A scientific study was conducted in the College of Science at University of Basrah by the instructor, Dr. Abdul-Ridha Akbar Alwan, on a scale to determine the quality of dates and date palm cultivars
The study, which was published in the International Journal of Biological and Applied Environment Research, showed that palm trees are classified within five categories
The study included conducting measurements and examinations for hundreds of varieties of palms and dates in Iraq and the world during 2019 and 2020
The results concluded the development of a numerical scale to determine the quality of the characteristics of the fruits in their different stages, as well as the measurement of the total quality of each variety
