Date Palm Biotechnology Protocols Volume I

Cultivar-Dependent Direct Organogenesis of Date Palm from Shoot Tip Explants.- NAA-Induced Direct Organogenesis from Female Immature Inflorescence Explants of Date Palm.- Direct Organogenesis from Immature Female Inflorescence of Date Palm by Gradual Reduction of 2,4-D Concentration.- Optimized Direct Organogenesis from Shoot Tip Explants of Date Palm.- Direct Organogenesis and Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis by In Vitro Reversion of Mature Female Floral Buds to a Vegetative State.- Enhanced Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis of Date Palm Using Low Levels of Seawater.- Enhanced Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis from Shoot-Tip Explants of Date Palm by Gradual Reductions of 2,4-D Concentration.- Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis from Mature Inflorescence Explant of Date Palm.- Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis of Date Palm Using Juvenile Leaf Explants and Low 2,4-D Concentration.- Desiccation-Enhanced Maturation and Germination of Date Palm Somatic Embryos Derived from Cell Suspension Culture.- Desiccation and Cold Hardening of Date Palm Somatic Embryos Improve Germination.- Histological Evidence of Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis from Immature Female Date Palm Inflorescences.- Histological Analysis of Developmental Stages of Direct Somatic Embryogenesis Induced from In Vitro Leaf Explants of Date Palm.- Identifying and Controlling Contamination of Date Palm Tissue Cultures.- Controlling Hyperhydricity in Date Palm In Vitro Culture by Reduced Concentration of Nitrate Nutrients.- Improvement of In Vitro Date Palm Plantlet Acclimatization Rate with Kinetin and Hoagland Solution.- Plant Regeneration from Somatic Embryogenic Suspension Cultures of Date Palm.- Synchronization of Somatic Embryogenesis in Date Palm Suspension Culture Using Abscisic Acid.- Microcalli Induction in Protoplasts Isolated from Embryogenic Callus of Date Palm. - Temporary Immersion System for Date Palm Micropropagation. - Plantform Bioreactor for Mass Micropropagation of Date Palm.- Genetic Transformation of Date Palm via Microprojectile Bombardment.- Microprojectile Bombardment Transformation of Date Palm Using the Insecticidal Cholesterol Oxidase (ChoA) Gene.- Transient GUS Gene Expression in Date Palm Fruit Using Agroinjection Transformation Technique.- Bioreactor Steroid Production and Analysis of Date Palm Embryogenic Callus.- Extraction and Estimation of Secondary Metabolites from Date Palm Cell Suspension Cultures.- In Vitro Assessment of Abiotic Stress in Date Palm: Salinity and Drought.