@article{fdi:010066730,
  title = {{E}ndemic insular and coastal {T}unisian date palm genetic diversity},
  author = {{Z}ehdi-{A}zouzi, {S}. and {C}herif, {E}. and {G}uenni, {K}. and {B}en {A}bdelkrim, {A}. and {B}ermil, {A}. and {R}houma, {S}. and {B}en {S}alah, {M}. and {S}antoni, {S}. and {P}intaud, {J}ean-{C}hristophe and {A}berlenc {B}ertossi, {F}r{\'e}d{\'e}rique and {H}annachi, {A}. {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he breeding of crop species relies on the valorisation of ancestral or wild varieties to enrich the cultivated germplasm. {T}he {T}unisian date palm genetic patrimony is being threatened by diversity loss and global climate change. {W}e have conducted a genetic study to evaluate the potential of spontaneous coastal resources to improve the currently exploited {T}unisian date palm genetic pool. {E}ighteen microsatellite loci of {P}hoenix dactylifera {L}. were used to compare the genetic diversity of coastal accessions from {K}erkennah, {D}jerba, {G}ab{S}s and continental date palm accessions from {T}ozeur. {A} collection of 105 date palms from the four regions was analysed. {T}his study has provided us with an extensive understanding of the local genetic diversity and its distribution. {T}he coastal date palm genotypes exhibit a high and specific genetic diversity. {T}hese genotypes are certainly an untapped reservoir of agronomically important genes to improve cultivated germplasm in continental date palm.},
  keywords = {{SSR} ; {P}hoenix dactylifera {L}. ; {T}unisia ; {G}enetic diversity ; {S}pontaneous ; genotypes ; {TUNISIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}enetica},
  volume = {144},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {181--190},
  ISSN = {0016-6707},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1007/s10709-016-9888-z},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066730},
}