Qatar Foundation, 14 April 2009 - ”Researchers Sequence Date Palm Genome”
e-Bulletin, May 2009 Issue1 - "WCM-Q Researchers Unlock Genetic Secrets of Date Palm"
Qatar Chronicle, 2009 - ”WCM-Q Researchers Unlock Genetic Secrets of Date Palm”
The National, 11 Sep 2009 - "Gene tests for female date palm bear fruit"
The Blessed Tree Khalifa International Date Palm Award - volume No.2, Issue No.2 June 2010 - "Second Winner of the First Category (Distinguished Research/ Studies)" Download PDF
Qatar Chronicle 2011 - "WCM-Q Researchers Answer Thousand Year Old Date Palm Question"
The Foundation issue, 31 july 2011 "Date Palm Mystery Unraveled"
QNRF Newsletter - "Gene discovery-From date palm toward human genes"
Nature Biotechnolohy, June 2011 Volume 29 No 6 Front page
Gulf Times, 31 May 2011 - "Qatar experts closer to solving the riddle of date palm gender"
Qatar Tribune, 31 May 2011 - "WCM-Q scholars make breakthrough in date palm research"
The Peninsula, 31 May 2011 - "WCM-Q researchers identify palm gender genome"
Al-Raya, 31 May 2011 - No.10615
Al-Sharq newspaper, 3 June 2011 - No.8387