Assessing Genetic Diversity of Shishi Date Palm Cultivars in Saudi Arabia and ‎Qatar Using ‎Microsatellite Markers ‎

Khaled Elmeer; Imene Mattat; Ameena Al-Malki; Al-Ghaliya Al-Mamari; Khaled BoJulaia; Aladdin Hamwieh; Michael Baum

Volume 6, Issue 1 , June 2019, , Pages 1-9

https://doi.org/10.22059/ijhst.2019.271662.267

Abstract
  In this study fourteen microsatellite primer pairs were used to study the genetic diversity of Shishi Date palm in Qatar. A total of 32 date palm (15 Shishi cultivar, 10 Khalas and seven male date palms) were collected from Qatar and 5 Shihi cultivars were collected from Saudi Arabia ‎for comparison. ...  Read More