Artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.) is a nutritious vegetable that grown all over the world. It is a promising herbal plant, rich in bioactive components. It is considered as medicinal plant due to its nutritional and phytochemical composition, especially high proportion of phenolic compounds. The primary aim of this study was to achieve chemical profile analyses of artichoke for different phytochemcials, especially Scolymoside and Cynaroside. Methanolic crude was extracted from Artichoke leaves by rotary evaporator and separated by column chromatography. The fractions monitored by Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC), and identified in High-Pressure Liquid Chroma

This study was aimed to investigate the genetic variability of 26 rice genotypes and evaluation at two locations in Sulaimani governorate, Gaba and Chawtan which were completely different in their environmental condition during the season of 2019. The performances of the genotypes were analyzed at both locations as well as the average of both. Simple coefficients of correlation were used to assess the grain yield components and their relationships. Path analysis was used to determine the direct and indirect effects of such components on grain yield plant^-1. The genotypes were grouped based on the agro-morphological features using cluster analysis. Almost all of the traits at both locat

This research was conducted to estimate some genetic parameters by using full diallel crosses in maize (Zea mays L.) at Grdarasha Agricultural Research Station, College of Agriculture, University of Salahaddin, Erbil. During the spring season of 2015, four diverse maize inbred line seeds were sown and exhibited full diallel cross between them. In fall season 2015, the F1 hybrids with their parental lines were sown in randomized complete block design with three replications. The results revealed there were highly significant differences among genotypes for almost all of the evaluated traits which were days to 50% tasseling, plant height, ear height,  ear length, no. of rows ear^-1, 150-kernels weight and to

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of gene action on grain yield and yield components of maize(Zea mays L.) using generation mean analysis method for six generations (P₁, P₂, F₁,F₂, Bc₁ and Bc₂ )of two crosses of maize (H40×un44052)and (Ik8×Hs). The analysis of variance shows significant differences between generation means. Generation mean analysis revealed that the non-additive effect for plant height, No.of kernels row^-1, 300- kernel weight and grain yield

This research was conducted during spring and fall seasons, 2015 , at the fields of Field Crop Department – College of Agriculture –University of Baghdad . The objective was to evaluate the impact of corn grain moisture at harvesting of original population  to some agronomic traits  in subsequent generation of the variety 5018. In spring season 2015 , a seeds population  of this variety were  planted. When the  moisture of ear grains was go to the first treatment (37-42%) , ten ears were harvested . Ear harvesting dates were performed manually when the grains had 37-42% , 34-36% , 30-33% , 25- 28% and 19-22%  moisture content . Ten ears were harvested from each treatment . In fal

This research was conducted during spring and fall seasons, 2015, at the fields of Field Crop Department– College of Agriculture– University of Baghdad. The objective was to evaluate response of corn synthetic variety 5018 traits in next generation  to harvesting moisture in the first generation. In spring season 2015, seeds of the synthetic variety 5018 were planted. When moisture of the ear grains was reached the first treatment (37-42%), ten ears were harvested. Ears harvesting dates were performed manually when the grains had 37-42%, 34-36%, 30-33%, 25- 28% and 19-22% moisture content. In fall season 2015, varietal trail was carried out to the five treatment materials, using Randomized Complete Bock

This study being performed at the central laboratory for graduate students Animal Resources Department / College of Agriculture / University of Baghdad/Aljadrea and in laboratory of applied microbiology Department, Food and Biotechnology Center /Directorate of Agriculture Research / Baghdad, Iraq. Wild strain of local ligninolytic bacteria of genus Streptomyces MS  isolated from Iraq camel degrade feces was used to pre- treated of low quality roughages in in vitro fermentation. Roughages wheat straw (WS), corncobs (Cc), alfalfa hay (AH) was pre- treated with wild strain of genus Strepto

In current study use local ligninolytic crude extract enzyme (HAMU 8%) to improve IVDMD and reducing lignin content. The result suggest that treated wheat straw (WS), Corncobs (Cc), alfalfa hay (AH), by HAMU increased significantly (p <0.05) in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) and reduction in lignin content, However, extra enzyme improvement is shown with Corncobs treated with HAMU (average improvement, 19.84%) and lower improvement was shown in alfalfa hay treated with HAMU (average improvement, 10.07%). The higher reduction (P<0.01) in l

