Study on the vegetative growth characters of several Iraqi date palm cultivars

To establish database for the Iraqi date palm cultivars, 15 cultivars were chosen to study their vegetative growth characteristics. Those cultivars were ‘Khastawi’, ‘Khadrawi Albasra’, ‘Zahdi’, ‘Sayer’, ‘Chabch-ab’, ‘Ashgar’, ‘Asabi Alaroose’, ‘Tiberzal’, ‘Barban’, ‘Jawzi’, ‘Khsab’, ‘Sultani’, ‘Owaynat Ayoub’, ‘Lolwi’, and ‘Hadal’. The studied vegetative growth characteristics included season growth rate, trunk circumference, comprehensive study of the leaves as well study the floral parts. All data were collected from Zafarania farm in previous seasons and updated in 2018. The results showed the season’s growth of four of the studied cultivars such as ‘Khadrawi Albasra’ and ‘Khastawi’.