Ameni Ben Zineb, Mariem Lamine, Ahlem Khallef, Helmi Hamdi, Talaat Ahmed, Hareb Al-Jabri, Mohammed Alsafran, Ahmed Mliki, Sami Sayadi, Mahmoud Gargouri
Date palm cultivation has thrived in the Gulf Cooperation Council region since ancient times, where it represents a vital sector in agricultural and socio-economic development. However, climate change conditions prevailing for decades in this area, next to rarefication of rain, hot temperatures, intense evapotranspiration, rise of sea level, salinization of groundwater, and intensification of cultivation, contributed to increase salinity in the soil as well as in irrigation water and to seriously threaten date palm cultivation sustainability...
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