from ( 0.350 g \u2013 0.698 g), and lignin % ranged from (17.5 \u2013 34.9). (waxes, oils, resin, and proteins of wood gums) % ranged from (22.5 \u2013 44.5). FT\u2013 IR Characterization showed that the (-OH) phenolic dis appear in all studied lignin samples, and the (4-O-5 inter monomeric lignin linkage) showed strong intensity peaks for Khadrawi, and Jamal AL-Deen samples, and moderate  intensities for Maktom, Barhi at, and Fahal. Also (DODO inter monomeric lignin linkage) showed strong intensity peaks for all studied samples. UV \u2013 Vis. Characterization showed that the lowest absorption maximum (254 nm) corresponds to Fahal lignin sample, While the highest absorption maximum (275 nm) corresponds to Jamal AL-Deen lignin sample.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iiste.org\/Journals\/index.php\/CPER\/article\/view\/6591\/6737\">http:\/\/www.iiste.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>MAZRI <\/strong>M.A.<strong> 2013. Effect of Basal Medium, Explants Size and Density on the In Vitro Proliferation and Growth of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Cultivar \u201816-bis\u2019.<\/strong> Notulae Scientia Biologicae, Vol 5, No 3 (2013).<strong> Link\u00a0: <\/strong><a title=\"Abstract. The effect of basal medium, explant size and density on shoot multiplication, growth, rooting and acclimatization of date palm cv. \u201816-bis\u2019 was evaluated. Bud clusters of different sizes (2, 3, 4 and 5 buds per cluster) were cultured at density of 1, 2, 3 and 4 clusters on Murashige and Skoog medium (MS), woody plant medium (WPM) and Nitsch medium (NM) supplemented with 0.5 mg\/L 2-naphthoxyacetic acid and 0.5 mg\/L kinetin for three months (multiplication phase). Separated shoots of different sizes (&lt;3 cm; 3 to 4.5 cm and 4.5 to 6 cm) were cultured at density of 1, 2, 3 and 4 shoots on hormone free MS medium, WPM or NM for three months (Elongation-rooting phase). The proliferation and development of shoots were affected by the basal medium, explant size and density. The optimal shoot proliferation (18.1) was observed when 4 buds clusters were cultured at the density of 2 clusters per jar in MS medium. Separated shoots of 4.5 to 6 cm length exhibited the optimal in vitro development in terms of leaf length and greening, and root number and length when cultured on MS medium. In addition, these shoots reached the highest acclimation frequency with 80%. Our results would be utilized for an efficient propagation of plantlets of cv. \u201816-bis\u2019, a selected date palm cultivar resistant to the bayoud disease.\" href=\"http:\/\/notulaebiologicae.ro\/index.php\/nsb\/article\/view\/9089\/7749\">http:\/\/notulaebiologicae.ro\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>MOHEBBIFAR <\/strong>A.,<strong> HEIDARNEZHAD <\/strong>R.,<strong> KASHANI <\/strong>S.,<strong> TORKI <\/strong>M.<strong> 2013. Effects of Dietary Inclusion of Ground Pits of Date Palm (Phoenix) Supplemented With Enzyme on Productive Performance, Egg Quality Traits and Blood Parameters of Laying Hens.<\/strong> Annual Review &amp; Research in Biology, ISSN 2231-4776, Vol. 3, Issue 4 (October-December). Page 846-859.<strong> Link\u00a0: <\/strong><a title=\"Abstract. Aims: This study was carried out to evaluate effects of dietary inclusion of ground pits of date palm (DP) (Phoenix dactylifera) supplemented with a bacterial endo-xylanase (Nutrase\u00ae) on performance of laying hens, egg quality traits and blood parameters. Study Design: Data were analyzed based on completely randomized design using GLM procedure of SAS (SAS Institute, 2003). Place and Duration of Study: All procedures used in this seven-week experiment were approved by the &quot;Animal Ethics Committee of Razi University&quot; and complied with the &quot;Guidelines for the Care and Use of Animals in Research&quot;. Methodology: A total number of 144 Lohmann LSL-Lite hens were randomly divided in 24 cages. Based on a 3\u00d72 factorial arrangement of treatments six iso-caloric and iso-nitrogenous experimental diets (ME =2720 Kcal\/Kg and CP=15 g\/Kg) including: I-corn-soybean meal-based control-1(C1), II-corn-soybean meal-oil-based control-2 (C2), and III-corn-soybean meal-based diet included (240 g\/kg DP) with and without enzyme (0.0 and 0.07 g\/kg endo-xylanase)(E), were formulated. Data of feed intake (FI), egg production (EP), egg mass (EM) were daily collected, and feed conversion ratio (FCR) was calculated weekly. Egg quality traits were evaluated twice on weeks 3 and 7 of trial. Blood parameters were analyzed on week7 of trial. Results: Dietary treatments did not have significant effect on EP; EM. Dietary inclusion of DP had significant effect on FI and FCR. Among blood parameters only heterophil percentage was affected by dietary inclusion of DP. Conclusion: Ground pits of date palm can be included in laying hens' diets up to 24% with no adverse effect on EP; however, in terms of feed efficiency, egg shell weight and shell thickness and yolk color more studies in the future are appreciated.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedomain.org\/abstract.php?iid=239&amp;id=9&amp;aid=1824#.Ui2wiz8km8U\">http:\/\/www.sciencedomain.