Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is a socio-economically important crop in the Middle East
and North Africa and a major contributor to food security in arid regions of the world. P …

The transition to urbanism has long focused on annual staple crops (cereals and legumes),
perhaps at the expense of understanding other changes within agricultural practices that …

Fruit crops cultivated in almost all countries and regions around the world serve as important
agricultural commodities of significant economic value because they contribute to overall …

Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is a major fruit crop of arid regions that were
domesticated∼ 7,000 y ago in the Near or Middle East. This species is cultivated widely in …

Mandarin (Citrus reticulata) is one of the most important citrus crops worldwide. Its
domestication is believed to have occurred in South China, which has been one of the …

This study explores the use of supercritical CO 2 (Sc-CO 2) as an innovative and green
approach for pretreating date fruits to enhance the total sugar yield by water-based …

Date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) are an important fruit crop of arid regions of the Middle East
and North Africa. Despite its importance, few genomic resources exist for date palms …

The first exploited and domesticated olive forms are still unknown. The exceptionally well-
preserved stones from the submerged Hishuley Carmel site (Israel), dating from the middle …

The olive (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea) is one of the oldest and most socio‐
economically important cultivated perennial crop in the Mediterranean region. Yet, its origins …

Domestication is an excellent model to study diversification and this evolutionary process
can be different in perennial plants, such as fruit trees, compared to annual crops. Here, we …