An evaluation rule to manage productivity properties performance of male date palms
Male palm trees almost prominently display minute morphological variations; however, date palm growers rely on readily available pollen from unproven male genotypes without giving correct type selection any thought, which may result in low productivity and/or poor fruit quality. This study sought to...
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| author | Abdel-Sattar Mahmoud Al-Obeed Rashid S. Aboukarima Abdulwahed M. Górnik Krzysztof El-Badan Ghada E. |
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| description | Male palm trees almost prominently display minute morphological variations; however, date palm growers rely on readily available pollen from unproven male genotypes without giving correct type selection any thought, which may result in low productivity and/or poor fruit quality. This study sought to develop an evaluation rule by calculating an evaluation index for managing the productivity characteristics performance of nine male date palms, which were examined for their pollen productivity, nutritional status and morphological traits from their leaves, pinnae and spathes. The findings showed that the evaluation rule for a male date palm should depend on pollen grains productivity and germination percentage traits with a weight of 5, spathe morphological traits with a weight of 4, pinnae morphological traits with a weight of 3, leaf morphological traits with a weight of 2 and leaf nutritional status with a weight of 1. The best productivity characteristics performance of male date palms was male No. 8 ‘M8’ due to its high evaluation index. The proposed evaluation index criterion will contribute to better information and analytical support for management of the date palm industry to maximise the effectiveness of germplasm conservation and exploitation, as well as procedural and methodological aspects of the analysis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4b023e1256e84eb3b065aa59c504a1782025-01-20T11:09:42ZengSciendoFolia Horticulturae2083-59652024-10-0136336338010.2478/fhort-2024-0022An evaluation rule to manage productivity properties performance of male date palmsAbdel-Sattar Mahmoud0Al-Obeed Rashid S.1Aboukarima Abdulwahed M.2Górnik Krzysztof3El-Badan Ghada E.41Department of Plant Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh11451, Saudi Arabia1Department of Plant Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh11451, Saudi Arabia2Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh11451, Saudi Arabia3Research Institute of Horticulture in Skierniewice, Department of Microbiology and Rhizosphere, Poland4Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, EgyptMale palm trees almost prominently display minute morphological variations; however, date palm growers rely on readily available pollen from unproven male genotypes without giving correct type selection any thought, which may result in low productivity and/or poor fruit quality. This study sought to develop an evaluation rule by calculating an evaluation index for managing the productivity characteristics performance of nine male date palms, which were examined for their pollen productivity, nutritional status and morphological traits from their leaves, pinnae and spathes. The findings showed that the evaluation rule for a male date palm should depend on pollen grains productivity and germination percentage traits with a weight of 5, spathe morphological traits with a weight of 4, pinnae morphological traits with a weight of 3, leaf morphological traits with a weight of 2 and leaf nutritional status with a weight of 1. The best productivity characteristics performance of male date palms was male No. 8 ‘M8’ due to its high evaluation index. The proposed evaluation index criterion will contribute to better information and analytical support for management of the date palm industry to maximise the effectiveness of germplasm conservation and exploitation, as well as procedural and methodological aspects of the analysis.https://doi.org/10.2478/fhort-2024-0022evaluation indexmorphologynutritional statusphoenix dactylifera l.pollen grains productivitypollenisers |
| spellingShingle | Abdel-Sattar Mahmoud Al-Obeed Rashid S. Aboukarima Abdulwahed M. Górnik Krzysztof El-Badan Ghada E. An evaluation rule to manage productivity properties performance of male date palms Folia Horticulturae evaluation index morphology nutritional status phoenix dactylifera l. pollen grains productivity pollenisers |
| title | An evaluation rule to manage productivity properties performance of male date palms |
| title_full | An evaluation rule to manage productivity properties performance of male date palms |
| title_fullStr | An evaluation rule to manage productivity properties performance of male date palms |
| title_full_unstemmed | An evaluation rule to manage productivity properties performance of male date palms |
| title_short | An evaluation rule to manage productivity properties performance of male date palms |
| title_sort | evaluation rule to manage productivity properties performance of male date palms |
| topic | evaluation index morphology nutritional status phoenix dactylifera l. pollen grains productivity pollenisers |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/fhort-2024-0022 |
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