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>MUSTAFA<\/strong> N.S., <strong>TAHA <\/strong>R.A.,<strong> HASSAN <\/strong>S.A.M.,<strong> ZAID <\/strong>N.S.M.,<strong> MUSTAFA <\/strong>E.A. <strong>2013. Overcoming Phenolic Accumulation of Date Palm In vitro Culture Using aTochopherol and Cold PreTreatment<\/strong>. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research 15 (3): 344-350, 2013.<strong> Link\u00a0:<\/strong> <a title=\"Abstract. Shoot tips were excised from offshoots of superior male date palm and in vitro cultured on Muarshige and Skoog (MS) medium. Different antioxidant substances (vitamin E, ascorbic and citric acids) with different concentrations  were  tested  on  shoot  tips  browning,  swelling  and  callus  induction.  In  addition,  cold pretreatment at 5\u00b0C for three or five days with or without soaking in antioxidants were investigated. Results showed  that,  soaking  of  shoot  tips  in  vitamin  E  before  in  vitro  culture  enhanced  swelling  and  reduced browning. Moreover, keeping the explants for 3 days at 5\u00b0C decreased browning percentage and improved swelling records. Vitamin E as well as cold pretreatments enhanced callus induction significantly.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.idosi.org\/mejsr\/mejsr15(3)13\/5.pdf\">http:\/\/www.idosi.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>SAUL <\/strong>H.,<strong> MADELLA <\/strong>M.,<strong> FISCHER <\/strong>A.,<strong> GLYKOU <\/strong>A.,<strong> HARTZ <\/strong>S. et al.<strong> 2013. Phytoliths in Pottery Reveal the Use of Spice in European Prehistoric Cuisine.<\/strong> PLoS ONE 8(8): e70583. doi:10.1371\/journal.pone.0070583.<strong> Link\u00a0: <\/strong><a title=\"Abstract. Here we present evidence of phytoliths preserved in carbonised food deposits on prehistoric pottery from the western Baltic dating from 6,100 cal BP to 5750 cal BP. Based on comparisons to over 120 European and Asian species, our observations are consistent with phytolith morphologies observed in modern garlic mustard seed (Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb) Cavara &amp; Grande). As this seed has a strong flavour, little nutritional value, and the phytoliths are found in pots along with terrestrial and marine animal residues, these findings are the first direct evidence for the spicing of food in European prehistoric cuisine. Our evidence suggests a much greater antiquity to the spicing of foods than is evident from the macrofossil record, and challenges the view that plants were exploited by hunter-gatherers and early agriculturalists solely for energy requirements, rather than taste.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plosone.org\/article\/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0070583\">http:\/\/www.plosone.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>SHABANI <\/strong>F.,<strong> KUMAR <\/strong>L.,<strong> ESMAEILI <\/strong>A.<strong> 2013. Use of CLIMEX, Land use and Topography to Refine Areas Suitable for Date Palm Cultivation in Spain under Climate Change Scenarios. <\/strong>J Earth Sci Clim Change 2013, 4:4.<strong> Link\u00a0: <\/strong><a title=\"Abstract. In this study, CLIMEX modeling software was used to develop a model of the potential distribution of P. dactylifera under current and various future climate scenarios for Spain. CLIMEX parameters were adjusted depending on satisfactory agreement between the potential and known distribution of P. dactylifera in northern African countries, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Iran. The potential date palm distribution was modeled under current and future climate scenarios using one emission scenario (A2) with two different Global Climate Models (GCMs): CSIRO-Mk3.0 (CS) and MIROC-H (MR). The CLIMEX outputs were then refined by land use types and areas less than 10\u030a slope, since sloping areas impose problems in hydraulic conductivity and root development. The refined results indicated that large areas in Spain are projected to become climatically more suitable for date palm growth by 2100. However, the results from the CS and MR GCMs show some disagreements. The refined MR GCM projected that approximately 22.86 million hectares in Spain may become suitable for date palm growth, while the CS GCM showed approximately 18.72 million hectares by 2100. The refined results showed that only about 65% of CLIMEX results are suitable for date palm cultivations while the rest of the areas are unsuitable due to the unsuitability of land uses and slope. Our results indicated that cold and wet stresses will play a significant role in date palm distribution in some central and northern regions of Spain by 2100.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.omicsonline.org\/2157-7617\/pdfdownload.php?download=2157-7617-4-145.pdf\">http:\/\/www.omicsonline.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>SHAR<\/strong> Muhammad Usman <strong>2012. Management Of Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus On Date Palm In Sindh.<\/strong> Thesis. Department Of Plant Protection, Faculty Of Crop Protection \/ Agriculture University, Sindh, 149p.