Accession details

This is one of several palms collected in Arizon by the donors and donated to the date palm germplasm collection. The varietal name as donated is based upon the donor's keying and should be considered provisional until it can be verified. The donors state "This palm compares very favorably to the Badrayah as described in Nixon (1950)." (RR Krueger, 03/24/2011)<P>This was one of a number of accessions surveyed using SSR microsatellite markers (18 nuclear and 1 chloroplast) by <a href="https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/cooperator.aspx?id=143875">Frederique Aberlenc</a> and <a href="https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/cooperator.aspx?id=136927">Jean-Christophe Pintaud</a>. In an email received 2012-08-09, J-C Pintaud stated: "We don't have this variety in our data set. The two specimens [RPHO 38 and <a href="https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/accessiondetail.aspx?1118465">PI 80789</a>] are identical. it therefore appears that this is a legitimate 'Badrayah' but the fruit should be compared to PI 80789 before finalizing this identification. (RR Krueger, 2013-05-20)