A field experiment was carried out at the College of Agriculture, Duhok University to study the effect of phosphorous levels (25, 30, and 35) kg P ha^-1 in addition to control treatment and five wheat varieties (SDRAA-1, Sham-4, Maxipak, Abugraib-3, and JAWA-13) on yield and yield components of cultivated studied wheat varieties in calcareous soil during winter season (2014- 2015). The experiment units were laid out in the factorial arrangement using randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replicates. The results revealed that wheat varieties were significantly affected on plant height, protein percent, leaf area, date of flowering, grain weight spik^-1, No. of grain spike^-1, 1000- grain

This research was conducted to study the exploitation of speed and working width for different tractors with best performance rate and lower costs, and study of the efficiency and amount disbursed energy. The research was conducted in the Dibs region in Kirkuk governorate in September 2015, in two different locations of the soil texture, Randomized complete block design by split split plot system with three replications and Duncan test were used to compare the means of treatment at 5%. The results showed the best quadrate interaction  which achieved the best technical results, economically and indicators of the power indicators in speed (6.24Km / h) and working width (120cm) with three tract

This study aims to investigate  the effect of the fortification of soft white Iraqi cheese with some zinc salts at different levels include 100 and 200 mg.kgˉ¹ from zinc sulphate and zinc acetate, on Nitrogen materials and some rheological properties of the soft white cheese during the storage for 14 days. The results indicated that there was no significant effects for cheese fortification with  zinc salts on the percentage of Nitrogen materials during all storage periods. There was non-significant increase the nitrogen materials in the cheese of the control treatment in comparison to the zinc fortified treatments.  The results indicate a significant decrease in the values of cheese brightness of the fortified tr

This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of some biological agents like commertial product Richarge which contained basically from Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisoplae in addition to fungal isolate of Lecanilicium lecanii and Metarizhium spp. and insecticide Telstar at field experiment. The infestation percentage on cucumber fruits was very high 100% in all treatment at the beginning of fruit formation during 1^st week of October 2015, meanwhile its reached the lowest level on third week of October were 18.67% in Recharge, 28% in Meta 10⁷ and 37.33% in the control. The results showed that the number of infested fruits was reduced in next ha

The cultivars planted are considered one of the important factors affecting the wheat production which work on increasing the productivity of the area unit. Therefore, the research aimed to measure the production efficiency of the exported Turkish wheat cultivar (ADNA 99) in comparing with Iraqi cultivar (IPa 99) for 2014-2015 seasons (Wasit governorate as a case study), based on the field data of a random sample from 84 farms in Wasit. The results showed the effect of the cultivar on the productivity and the inputs used via using the analysis of variance, it showed there is no significant differences between the two cultivars, in addition we have estimated the technical efficiency and the resour

The wheat crop is a strategic crop associated with food security. In order to increase the quantity of wheat production to meet the needs of the country, it is necessary to know how to increase the productivity of the unit of area of the crop to reduce the importations. Wheat is implanted in Iraq in large areas, especially in the northern governorates. The quantity of production and productivity for that crop is still limited, Compared to other countries in the neighboring countries and other countries of the world, and often fill the deficit through the import since wheat is implanted in most of the world countries , the average productivity of the wheat crop in Iraq for the period (1970 - 2014) amounted to (258

Corn is one of the major crops of industrial and food importance. Corn is mainly grown for domestic consumption of the production of corn flakes, starch export, and corn seeds are used for baking when mixed with wheat flour, The average production and cultivated area of the corn crop in Iraq for the period (1970-2014) reached (210042.431 tons), (342,974,866 acres), respectively, It accounts for (8%, 3%) of the total production and areas cultivated with grain crops. The productivity rate was (555.7 kg / Acres), which accounted for 32% of the grain production in Iraq, Which is a good percentage after the yield of the bear compared to the yield of wheat and barley. The objective of this study was to measure the effect of price and n

Three different calcareous rocks consist mainly of calcite C, dolomite D and its combination C,D were chosen. Rocks Samples Were treated with different concentration of salt Soluations, included CaCl₂ (0.2,0.05 molar) (applied to dolomite samples), MgCl₂ (applied to calcite samples), and combination of these two salts which applied for both (D-Dolomite and C-Calcite). Other samples from carbonate minerals were treated and incubated with FeSO₄.7H₂O and Fe-EDDHA at 20Mg^-1 mineral. These treated samples subjected to sequence of wetting and drying for 120 days under saturated CO₂ atmosphere. At the end of incubation period these samples were air dried and used

