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Table 1 Distribution of RPW and number of productive date palms in the Arab countries
Country of
records a
Year of first
detection
Governorate or
Province of the
first detection
Number of
productive trees
(×1000) [40]
References
Iraq
1918
–
8024.00
[41]
United Arab
Emirates (UAE)
1985
Rass El Khaima 16,342.19
[42]
Sultanate of
Oman
1985
Northern Oman,
particularly in
Buraimi,
Mahdah and
Musandam
areas
2457.00
[43]
The Kingdom of
Bahrain
1985
–
379.98
[42]
Qatar Doha
1985
–
335.30
[42]
Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia
(KSA)
1987
In a Palm
Nursery in El
Qatif district in
the Eastern
Province
12,000.00
[37, 42]
Egypt
1992
Al Sharqiyah
(Al Salihyah),
Ismailia (Al
Qassasin)
12,039.42
[39]
Kuwait
1993
–
312.21
[42]
Jordan
1999
–
104.38
[44]
Palestinian
Authority
Territories
1999
–
301.20
[44]
Syria
2005
Lattakia city, at
Bouka
Agriculture
school
72.60
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Morocco
2008
Tangier
5760.00
[45]
Libya
2009
Tobruk in the
North East of
Libya
2100.00
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Lebanon
2010
Sidon
–
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a Host plant for all Countries is Phoenix dactylifera, except Morocco, which is Phoenix canariensis