Date Palm Biotechnology Protocols Volume I

Part I   Adventitious Organogenesis 1                      Cultivar-Dependent Direct Organogenesis of Date Palm from Shoot Tip Explants Larbi Abahmane 2                      NAA-Induced Direct Organogenesis from Female Immature Inflorescence Explants of Date Palm Hussam S.M. Khierallah, Saleh M. Bader, and Makki A. Al-Khafaji  3                      Direct Organogenesis from Immature Female Inflorescence of Date Palm by Gradual Reduction of 2,4-D Concentration Ezz El-Din G. Gadalla 4                      Optimized Direct Organogenesis from Shoot Tip Explants of Date Palm Rehab Sidky 5                      Direct Organogenesis and Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis by In Vitro Reversion of Mature Female Floral Buds to a Vegetative State Eman M.M. Zayed Part II   Somatic Embryogenesis 6                      Enhanced Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis of Date Palm Using Low Levels of Seawater Rania A. Taha 7                      Enhanced Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis from Shoot-Tip Explants of Date Palm by Gradual Reductions of 2,4-D Concentration Zeinab E. Zayed 8                      Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis from Mature Inflorescence Explant of Date Palm Ali M. Al-Ali, Chien-Ying Ko, Sultan A. Al-Sulaiman, Sami O. Al-Otaibi, Abd Almonem H. Al-Khamees, and Megahed H. Ammar 9                      Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis of Date Palm Using Juvenile Leaf Explants and Low 2,4-D Concentration Lotfi Fki, Walid Kriaa, Ameni Nasri, Emna Baklouti, Olfa Chkir, Raja B. Masmoudi, Alain Rival,  and  Noureddine Drira 10                  Desiccation-Enhanced Maturation and Germination of Date Palm Somatic Embryos Derived from Cell Suspension Culture Nazim Boufis, Khayreddine Titouh, and Lakhdar Khelifi 11                  Desiccation and Cold Hardening of Date Palm Somatic Embryos Improve Germination Hussein J. Shareef 12                  Histological Evidence of Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis from Immature Female Date Palm Inflorescences Eman M. M. Zayed and Ola H. Abdelbar 13                  Histological Analysis of Developmental Stages of Direct Somatic Embryogenesis Induced from In Vitro Leaf Explants of Date Palm Ola H. Abdelbar Part III   Contamination, Hyperhydricity and Acclimatization 14                  Identifying and Controlling Contamination of Date Palm Tissue Cultures Abeer H.E. Abd-El Kareim 15                  Controlling Hyperhydricity in Date Palm In Vitro Culture by Reduced Concentration of Nitrate Nutrients Maiada M. El-Dawayati and Zeinab E. Zayed 16                  Improvement of In Vitro Date Palm Plantlet Acclimatization Rate with Kinetin and Hoagland Solution Mona M. Hassan Part IV   Cell Suspension, Protoplast and Bioreactors 17                  Plant Regeneration from Somatic Embryogenic Suspension Cultures of Date Palm Mansour A.  Abohatem and Mohmmed Baaziz 18                  Synchronization of Somatic Embryogenesis in Date Palm Suspension Culture Using Abscisic Acid Hussain A. Alwael, Poornananda M. Naik, and Jameel M. Al-Khayri 19                  Microcalli Induction in Protoplasts Isolated from Embryogenic Callus of Date Palm Khayreddine Titouh, Nazim Boufis, and Lakhdar Khelifi 20                  Temporary Immersion System for Date Palm Micropropagation Ahmed Othmani, Chokri Bayoudh, Amel Sellemi and Noureddine Drira 21                  Plantform Bioreactor for Mass Micropropagation of Date Palm Abdulminam H.A. Almusawi, Abdullah J. Sayegh, Ansam M.S. Alshanaw, and John L. Griffis, Jr. Part V   Genetic Transformation 22                  Genetic Transformation of Date Palm via Microprojectile Bombardment 23                  Microprojectile Bombardment Transformation of Date Palm Using the Insecticidal Cholesterol Oxidase (ChoA) Gene Mai A. Allam and Mahmoud M. Saker 24                  Transient GUS Gene Expression in Date Palm Fruit Using Agroinjection Transformation Technique Mohei El-Din M. Solliman, Hebaallah A. Mohasseb, Abdullatif A.  Al-Khateeb, Jameel M. Al-Khayri, and Suliman A. Al-Khateeb Part VI    Secondary Metabolites and Abiotic Stress 25                  Bioreactor Steroid Production and Analysis of Date Palm Embryogenic Callus Sherif El-Sharabasy and Maiada El-Dawayati 26                  Extraction and Estimation of Secondary Metabolites from Date Palm Cell Suspension Cultures Poornananda M. Naik and Jameel M. Al-Khayri 27                  In Vitro Assessment of Abiotic Stress in Date Palm: Salinity and Drought Jameel M. Al-Khayri, Poornananda M. Naik, and Hussain A. Alwael... Mehr