<strong> Link :<\/strong> <a title=\"Abstract : Red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is an important insect pest which attacks date palm trees after removal of suckers on soft open parts. It reduces date production upto 10 tons per hectare and causes mortality of date palm trees up to (18-25%). Present study was carried out to quantify different aspects of RPW attack and its management on date palm trees at district Khairpur. Studies on place of infestation of RPW revealed that this insect pest preferably attacked the base of date palm trees at 0-50 cm height. Dates intercropped with sugarcane and banana had higher RPW infestation than those intercropped with cotton and wheat crops. Higher dose of chemical fertilizers (1100 gms N, 460 gms P2O5 and 290 gms K2O\/tree) kept date palm trees healthy and had comparatively lower infestation of RPW than other lower fertilizer doses. Moreover, weaker trees had higher infestation as compared to vigorous trees which suggests those weaker trees are prone to RPW attackes. Comparatively lower attack of RPW was observed with lower dose of farm yard manure (20kg\/tree) on date trees.The study effect of removal of suckers on infestation of RPW showed that removal of suckers had higher effect on infestation of RPW when higher number of suckers were removed the higher infestation of RPW was recorded. The attack of RPW was significantly higher during the months of June, July and August, when maximum suckers were removed in these months. The studies on the effect of age of tree on infestation of RPW revealed that it had most significantly attacked on 6-15 years old date trees in which generally removal of suckers take place in this age. Studies on effect of soil texture on RPW infestation revealed that sandy soils provided favourable conditions to RPW to hibernate and ultimately resulted significantly higher infestation of RPW on the date trees grown on this type of soils. The studies further showed that higher infestation of RPW was observed where higher number of flood irrigations were applied and significantly lower infestation was recorded where 2-4 flood irrigations were applied. Studies of varietal resistance against RPW showed that Muzawati variety was found the most tolerant against RPW attack and had significantly lower infestation ~8% as compared to Karbalain ~25%, Dhedhi ~21%, Fasli ~19%, Aseel ~19%, Eidan Shan ~18%, Khar ~16% and Shakri ~16%, Thothar ~15% and Pathri ~12%, which were found significantly less tolerant to RPW. The biology of pest under laboratory revealed that egg incubation, larval, pupal, adult longevity of male and female was 4.00+0.52, 48.09+4.41, 26.0+3.12, 78.0+8.12 and 114.0+7.10. Total lifecycle was 118.1+10.12 days. Chemical  studies  indicated  that  Spirotetramat  insecticide  was  found significantly effective to control RPW infestation as compared to other insecticides which had protected 43% of infested date trees. Similarly pheromone trapping system was found most effective way to control RPW infestation; this system had reduced ~75% infestation of RPW due to high capture rate of RPW adults. Prophylactic treatments of date trees with bitter cucumber fruit paste was the most effective in reducing RPW infestation followed by use garlic paste or used mobile oil. However, use of diesel was ineffective. The experiments on non-insecticidal chemical trunk injections of Taramera oil gave best control of red palm weevil. Effect of the temperature on RPW revealed that during higher temperatures (30-40C) the infestation of pests remained lower except in date gardens where suckers were removed. It is concluded that vertical distribution of RPW infestation ranged 0.00 to 50cm above ground level. Higher infestation was observed where sugarcane and banana crops were intercropped. Removal of suckers and flood irrigations favoured RPW attack. Use of bitter cucumber fruit paste or tree injection of taramera is the best option of environmental friendly control of red palm weevil.\" href=\"http:\/\/eprints.hec.gov.pk\/8076\/1\/1578S.htm\">http:\/\/eprints.hec.gov.pk\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>SOLIMAN <\/strong>S.S,<strong> AL-OBEED <\/strong>R.S.<strong> 2013. Investigations on the pollen morphology of some date palm males (phoenix dactylifera L.).<\/strong> In: Australian Journal of Crop Science, 7(9):1355-1360, August 1, 2013.<strong> Link\u00a0: <\/strong><a title=\"Abstract. Pollen grains of eleven date palm males (phoenix dactylifera L.) were examined and photographed, using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) to find morphological difference between males. Scanning electron analysis of pollen grains revealed specific variation in some morphological properties. Pollen grains from all males were monad, elliptical, and fusiform. Exine pattern of pollen grains was reticulate and irregular. The pollen grains were also different in shape, size, pollen weight, germination percentage, length, width and number of pores. The Serry cultivar followed by Succary (males) showed the highest pollen grains weight compared with the other date palm males in the two seasons. The Safry cultivar followed by Succary male showed significantly higher germination percentage and dimensions of pollen grains compared to other date palm males in both seasons. Date palm males Sallag, Khalas and Kadary had little number of pores. The date palm cultivars Dikhiny, Nabout-Zamel, Schagra and Maktumi males possessed a medium number of pores and date palm males Succary, Menify, Serry and Safry high number of pores. A comparison between shape, pores frequency and exine patterns of pollen grains proved significant variation among studied palm males. Study of pollen morphological traits can help identification of date palm males.