Achievements

- Designing and implementing a special protocol for propagating date palm through tissue culture techniques somatic embryos.
- Producing by-products, which are being used in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Finalizing the genetic finger print of ten highly marketable varieties.
- Specifying the most adequate techniques for the long-term conservation of some date palm genetic resources.
- Conducting physiological studies on the various varieties and at different stages of growth.
- Designing a pollin duster device, which was manufactured by the Agricultural Engineering Research Institute to overcome the problem of labor scarcity.
- Selecting the best male trees at certain governorates for identification of potent pollinators.
- Producing and updating date palm extension materials (booklets and pamphlets).