1. Introduction and Date Production Status and Prospects in Africa and the Americas - Dennis V. Johnson, Jameel M. Al-Khayri and S. Mohan Jain
2.Biodiversity, Genetic Diversity and Genetic Resources of Date Palm- Abdullah A. Jaradat
Part I Africa
3.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Egypt - Shawky A. Bekheet and Sherif F. El-Sharabasy
4.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Algeria - Nadia Bouguedoura, Malika Bennaceur, Souad Babahani and Salah Eddine Benziouche
5.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Sudan - Mohamed Khairi
6.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Tunisia - Hammadi Hamza, Monia Jemni, Mohamed Ali Benabderrahim, Mrabet Abdesselem, Sana Touil, Ahmed Othmani and Mohamed Ben Salah
7.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Libya - Massimo Battaglia, Bashir Ghsera, Marta Mancini, Carlo Bergesio, Alessandro Camussi and Milvia Luisa Racchi
8.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Morocco - Moulay Hassan Sedra
9.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Mauritania - Moulay Hassan Sedra
10.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Sub-Sahelian African Countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal and Somalia - Mohamed Ben Salah
11.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Niger - Sahidou Abdoussalam and Dov Pasternak
12.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Cameroon - Sali Bourou, Noé Woin and Mohammed Aziz Elhoumaizi
13.Date Palm Status and Perspective in Djibouti - Abdourahman Daher, Nabil Mohamed and Frederique Aberlenc-Bertossi
Part II Americas
14.Date Palm Status and Perspective in United States of America - Robert R. Krueger
15.Date Palm Status and Perspective in South American Countries: Chile and Peru - Hugo A. Escobar and Rafael G.J. Valdivia Urra
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