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cropj.com\/soliman_7_9_2013_1355_1360.pdf\">http:\/\/www.cropj.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>WAN ISMAIL <\/strong>W.I.,<strong> MOHD RADZI <\/strong>M.N.F.<strong> 2013. Evaluation on the Benefits of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) to the Brain.<\/strong> Altern Integ Med 2:115.<strong> Link\u00a0: <\/strong><a title=\"Abstract. Date palm, Phoenix dactylifera has been known for a lot of beneficial properties such as antioxidant, antihyperlidimic and hepatoprotective activity but there is a lack of research which explores the benefits of the date palm to the brain. Thus, its physical and psychological benefits to the brain are evaluated. For the physical benefits evaluation, cerebral ischemia is induced in the brain of rats through middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) or bilateral common carotid arteries (BCCAO) restriction and later followed by reperfusion to expose them to reactive oxygen species activity. After that, they were treated with date fruit or date seed extract and then neuronal damage  is observed. Meanwhile for the psychological benefits evaluation, rats is supplied with a date fruit extract diet before exposed to motor-coordination test, locomotor activity, hot plate test and haloperidol-induced catalepsy. It is found that neuronal damage in the form of shrinkage, atrophy and necrosis of neurons is greatly reduced and there is an increase in the levels of endogenous antioxidants in the brain of rats treated with date palm fruit extract. In contrast,  rats supplied with date fruit extract diet shows no difference with the control group. In conclusion, constituents of P.  dactylifera particularly its antioxidant properties and fatty acids benefit the brain physically through its neuroprotective effect which protects the brain from actions of reactive oxygen species but its benefit to the brain psychologically is still unclear and could not be proven.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.esciencecentral.org\/journals\/evaluation-on-the-benefits-of-date-palm-phoenix-dactylifera-to-the-brain-2327-5162.1000115.php?aid=14313\">http:\/\/www.esciencecentral.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>XIAO <\/strong>Y,<strong> XIA <\/strong>W,<strong> YANG <\/strong>Y,<strong> MASON <\/strong>AS,<strong> LEI <\/strong>X, et al.<strong> 2013. Characterization and Evolution of Conserved Micro RNA through Duplication Events in Date Palm (<em>Phoenix dactylifera<\/em>).<\/strong>\u00a0 PLoS ONE 8(8): e71435. doi:10.1371\/journal.pone.0071435.<strong> Link\u00a0: <\/strong><a title=\"Abstract. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulators of gene expression at the post-transcriptional level in a wide range of species. Highly conserved miRNAs regulate ancestral transcription factors common to all plants, and control important basic processes such as cell division and meristem function. We selected 21 conserved miRNA families to analyze the distribution and maintenance of miRNAs. Recently, the first genome sequence in Palmaceae was released: date palm (Phoenix dactylifera). We conducted a systematic miRNA analysis in date palm, computationally identifying and characterizing the distribution and duplication of conserved miRNAs in this species compared to other published plant genomes. A total of 81 miRNAs belonging to 18 miRNA families were identified in date palm. The majority of miRNAs in date palm and seven other well-studied plant species were located in intergenic regions and located 4 to 5 kb away from the nearest protein-coding genes. Sequence comparison showed that 67% of date palm miRNA members were present in duplicated segments, and that 135 pairs of miRNA-containing segments were duplicated in Arabidopsis, tomato, orange, rice, apple, poplar and soybean with a high similarity of non coding sequences between duplicated segments, indicating genomic duplication was a major force for expansion of conserved miRNAs. Duplicated miRNA pairs in date palm showed divergence in pre-miRNA sequence and in number of promoters, implying that these duplicated pairs may have undergone divergent evolution. Comparisons between date palm and the seven other plant species for the gain\/loss of miR167 loci in an ancient segment shared between monocots and dicots suggested that these conserved miRNAs were highly influenced by and diverged as a result of genomic duplication events.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plosone.org\/article\/info:doi\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0071435\">http:\/\/www.plosone.