Dr. Karim Kadri is an Assistant Professor at the Regional Centre for Research in Oasis Agriculture and the head of the Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Laboratory. He holds a PhD in Biology from Tunisia University, Tunisia. Dr. Karim Kadri joined the National Institute of Agronomic Research of Tunisia in 2004 as an engineer. His task was the morpho-physiological evaluation of barley accessions under salt stress. Since 2007, he has been at the Regional Research Center of Oasis Agriculture. Dr. Karim Kadri's main areas of research interest are the conservation and improvement of date palm genetic resources. Prof. Stefaan P.O. Werbrouck heads the Laboratory for Applied In Vitro Plant Biotechnology at Ghent University. He has more than 30 years of expertise in plant tissue culture and has investigated many aspects of its main sub-domains.