Date palm is a strictly dioecious fruit tree species cultivated in semi-arid to dry areas in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan and plays very important roles in the economies of these countries. However, despite its economic, cultural and religious importance, the inability to discriminate male and female date palms at the seedling stage has limited its commercial cultivation via seeds. Good prospects and anticipated gains for date palm plantations can be fully achieved only, if sex determination... Mehr