1Department of Molecular biology and biotechnology, AECS, Damascus, P.O. Box 6091, Syria
2Laboratory of Genetics, Biochemistry and vegetal Biotechnologies, Faculty of the sciences, University Mentouri, Constantine, Algeria
Department of sciences of nature and life, Faculty of the sciences, University Mohamed Boudiaf, M'sila, 28000, Algeria
*Corresponding author's e-mail: guettouchi-ah@live.fr
Online published on 12 May, 2017.
Bayoud disease of the date palm (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis) is a vascular disease caused by a soil fungus. Twenty one Algerian date palm cultivars (20 females and 1 male) in addition to 6 genotypes of Deglet Nour were assessed for resistance (R) and susceptibility (S) to Bayond disease using molecular markers. Specifically, the use of two circular plasmid-like DNAs (R and S plasmids) as molecular markers allowed us to detect the R cultivars. Among the 21 cultivars, we found that Baâret ljmal is resistant.
Date palm; Bayoud, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Albedinis, Deglet Nour, Baâret ljmal
