Professor of Plant Biotechnology, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. Received B.S. in Biology in 1984 from the University of Toledo, M.S. in Agronomy in 1988, and Ph.D. in Plant Science in 1991 from the University of Arkansas. A member the International Society for Horticultural Science and Society for In Vitro Biology, the National Correspondent of the International Association of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology. For the last two decades, dedicated research efforts to date palm. Published over fifty research articles in international journals, authored several review chapters, edited Springer books on Date Palm Biotechnology and Advan...