Abstract
Fungal and bacterial contaminations are major problems facing in vitro date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) proliferation. To overcome this problem, we must first identify the fungal (e.g., Alternaria sp., Aspergillus niger, Penicillium sp.) and bacterial (e.g., Pseudomonas sp.) spread in date palm in vitro cultures. Incorporating fungicides (e.g., copper oxychloride, Vitavax T, and Topsin M) or antibiotics (e.g., streptomycin, Banocin, and Bencid D) at 500 mg/L in medium significantly reduces the contamination rate during various stages of in vitro date palm culture. Streptomyces chloramphenicol (pharmacy) is highly effective in reducing the bacterial contamination of date palm cultures to below 10%, as well as enhancing growth vigor.
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Abdel-Karim, A.H.I. (2017). Identifying and Controlling Contamination of Date Palm Tissue Cultures. In: Al-Khayri, J., Jain, S., Johnson, D. (eds) Date Palm Biotechnology Protocols Volume I. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1637. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7156-5_14
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