The Date Palm Genome, Vol. 2

Part 1: Nutritional and Pharmaceuticals Properties.- Chapter 1. Date Palm: Source of Foods, Sweets and Beverages.- Chapter 2. Date Palm Bioactive Compounds: Nutraceuticals, Functional Nutrients and Pharmaceuticals.- Chapter 3. Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles from Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.).- Part 2: Omics Technologies.- Chapter 4. Omics Resources and Applications in Date Palm.- Chapter 5. Proteomic Insights of Date Palm Embryogenesis and Responses to Environmental Stress.- Chapter 6. Date Palm Metabolomics.- Part 3: Molecular Breeding and Genome Modification.- Chapter 7. Induced Mutagenesis in Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Breeding.- Chapter 8. Date Palm Quantitative Trait Loci.- Chapter 9. CRISPR-Cas Based Precision Breeding in Date Palm: Future Applications.- Part 4: Genomics of Abiotic and Biotic Stress.- Chapter 10. Metagenomics of Beneficial Microbes in Abiotic Stress Tolerance of Date Palm.- Chapter 11. Genomics Approaches for Insect Control and Insecticide Resistance Development in Date Palm.

Prof. Jameel M. Al-Khayri is a Professor of Plant Biotechnology affiliated with the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. He received B.S. in Biology in 1984 from the University of Toledo, M.S. in Agronomy in 1988 and Ph.D. in Plant Science in 1991 from the University of Arkansas. He is a Member of the International Society for Horticultural Science and Society for In Vitro Biology as well as National Correspondent of the International Association of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology. For the last three decades, he dedicated his research efforts to date palm. He has authored over sixty research articles in referred international journals, twenty-five review chapters, and edited seven journal special issues. In addition, he has edited five reference books on date palm biotechnology, date palm utilization of genetic resources, date palm biotechnology protocols and seven volumes of the book series Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies. He has been involved in organizing international scientific conferences and contributed numerous research presentations. In addition to teaching, students advising and research, he held administrative responsibilities as the Assistant Director of Date Palm Research Center, Head of Department of Plant Biotechnology, and Vice Dean for Development and Quality Assurance. Prof. Al-Khayri has served as a Member of Majlis Ash-Shura (Saudi Legislative Council) for the 2009-2012 term. Currently, he is maintaining an active research program on date palm focusing on genetic transformation, secondary metabolites and in vitro mutagenesis to enhance tolerance to abiotic and biotic stress.Prof. Shri Mohan Jain is a Consultant and Plant Biotechnologist, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; he received M. Phil in 1973 and Ph.D. in 1978 from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Israel, USA, and Visiting