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Effect of Frosting on Date Palm in Saudi Arabia  Professor Dr. Mohamed El Meleigi  When the temperature drops down to – 6 and -10 C degrees for six hours or more in two consecutive nights, date Palm tissues freezes. This occurs especially in the stem at the area below the …

First report of neck rot diseases of  date palm caused by Chalara paradoxa in Saudi Arabia . Mohamed A. El-Meleigi Plant Production and Protection Department, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Burydah, Saudi Arabia. meleigi@hotmail.com Cold stressed date palm  ( Phoenix dactylifera L.) trees were severely infected with Chalara paradoxa leading to neck rot and bending of stem. …