A field experiment was carried out in the spring season of 2016 in sedimentary soil (silty clay loam) in order to study the effect of adding different types of nitrogen fertilizer (urea, di- ammonium phosphate and ammonium sulphate) at level 200 kgN ha^-1. Zinc fertilizer has been sprayed with concentrations (0, 20, 40 and 60) mg ZNL^-1 on growth and yield of snake cucumber. The results showed a significant increase in ammonium sulphate fertilizer in plant length, dry weight, leaf area, early yield, plant yield and total yield. The results showed that the concentration of 60 mg  L^-1 was significantly higher in plant length, dry weight, early yield, plant yield and total yield.&

Two   pots   experiments were  conducted  one of  silty  clay  loam texture  and the other in  loamy  sand  texture   by planting barley crop variety “Samir” to evaluate extraction efficiency of  seven  chemical   extractants via the   correlation with  the   potassium taken up by barley crop. Four  of these extractants were: BaCl₂, CaCl₂, MgCl₂ and NaC l; the remaining three were: CH₃COONH₄,  NH₄HCO₃,  NH₄HCO₃ + DTPA. The study  was  performed by  the application of four  lev

This study was conducted at the poultry farm Animal Production Department, College of Agriculture, University of Baghdad, Abu Ghraib, for the period from 19/9/2016 to 30/10 / 2016. (42 days) The object of this study was effect of adding different levels of tamarind pulp (0, 5, 15, 25 g / L ) to the drinking water on productive traits of broiler chicken. A total of 120 unsexed Ross 308, one day old, an initial weight 41.5 g was used in the experiment. Chicks were fed on starter diet for the  first three weeks of age and finisher diet for the 4,5 and 6 weeks of age. Birds were distributed to four treatments, The first T₀ control (without any addition), The second T₅, third T₁₅ and fourth T

The current study was conducted to test Shabout’s (Arabibarbus grypus) sperms ability for long-term cryopreservation under liquid nitrogen (-196ºC) using two different extenders and two different cryoprotectants to compare and chose the best. The semen of mature fishes collected from Al-Radwania man-made lakes during 2015 spring spawning season were used in this study. The semen was collected by manual abdominal stripping without using any hormones or anesthetizes and its sperms were tested for surviving and activity throw cryopreserving process in liquid Nitrogen using two different extenders (Zhang & Liu vs.  Calcium-free Hank’s Balanced Salt Solution) with methanol in 10% as cryoprotectant for the first

This study was conducted  at the Ruminants Researches Station (25 km west of Baghdad) as well as the Directorate for Agricultural Researches / Ministry of Agriculture, as from the  Reproductive laboratory at the College of Agriculture/University of  Baghdad  from 01/03/2015 to 15 / 09/2015 on sample  94 awassi dams . In order to study effect infection on production traits to growth traits , The percentage of healthy dams was 70.21%, while the proportion of ewes was 29.79% and the differences between the two were highly significant (P <0.01) The results of the current study showed that the percentage distribution of the difference between the parasite type of the sheep infected with the

To study the effect of mineral fertilizers (NPK), Organic  and Bio-fertilizers on grain yield of bread wheat(Triticum aestivum L.). A field experiment was conducted during 2014-2015, 2015-2016 at the experimental farm of Field Crop Department, College of Agriculture, University of Baghdad ,Iraq. A split plot arrangement within RCBD, using four replications for two varieties at the main plots  and 14 fertilizer treatments at the sub plots:T₀ (control) ,T₁ (mineral fertilizer as recommended), T₂ (bio-fertilizer), T₃ (organic fertilizer), T₄ (bio+ organic fertilizers), T₅(mineral fertilizer +bio- fertilizer), T₆(50% mineral fertilizer + b

The objective of this study was to investigate the possibility of replacing part of mineral fertilizers, by organic or bio fertilizers and effect of these fertilizers on grain yield and its components of maize (Zea mays L.). Field experiment was conducted at Abu Ghraib Research Station (Baghdad) during spring and fall seasons of 2016 using a randomized complete block design arranged in split plot with three replications .Three synthetic varieties of maize (Fajr 1 ,  Baghdad 3 and Sumer) in the main plots  and nine  fertilizer treatments which were : 100% NPK  as recommended, NPK  +  sulfur, NPK + organic fertilizer, NPK + Bio fertilizer, NPK + Humic acid,50% NPK  + sulfur,50% NPK + orga

