Date Palm Status and Perspective in Spain

Rivera, Diego; Obón, Concepción; Alcaraz, Francisco; Carreño, Encarna; Laguna, Emilio; Amorós, Asunción; Johnson, Dennis V.; Díaz, G.; Morte, Asunción

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“…The study area was located at the Historic Palm Grove of Elche (Alicante), southern Spain (38°15’ 51, 28’’N, 0° 41’ 51, 23’’ W, 82 m.a.s.l). It covers 550 Ha and contains about 180.000 adult, Phoenix dactylifera date palms aged 40-60, planted in one or two rows around cultivated, rectangular-shaped orchard (35). The climate is Mediterranean semiarid, with a mean annual temperature of 17.7°C and a mean annual rainfall of 266 mm (www.aemet.es).…”

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Host identity and functional traits determine the community composition of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in facultative epiphytic plant species

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26The epiphytic vascular flora is scarce and facultative in semiarid Mediterranean 27 ecosystems, thus covering diverse taxonomic groups. However, differently to terrestrial 28 conditions, little is known about the factors driving mycorrhizal communities in 29 epiphytic environments. Here, we investigated the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) 30 harboured by 31 plant species occurring in the trunks of Phoenix dactylifera. We 31 wanted to ascertain if host identity and plant functional traits shape mycorrhizal 32 communities. Specifically, we tested the plant life-cycle (perennial versus annual), the 33 plant life-form (herbaceous versus woody), the plant origin (exotic versus native) and 34 the plant species. 35 The roots were examined by molecular and phylogenetic analysis of AMF community. 36 The plant affiliation to species strongly influenced the AMF assemblages. Plant life-37 form and plant life-cycle also shaped AMF interactions. The AMF community differed 38 between annual and perennial species and higher AMF richness was detected in 39 perennial plants. The indicator species analysis revealed three Operational Taxonomic 40 Units belonging to the Glomeraceae, associated with annual species. However, the 41 epiphytic plants associated with AMF irrespective of whether they were native or not, 42 probably because here no functional differences derive from plant origin. 43 44 IMPORTANCE 45 Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis has a decisive role in plant nutrient and water 46 uptake by plants, with particular importance in stressful environments. Under semiarid 47 conditions, the facultative epiphytic flora should cope with harsh conditions. While 48 numerous studies have been conducted on factors driving terrestrial AM assemblages, 49 3 the epiphytic environment remains unexplored. We offer new insights into composition 50 of AM communities as shaped by epiphytic plant host identity and functional traits. 51 52 53 54 Keywords: Facultative epiphytes; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; diversity; SSU rDNA; 55 semiarid ecosystems; 56 57 58 59Epiphytic habitats are considered as extreme plant environments due to the large fluxes 60 of temperature and low water and nutrient availability they are subjected to. In these 61 conditions, symbiotic associations such as mycorrhizal symbiosis could be crucial 62 because of their widely demonstrated role in plant nutrient and water uptake in 63 terrestrial habits, with particular importance in stressful environments (38). 64Furthermore, the availability of compatible and suitable mycorrhizal fungi might be a 65 key factor constraining the development and distribution of epiphytic plants and vice 66 versa. 67In semiarid Mediterranean ecosystems the epiphytic vascular flora is scarce and 68 facultative or accidental, mainly occurring on the trunks of certain palm species. Here, 69 the microhabitat conditions that originate in the cut leaves formed by the pruning of 70 dead or old leaves allow water and debris accumulation, which enables occasional plant 71 establ...

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Host identity and functional traits determine the community composition of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in facultative epiphytic plant species

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“…In the last 10 years, the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) has become the most destructive pest of palms in the world, causing particularly severe damage in the Mediterranean Basin . In this region, the Canary Islands Date palm, Phoenix canariensis Hort ex Chabaud, is widely used as an ornamental plant, whereas the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera , is mostly grown for its fruit in the southern countries of the Mediterranean Basin . The weevil R. ferrugineus , native to southern Asia and Melanesia, colonized most of southwestern Asia in the early 1980s, the Arabian Peninsula in the mid‐1980s, and the Middle East and Egypt at the beginning of the 1990s .…”

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“…1,2 In this region, the Canary Islands Date palm, Phoenix canariensis Hort ex Chabaud, is widely used as an ornamental plant, whereas the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, is mostly grown for its fruit in the southern countries of the Mediterranean Basin. 3 The weevil R. ferrugineus, native to southern Asia and Melanesia, colonized most of southwestern Asia in the early 1980s, the Arabian Peninsula in the mid-1980s, and the Middle East and Egypt at the beginning of the 1990s. 4 Later, it was detected in other regions, including the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, and southern China.…”

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Development of an attract‐and‐infect system to control Rhynchophorus ferrugineus with the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

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“…Southeastern Spain is the main area of date palm in continental Europe, with nearly 1 million trees as of the late 1990s, before the spread of the exotic deadly red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) (Rivera et al 2015). These date palm populations represent more than 98% of the allele typical of the western type, making it, thus, an Ibero-North African endemic (Carreño 2012).…”

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“…Among these palms, clusters occur of individuals morphologically characterized by smaller fruits (similar to those of Phoenix canariensis and of the South Asian P. sylvestris), with thin mesocarp, robust glaucous leaves, and short robust acanthophylls. Known as "palmera de rambla," described as P. iberica, but not recognized as a distinct species, they grow in natural habitats, sometimes mixed with other individuals with more "domesticated" features (Rivera et al 1997(Rivera et al , 2015. Cultivated date palm populations receive legal protection in the Palmeral de Elche (Lerma 1986) and other localities of Southeastern Spain.…”

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What are palm groves of Phoenix? Conservation of Phoenix palm groves in the European Union

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Date Palm Status and Perspective in Spain

Cited by 14 publications

References 34 publications

Host identity and functional traits determine the community composition of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in facultative epiphytic plant species

Host identity and functional traits determine the community composition of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in facultative epiphytic plant species

Development of an attract‐and‐infect system to control Rhynchophorus ferrugineus with the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

What are palm groves of Phoenix? Conservation of Phoenix palm groves in the European Union

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