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>{tab=NETWORKS}<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Nouvelles des\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>r\u00e9seaux<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>ASSIDJE (Tunisia) <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>June 2012<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Fonds mondial de l\u2019environnement (Programme des microcr\u00e9dits)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Ce projet de Conservation de la diversit\u00e9 g\u00e9n\u00e9tique du palmier dattier dans l&rsquo;\u00eele de Djerba vise \u00e0 contribuer \u00e0 la conservation de la diversit\u00e9 g\u00e9n\u00e9tique du palmier dattier et la conservation des \u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes sous leurs aspects \u00e9cologique, socio-\u00e9conomique et culturel. Djerba s\u2019est caract\u00e9ris\u00e9e, de tout temps, par la richesse de ses oasis situ\u00e9es au long des rivages et par la bonne qualit\u00e9 de ses dattes, connues sous des d\u00e9nominations diff\u00e9rentes, en l\u2019occurrence Mteta, Lemsi, Bou Abdallah, Karkiw, Ennefzaoui, El Halweyga, Hmori et El Aquiwa. Link\u00a0: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.assidje.org\/node\/80\">http:\/\/www.assidje.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>CIRAD <\/strong><strong>(France)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>July<\/strong> <strong>2013 (25) <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Guide des palmiers de Montpellier<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Jean-Marc Duplouy, Francis Hall\u00e9, Denis Nespoulous, et Didier Morisot viennent de publier un guide de 92 pages destin\u00e9 au grand public, intitul\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0A la d\u00e9couverte des palmiers dans les jardins de Montpellier\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb. Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tela-botanica.org\/actu\/article5804.html\">http:\/\/www.tela-botanica.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>CSRP (Italy)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>September 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Winter Palm Garden (Bordighera)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Il Sindaco di Bordighera ha incontrato il presidente del Centro Studi e Ricerche per le Palme di Sanremo (CSRP), Claudio Littardi, anche responsabile del Servizio Beni Ambientali del Comune di Sanremo, con l&rsquo;obiettivo di gestire ed aprire il Parco Winter al pubblico, entro la fine del 2013. Link\u00a0: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bordighera.net\/bordighera-per-il-parco-winter-probabile-apertura-entro-fine-anno-n29752\">http:\/\/www.bordighera.net\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>IMPERIAL COLLEGE (London)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>August 2013 (5)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Date palm leaves for construction<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">A collaborative project involving Imperial and the UAE (Emirates) is assessing the potential of date palm leaves as a renewable, low-carbon building material. Phoenix dactylifera, or the date palm tree, is perhaps best known for its sweet fruit but, as growers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have known for thousands of years, its leaves can also be used in construction. A collaborative project involving Imperial, UAE, Buro Happold Consultants and architect Sandra Piesik of 3 Ideas Ltd is now looking at expanding the use of the leaves as a renewable, low-carbon building material. Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.imperial.ac.uk\/newsandeventspggrp\/imperialcollege\/newssummary\/news_5-8-2013-11-42-1\">http:\/\/www3.imperial.ac.uk\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>KHALIFA DATE PALM AWARD (<\/strong><strong>UAE)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>February 2014 <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Date Palms Through the Eyes of the World\u00a0\u00bb.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The Date Palm Award has invited photographers to its international photography competition titled \u00ab\u00a0Date Palms Through the Eyes of the World\u00a0\u00bb. Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uaeinteract.com\/docs\/Khalifa_Date_Palm_Photography_Competition_invites_entries_for_5th_edition\/56147.htm\">http:\/\/www.uaeinteract.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>LIWA DATE FESTIVAL (<\/strong><strong>Abu Dhabi)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>July 2013 (18-25)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Symbolic and historic role of date palm plays in Emirati culture<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The 9th edition of the Liwa Date Festival, organised by the Festivals and Cultural and Heritage Programmes Committee, promotes and celebrates the symbolic and historic role that the date palm plays in Emirati culture. Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ameinfo.com\/liwa-date-festival-announces-terms-conditions-348673\">http:\/\/www.ameinfo.