At the University of Basrah, A scientific study at the University of Basrah prepared by Professor Dr. Abdulridha A. Al-Mayah at the College of. The study, published in Biological and Applied Environmental Research journal, , showed the conducting measurements and examinations for hundreds of varieties of palms and dates in Iraq and the world during the years 2019 and 2020.

The results reached to the development of a numerical scale to determine the quality of the characteristics of the fruits in their different stages, as well as the measurement of the total quality of each variety.