TABLE 3.
Trait-specific markers in date palms.
| Trait | Marker | References |
|---|---|---|
| Bayoud disease | Biochemical: esterase (EST-1), glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT-2), endopeptidase (ENP) | Bendiab et al. (1992) |
| R and S mitochondrial plasmid | Benslimane et al. (1994, 1996) | |
| Brittle leaf disease | Double-stranded chloroplast RNA | Namsi et al. (2006, 2007); Triki et al. (2003) |
| Gender-specific | Biochemical: peroxidase and glutamate oxaloacetate activity higher in females | Bekheet et al. (2008); Qacif et al. (2007) |
| RAPD: OPA10-490, OPA12-750, and OPD10-800 specific to females and OPA12-370 and OPD10-675 specific to males | Younis et al. (2008) | |
| ISSR: HB10-1010, HB9-340, HB12-375, 814-590, and 844A-920 specific for males | ||
| RAPD-derived SCAR marker | Dhawan et al. (2013) | |
| ISSR: IS_A02 (390) specific to female plants and IS_A71 (380bp) specific to male plants only | Al-Ameri et al. (2016b) | |
| SCoT-derived SCAR marker of size 253 bp specific to male trees | Al-Ameri et al. (2016a) | |
| RAPD-derived SCAR marker | Al-Qurainy et al. (2018) | |
| SRY gene-specific marker for identification of male plants | Mohei et al. (2019) | |
| SSRs: mPdIRDP80, mPdIRDP50, mPdIRDP52, mpdCIR48, and DP-168 | Cherif et al. (2013); Elmeer and Mattat (2012); Maryam Jaskani et al. (2016) | |
| SNPs | Al-Dous et al. (2011) |