Ebook: Dates : the genus Phoenix : production, processing, food, and medicinal values

Content: Production An Overview of Date Palm Production; R. Al-Yahyai and A. Manickavasagan Tissue Culture Studies in Date Palm; S. A. Farooq, R. S. Khan, and T.T. Farook The Date Palm Genome Project at Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; X. Zhang, J. Tan, M. Yang, Y. Yin, I. S. Al-Mssallem, and J. Yu Water Management in Date Palm Groves; M. Mumtaz Khan and S. A. Prathapar Fertilizer Application in Date Palm Cultivation; A. Al-Busaidi Environmental Concern in Date Palm Production from Atmospheric Trace Metal Contamination; S. H. Al-Rawahy and H. Sulaiman Salinity Problems and Their Management in Date Palm Production; N. Hussain, S. Al-Rasbi, N. S. Al-Wahaibi, G. A. Rehman Al-Ghanum, and O. El-Sharief Abdalla Insects in Date Palm Field and Their Management; M. Ali Al-Deeb Mechanization in Date Palm Pollination; A. Mostaan Design Concepts for Date-Harvesting Process; H. P. W. Jayasuriya Dates Marketing; M. Daudi Mbaga Processing Drying Characteristics, Rehydration, and Color Changes of Palm Fruits During Storage; K. O. Falade and E. S. Abbo Solar Tunnel Dryer: A Novel Dryer for Dates; M. A. Basunia and H. H. Handali Processing of Dates by Dehydration and Microwave Drying; D. G. Rao, T. Hariharan, and S. Feroz Quality Assessment of Dates by Computer Vision Technology; A. Manickavasagan and R. Al-Yahyai Nonchemical Methyl Bromide Alternatives in Dates' Processing Sector; M. A. El Mohandes Processing of Dates into Value-Added Products; P. Vijayanand and S. G. Kulkarni Exploring the Possibility of Biofuel Production from By-Products and Wastes Generated from Date Industry; D. Ramesh, S. Karthikeyan, and G. Chinnanchetty Food Physical Characteristics and Chemical Composition of Date Palm Fruits; N. Guizani and V. Singh Sorption and Structural Characteristics of Date Palm Fruit; M. S. Rahman Fermentative Products Using Dates as a Substrate; N. Sivakumar Dates: Potential Substitute for Added Sugar in Food; A. Manickavasagan Use of Date Palm By-Products in Feeding Livestock; O. Mahgoub, I. T. Kadim, and W. Al-Marzooqi Medicinal Values Dates: A Fruit from Heaven; M. Qasim and S. A. Naqvi The Functional Values of Dates; M. Ali Al-Farsi and C. Yong Lee Nutritional and Medicinal Value of Date Fruit; A. Ali, M. Waly, M. M. Essa, and S. Devarajan Uses of Date Palm in Ayurveda; M. Shanmugapriya and K. Patwardhan Dates in Indigenous Medicines of India; E. Sukumar Antiamyloidogenic Effect of Dates Grown in Oman with Reference to Their Possible Protection against Alzheimer's Disease; M. Mohamed Essa, G. J. Guillemin, S. Al-Adawi, A. Al-Asmi, R. Vaishnav, N. Ramachandiran, and M. A. Memon Index