5 male date palm varieties registered for the first time in Egypt

Dr. Ahmed Helmy Hussein, Director of the Horticultural Research Institute affiliated to the Agricultural Research Center, said that a research team headed by Dr. Ahmed Othman Hamada, Head of Research at the Fruit Breeding Research Department at the Institute, was able to register five male date palms from the department's program at the Shendweel Island Research Station, in accordance with Ministerial Resolution No. 325 of 2024. This registration is the first in Egypt to register male palm varieties, under the auspices of Dr. Adel Abdel Azim, Head of the Agricultural Research Center. The Director of the Institute added that there are no males classified and registered before to pollinate different varieties of palms and import different palm varieties with great economic value. Dr. Ahmed Helmy Hussein, Director of the Institute, praised the research team and the effort made to make this work a success as the first registration of male varieties in Egypt. For his part, Dr. Ahmed ...