Dates

Dr. Manickavasagan obtained a PhD in Biosystems Engineering from the University of Manitoba, Canada. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PEng) in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. After attaining his PhD, he worked with McCain Foods Limited (Canada) as a Scientist. Presently, he is an Assistant Professor at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. He has published more than 50 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences. Dr. M. Mohamed Essa obtained a PhD in Biochemistry from Annamalai University, India and did Post doctoral research in Neurosciences in NYSIBR, New York, USA. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman and Visiting Assistant Professor in Neuropharmacology group, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He conducts research in pharmacological approaches of natural products against neurological diseases by using various available models. He has published nearly 55 research articles in various peer-reviewed international journals and conferences and is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Nutrition, Pharmacology, Neurological Diseases published by Wolters-Kluwer, USA.Dr. Ethirajan Sukumar obtained PhD in Phytochemistry and Phytobiology from the University of Madras,India and did Postdoctoral work at the University of Virginia in the USA. He is an Assistant Professor at the Higher College of Technology, Muscat, Oman. Prior to full time teaching, he was a Research Scientist in the Central Research Institute of Siddha Medicine in Chennai, India for more than 26 years. During his research career, he worked on medicinal plants used in indigenous medical practices and published 52 research papers in peer-reviewed journals.

• Production. An Overview of Date Palm Production. Tissue Culture Studies in Date Palm. The Date Palm Genome Project at Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Water Management in Date Palm Groves. Fertilizer Application in Date Palm Cultivation. Environmental Concern in Date Palm Production from Atmospheric Trace Metal Contamination. Salinity Problems and Their Management in Date Palm Production. Insects in Date Palm Field and Their Management. Mechanization in Date Palm Pollination. Design Concepts for Date-Harvesting Process. Dates Marketing. Processing. Drying Characteristics, Rehydration, and Color Changes of Palm Fruits During Storage. Solar Tunnel Dryer: A Novel Dryer for Dates. Processing of Dates by Dehydration and Microwave Drying. Quality Assessment of Dates by Computer Vision Technology. Nonchemical Methyl Bromide Alternatives in Dates’ Processing Sector. Processing of Dates into Value-Added Products. Exploring the Possibility of Biofuel Production from By-Products and Wastes Generated from Date Industry. Food. Physical Characteristics and Chemical Composition of Date Palm Fruits. Sorption and Structural Characteristics of Date Palm Fruit. Fermentative Products Using Dates as a Substrate. Dates: Potential Substitute for Added Sugar in Food. Use of Date Palm By-Products in Feeding Livestock. Medicinal Values. Dates: A Fruit from Heaven. The Functional Values of Dates. Nutritional and Medicinal Value of Date Fruit. Uses of Date Palm in Ayurveda. Dates in Indigenous Medicines of India. Antiamyloidogenic Effect of Dates Grown in Oman with Reference to Their Possible Protection against Alzheimer’s Disease. Index.