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>PALMS FP7<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>September 2013 (20-21)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Symposium\u00a0: Palm harvest impacts on tropical forests: results and proposals<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Palms are the most useful group of plants in tropical American forests. The PALMS-project studies effects of extraction and trade of palm resources on forest in northwestern South America, with participation of Jean-Christophe Pintaud (IRD-Projet Phoenix). The project determines the size of the resource and determines the genetic structure of useful palm species to predict how much harvesting contributes to genetic erosion of palm populations.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">PALMS FP7 presentation: <a href=\"http:\/\/cordis.europa.eu\/documents\/documentlibrary\/116284901EN6.pdf\">http:\/\/cordis.europa.eu\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fp7-palms.org\/index.php\">http:\/\/www.fp7-palms.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Program of symposium: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fp7-palms.org\/images\/FILES\/activities\/workshops\/ws%205\/PALMS%20Workshop%20and%20Symposium_Peru_Program.pdf\">http:\/\/www.fp7-palms.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>PLANT NET (France)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>July 2013 (4)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Pr\u00e9sentation de l\u2019application Pl@ntNet-mobile aux 3\u00b0 Assises de la Biodiversit\u00e9<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Les \u00e9quipes du projet Pl@ntNet (Tela Botanica, l\u2019AMAP et l\u2019INRIA) ont pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 en avant-premi\u00e8re la nouvelle version de l\u2019application Pl@ntNet-mobile, \u00e0 l\u2019occasion des 3e Assises de la Biodiversit\u00e9. Retour sur deux journ\u00e9es riches en \u00e9changes et en rencontres. Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tela-botanica.org\/actu\/article5785.html\">http:\/\/www.tela-botanica.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Pour participer \u00e0 la collecte de donn\u00e9es afin de permettre l\u2019am\u00e9lioration de nos outils. Link: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tela-botanica.org\/page:liste_projets?id_projet=80\">http:\/\/www.tela-botanica.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>RADDO (Maghreb)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>June 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">R\u00e9seau Associatif de D\u00e9veloppement des Oasis<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Au sommaire du num\u00e9ro 4 de la revue, un entretien avec l\u2019agronome Georges Toutain, un pionnier en mati\u00e8re d\u2019agronomie saharienne, qui pr\u00e9sente sa conception de l\u2019agro\u00e9cologie. Et aussi\u00a0: l\u2019ANDZOA, une Agence marocaine au service des zones oasiennes, une association mauritanienne pour la gestion participative des oasis (AGPO), les dattes biodynamiques de la coop\u00e9rative d\u2019Hazoua et le label Demeter.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Link:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/raddo.org\/IMG\/pdf\/PERIODIQUE_RADDO_no4_version_WEB_VF.pdf?PHPSESSID=812ba25f361870bb595d727329adfcd0\">http:\/\/raddo.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>RESCOM (Mauritania)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>July 2013 (19-21)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Un r\u00e9seau des communes oasiennes en Mauritanie<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">A l\u2019occasion du 4\u00e8me Festival des dattes de Tidjkikja, les communes oasiennes de l\u2019Adrar et du Tagant se dotent d\u2019un r\u00e9seau. La cit\u00e9 antique de Tidjikja \u00a0est la capitale de la r\u00e9gion de Tagant au centre de la Mauritanie. Fond\u00e9e en 1660, cette ville est la deuxi\u00e8me plus importante productrice de dattes en Mauritanie. Ses plantations de palmiers-dattiers d\u00e9passent 5000 exemplaires sur une distance de 32 kilom\u00e8tres. Link\u00a0: <a href=\"http:\/\/adrar-info.net\/?p=15729\">http:\/\/adrar-info.net\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>SAUDI INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION AWARD<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>July 2013 (22)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Uses of date palm remnants<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Date palm trees provide large amounts of biomass products. Muqbil Al-Khalaf, a Saudi searcher, has implemented a plan to convert remnants of date palm trees into firewood and coal.