{{cite journal | last1=Bashir | first1=M. A. | author2=M. Ahmad | author3=F. Altaf | author4=K. Shabir | year=2014 | title=FRUIT QUALITY AND YIELD OF DATE PALM (Phoenix dactylifera L.) AS AFFECTED BY STRAND THINNING | journal=Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences | volume=24 | issue=3 | pages=951-954 | issn=1018-7081 | eissn=2309-8694 | publisher=Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum | url=https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2014-JAPS-133}}