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UAE uses DNA to identify data palm species
ABU DHABI - UAE University’s Date Palm Research Unit has established a molecular laboratory applying advanced DNA technique to identify species of date palm.
Dr. Abdul Wahab Zaid, Head of the Unit, said the DNA technique would help much in genetic confirmation of plants as the Unit produces about 150,000 date palm seedlings a year and this needs focused attention on production quality in order to meet local and global production markets.
This technology, he added, provides the most fastest and full-proof method to identify
varieties of date palm trees because the identification process depends mainly on
observation of a few very morphological properties of plants which are very complicated and can be easily affected by surrounding weather conditions.
‘Results of experiments of the DNA technique were excellent,’he affirmed.
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