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Technical know-how of in vitro plant propagation and andex vitro plant hardening of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.)

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Title Technical know-how of in vitro plant propagation and andex vitro plant hardening of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.)
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Creator Kamlesh Kumar and Dhurendra Singh
 
Subject Dare palm, tissue culture, plant hardening, field establishment
 
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Date palm is considered as a symbol of life in desert due to its characteristics as can tolerate extremes of
temperature (lower up to zero and high up to 50 0C), water stress and soil saline conditions of
arid regions.Traditionally, it is multiplied by seeds and off-shoots (suckers).
Both seed propagation and off-shoots production of plants have one or other limitations. Seed
propagation has several demerits such as poor and delayed germination, long juvenile phase
(7-8 years), variable plant population, uncertainty of sex (male or female plant) before
flowering being a dioecious species, generally yielded late maturing variable quality fruits
than off-shoot produced plants, more chance of losing desired characteristics of parent plant
being a heterozygous nature, no true to type plant production is possible, and ultimately
seedling population may differ in fruit quality, harvesting period and production potential
which pose difficulty in disposal and marketing process etc.Therefore,
tissue culture has become a preferred alternative over conventional propagation for mass
multiplication of date palm to satisfy the grower’s demand. To overcome the propagation
problems and mass multiplication of elite genotype in vitro micropropagation is the
successful technique which provides rapid production of genetically uniform, true-to-type,
good quality and disease free planting materials of date palm round the year.
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Date 2023-10-10T12:47:47Z
2023-10-10T12:47:47Z
2023-03-01
 
Type Article
 
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Language English
 
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Publisher ICAR-Central Institute for Arid Horticulture, Bikaner