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/news\/458781\">http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>SNHF (Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Nationale d\u2019Horticulture de France)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>October 2013 (03- 04)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Herbiers tr\u00e9sors vivants\u00a0: Tables rondes sur la valorisation des herbiers<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Conserv\u00e9s par des institutions, de natures diff\u00e9rentes, les herbiers sont l\u2019objet d\u2019interrogations nombreuses et vari\u00e9es issues des missions propres \u00e0 chacune de ces structures. Une de ces interrogations est commune: Comment valoriser ces collections fragiles, maintenues en r\u00e9serve et donc souvent inaccessibles, alors qu&rsquo;elles sont sources d&rsquo;histoire et de connaissances botaniques, en particulier comme t\u00e9moins de la biodiversit\u00e9. Organisateur :Jardin Botanique de Bordeaux.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snhf.org\/associations-adherentes\/les-manifestations-des-associations\/detail\/2050.html\">http:\/\/www.snhf.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>UNIVERSITY MOHAMMED 1ST (Ouarzazate-Morocco)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>November 2013 (11-15) <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Mod\u00e9lisation et simulation informatique de l\u2019architecture du palmier dattier<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Une formation est organis\u00e9e au Maroc sur les m\u00e9thodes de mesures morphologiques et architecturales sur le palmier dattier. Intitul\u00e9e: mod\u00e9lisation et simulation informatique, elle s\u2019inscrit dans le cadre du Profet Euromed Mocaf dont le Projet Phoenix est l\u2019un des partenaires. Programme et formulaire d\u2019inscription\u00a0: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raddo.org\/IMG\/pdf\/International_Training_program_date__palm_morocco_nov_2013.pdf\">http:\/\/www.raddo.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE (Qatar)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>August 2013 (01)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Date Palm Draft Sequence<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The files on this website are from the draft assembly of the Date Palm Genome generated by whole genome shotgun next generation DNA sequencing. Highlights include: a predicted genome size of ~650Mbp, a scaffold N50 of ~30kbp with most ordered gaps being extremely short, ~57,000 scaffolds, 3.5 million novel high quality SNPs between 9 genomes and the reference Khalas, ~25,000 gene predictions (excluding transposable elements), 38% GC in the nuclear genome, 381Mb of assembled sequence representing ~90% of genes and 60% of the genome sequence (remaining unassembled sequence is mostly highly repetitive) and draft Chloroplast gene sequences. Link:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/qatar-weill.cornell.edu\/research\/datepalmGenome\/\">http:\/\/qatar-weill.cornell.edu\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>{tab=RED PALM WEEVIL}<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Rhynchophorus ferrugineus<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>(Charan\u00e7on rouge du palmier)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>CORSICA (France)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>February 20, 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Depuis 2006, le charan\u00e7on rouge est signal\u00e9 en Corse. Vu la distance de l\u2019\u00eele au continent, il est hautement probable qu\u2019il y a \u00e9t\u00e9 introduit par des importations de palmiers contamin\u00e9s. Comment se prot\u00e9ger ? Comment lutter contre ce nuisible: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prunellidifiumorbu.fr\/article-205-prevenir_l_invasion_du_charancon_rouge_dans_les_palmiers.html\">http:\/\/www.prunellidifiumorbu.fr\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>PALM PROTECT (RPW EU Project)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>May 2013 (Montpellier-France)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">La 3e r\u00e9union scientifique du projet europ\u00e9en Palm Protect, consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 la lutte contre les ravageurs des palmiers, s&rsquo;est conclue par un colloque: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lienhorticole.fr\/actualites\/palmiers-la-recherche-se-mobilise-pour-les-sauver-74216.html\">http:\/\/www.lienhorticole.fr\/<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>ALPES MARITIMES (French Riviera)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>May 8, 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Le littoral Azur\u00e9en a \u00e9t\u00e9 touch\u00e9 par le Charan\u00e7on rouge en septembre 2009. A ce jour, il y aurait 22 communes contamin\u00e9es + Monaco, soit environ 1.172 palmiers dont 1.100 situ\u00e9s sur le foyer principal du territoire d\u2019Antibes\/Vallauris. Sur un patrimoine de 100.000 palmiers azur\u00e9ens, l\u2019infestation repr\u00e9sente donc actuellement 1% de la population. Un chiffre \u00e0 relativiser toutefois. Si seulement 2 communes totalisent 1000 palmiers infest\u00e9s \u00e0 ce jour, on peut imaginer ce qu\u2019il en sera d\u2019ici peu des 20 nouvelles villes qui viennent d\u2019\u00eatre contamin\u00e9es: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nice-premium.com\/actualite,42\/le-charancon-rouge-situation-en-france-et-sur-le-littoral,11863.html\">http:\/\/www.nice-premium.