The Date Palm Research Center at the University of Basrah organized a seminar titled “The Relationship of Date Palm Acclimatization with Anatomical Structure and Gene Expression in the Cell.”
The seminar aimed to explore the process of date palm acclimatization and ways to increase its success rate by stimulating the plant’s physiological factors, thereby enhancing its ability to adapt to different environmental conditions.
The seminar, delivered by Dr. Halima Jabbar Abdulrazzaq, discussed the role of chlorophyll activation in enhancing photosynthesis, and the formation of the waxy cuticle layer that reduces water loss when plants are exposed to environmental stress. It also addressed the stimulation of gene expression to produce heat shock proteins and activate genes responsible for wax production.
The seminar emphasized the importance of these biological processes in enabling date palm plants to successfully pass the acclimatization stage and improve their growth efficiency and stability under field conditions.
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