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 the Middle …

… Muriel Gros-Balthazard accepts responsibility for the integrity and validity of the data collected
and analyzed. We thank the Royal Botanic Gardens, the Millennium Seed Bank, and the …

Les origines de la domestication et l’histoire de la diffusion du dattier cultivé demeurent
incertaines malgré l’importance économique et socio-culturelle de cette espèce. Les relations …

Background and Aims Date palms (Phoenix dactylifera, Arecaceae) are of great economic
and ecological value to the oasis agriculture of arid and semi-arid areas. However, despite …

For many crops, wild relatives constitute an extraordinary resource for cultivar improvement [1,
2] and also help to better understand the history of their domestication [3]. However, the …

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 are still …

Germination of 2000-year-old seeds of Phoenix dactylifera from Judean desert archaeological
sites provides a unique opportunity to study the Judean date palm, described in antiquity …

Aim The main purpose of this work is to understand the origin, history, historical biogeography
and mechanisms of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) domestication. Location Seeds of …

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, …

Les objectifs de ce travail visent à appréhender l'histoire évolutive et biogéographique du
palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.), espèce d'une importance capitale pour les populations …