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>ENDOTHERAPIE ET LUTTE BIOLOGIQUE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>June 17, 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">L\u2019endoth\u00e9rapie avec un insecticide appropri\u00e9 est une m\u00e9thode efficace, employ\u00e9e dans plusieurs pays m\u00e9diterran\u00e9ens, et valid\u00e9e en France par l\u2019ANSES (Agence Fran\u00e7aise de S\u00e9curit\u00e9). Mais les pouvoirs publics, obnubil\u00e9s par l\u2019esprit du Grenelle, tardent \u00e0 la mettre en place. Le minist\u00e8re, et surtout certains \u00e9lus locaux, voulant \u00eatre politiquement correct, ont mis en avant un champignon entomopathog\u00e8ne, comme moyen de lutte. Et, pendant ce temps, les palmiers subissent une h\u00e9catombe: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agriculture-environnement.fr\/actualites,12\/palmiers-charancon-rouge-l-impasse-des-solutions-alternatives,875.html\">http:\/\/www.agriculture-environnement.fr\/<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>VAR (French Riviera)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>July 13, 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Le mercredi 10 juillet 2013, a\u0300 l\u2019initiative du de\u0301pute\u0301 Jean-Pierre Giran, les Pre\u0301sidents de l\u2019UNIPHOR, de la FDGDON et de l\u2019association \u00ab sauvons nos palmiers \u00bb ont e\u0301te\u0301 rec\u0327us par le Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019Agriculture, autour des questions suivantes\u00a0:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">*Pourquoi l\u2019expe\u0301rimentation d\u2019endothe\u0301rapie n\u2019a-t-elle pas pris l\u2019ampleur souhaite\u0301e ? *Pourquoi la technique de l\u2019endothe\u0301rapie, le choix des mole\u0301cules chimiques, la solution bio, en attente ou en cours de validation, d\u2019e\u0301valuation ou de demande d\u2019expe\u0301rimentation font-ils de\u0301bat ou entretiennent-ils des rumeurs ou des de\u0301sinformations ?<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"> *Pourquoi le Var n\u2019est-il toujours pas e\u0301ligible aux aides de la Commission de l\u2019Union Europe\u0301enne ?<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"> Enfin, pourquoi les comptes-rendus du 12 juin 2012 et du 9 janvier 2013 des deux missions effectue\u0301es en Espagne confie\u0301es par le SRAL PACA a\u0300 la FREDON PACA n\u2019ont- ils toujours pas e\u0301te\u0301 publie\u0301s<\/span><\/span>: <span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coordinationrurale.fr\/crp-le-ministere-a-lecoute-des-professionnels.html\">http:\/\/www.coordinationrurale.fr\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>FIRST OCCURRENCE OF RPW IN BRITAIN (WEST-FRANCE)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>July 15, 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Le Charan\u00e7on Rouge du Palmier vient d\u2019\u00eatre signal\u00e9 en Bretagne dans des jardins priv\u00e9s des municipalit\u00e9s de Ploemeur, Larmor-Plage, Locmiqu\u00e9lic, Mor\u00e9ac, Plaudren et Caudan (d\u00e9partement du Morbihan): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biocontrole.fr\/article-detection-du-charan-on-rouge-du-palmier-en-bretagne-118998268.html\">http:\/\/www.biocontrole.fr\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>ABU DHABI PHEROMONE TRAPS<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>July 23, 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Two million red palm weevil trapped in Abu Dhabi farms during first half of 2013. About 118,797 pheromone traps have been installed in the farms: <a href=\"http:\/\/gulfnews.com\/news\/gulf\/uae\/environment\/two-million-red-palm-weevil-trapped-in-abu-dhabi-farms-during-first-half-of-2013-1.1212445\">http:\/\/gulfnews.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>LIGURIA LEVANTE (Italian Riviera)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>September 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Anche nel Tigullio, dopo l\u2019Imperiese, \u00e8 allarme \u201cpunteruolo rosso\u201d. L\u2019allarme parte da Santa Margherita Ligure, dove e stata scoperta la prima pianta infestata dall\u2019insetto: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rapallopalme.it\/1\/punteruolo_a_s_margherita_l_3371565.html\">http:\/\/www.rapallopalme.it\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>{\/tabs}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOTANIQUE Biodiversit\u00e9 du genre Phoenix Illustration\u00a0: pr\u00e9sence de plusieurs cycles reproducteurs sur un palmier Phoenix hybride reclinata x canariensis Diverses \u00e9tudes consacr\u00e9es aux palmiers ont&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/?p=6323\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBRE 2013<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-letter","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6323"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10972,"href":"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6323\/revisions\/10972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.listephoenix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}