In order to evaluate soybeans genotypes in two locations, five selected in sixth generation of selection were used with nursery in Baghdad, using RCBD with three replication. The results raveled superiority of selected promising genotypes in growth duration, flowers, plant height and number of branches, and yield component, as a number of plant bodes, 100 seed weight and number of seeds in bodes, especially genotype C, which produced seeds yield  (2758 kg h^-1). Genotypes D was the best in oil content (23.05%), while  B genotype was highest in protein content (43.9%) compare with local variety, which gave lower values for all growth traits, when grown in different environments.

A Field experiment was carried out in the winter season 2015- 2016 in county Rasheed south of Baghdad, In order to Increasing the efficiency of water use of wheat plant by anti-transpiration manufactured compared with commercial anti-transpiration. Gelatin with two concentration 0.5 and 1.5% and pure gelatin with 1.5%, in the growth and yield of wheat Triticum aestivum L. Then Compared to Commercial anti- transpiration armourax, with water stress levels which is used three levels of water depletion: 40, 60 and 80 of available water. The experiment was designed by using RCBD, with the split plot design with three replications. The results

This experiment was conducted in the research fields, College of Agriculture, University of Baghdad, Al-Jadrya site during winter season (1/12/2015) to the end of summer season (31/8/2016) to investigate the influence of Bio-Fertilizers of four varieties of lawn grasses and their mixture on the growth of these grasses.The study included four varieties of lawn grasses one of them was from the warm season while the other three varieties were from cold season. Four mixture of those varieties were mixed in different percentage and eight treatments were prepared as follows: (T1) Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon), (T2) Kentucky blue grass (

The objective of this study evalution response of  eight of potato cultivars growth to salt stress. Eight potato imported varieties were chosen: Almondo, Arizona, Buren, Everest, Riviera, Rudolph,Sever and Sylvana. In vitro cultures of these varieties were established in order to study the effect of various concentrations (0, 50, 100, 150 and 200 mM of NaCl) on some in vitro growth parameters of shoots. Results showed that the Riviera variety was tolerate to NaCl salt stress condition at the saline concentrations used for vegetative growth parameters followed by Arizona and Buren. As for the chlorophyll content at the saline concentrations, no chlorophyll c

The universities on-campus external spaces represent the urban ecological view, which should be characterized by some environmental parameters that achieve comfort and self-vitality and promote social interactions among university personals. The University of Baghdad, aljadriah campus, was selected as an urban ecosystem for further practical study. Data were collected according to a field survey for selected outer spaces in addition to visual and locational observations. Forms of the questionnaire were randomly distributed among university’s students, data were collected in Microsoft Excel and analyzed using the Statistical Analysis System (SAS), and means were compared according to the least significant differences (LSD) test.

The experiments were conducted at the plant tissue culture lab of the College of Agriculture, University of Baghdad to study the role of some culture medium components on the in vitro production of two cultivars of potato. Explants (tuber sprouts) excised from two cultivars of potato, Burren and Riviera, were surface sterilized with sodium hypochlorite at 1.5% and cultured on basal MS medium to obtain shoots. The obtained shoots were cultured on MS medium supplemented with BA and GA₃ at 0.5 and 0.4 mg.L^-1, respectively for shoot multiplication. Shoots were divided into 2-3 nodal segments and cultured on MS medium to promote microtubers  formation, Shoot segments were cultured on MS medium suppl

This study was conducted in a private sheep herd at Kurdistan region- Iraq during the period from June/2015 to Augest/2016. A total of 189 ewes and 9 rams were used and aimed to study the effect of some non-genetic factors (age of dam,sex and type of birth, estrous sequences cycle and ewes weights at lambing ) on the birth and weaning weights. The heritability  and the best liear unbiased preduction (BLUP) were estimated. The overall means of the birth and weaning weights were 3.90 and 24.25 kg respectively.The results showed that the birth weight and weaning weight were significantly ( p<0.05) affected by age of dam, sex and type of birth, estrous sequences cycle and ewes weights at lambing. The ewes of age≥5 yeares we