This study was carried out at the Poultry Research Station / Agricultural Research Department / Ministry of Agriculture, to investigate the effects of implanting genistein (GE) for the period of 1/February/2021 to 16/August/2021. into Iraqi local chickens at various ages on primary (PSF) and secondary (SSF) sex ratios of female, fertility (FE), and hatchability (HA) traits. At the age of 12 weeks, 100 hens and 20 roosters of Iraqi local chickens from the Poultry Research Station were used in this study. After numbering the hens, the birds were housed in individual cages and divided into four treatments (each with 25 chickens) as follows: T1: none implantation; T2, T3, and T4: implantation of 10 mg GE /kg weight at 14, 18, and 22

 Alburnus mossulensis has been exposed to lead and cadmium for (96)h in order to determination lethal concentration 50 (LC₅₀) value. A total of 140 fish used in this experiment divided into two groups each group contain 70 fishes .The first group exposure to pbcl₂ while the second group exposure to cdcl₂. Method of Finney Probit Analysis used to analysis data. LC₅₀  value for PbCl₂ and CdCl₂ was (57.8 and 29.6) mg/l respectively. Then used about 200  fishes divided into 4 groups, the first group exposure to 1/2LC₅₀  of PbCl₂ ,the second group exposure to 1/2LC₅₀ CdCl

The present study was aimed to administering hyperimmunized avian salmonella-immune lymphokines (S-ILK) to 200 one-day-old layer pullets to improve the immunological response against Gumboro (IBDV) divided into four groups. On the first day, the following was applied to all groups: G1: intraperitoneal injection of 0.50 mL S-ILK followed by a 30-minute challenge with 0.1 mL IBDV (ELD₅₀ 10^3.2); G2: intraperitoneal injection of 0.5 mL of S-NILK followed by a 30-minute challenge by 0.1 mL IBDV. G3: challenged with 0.1 mL of IBDV only, G4: uninfected, unchallenged group consider as a negative control. The results of the findings indicated the greatest a statistically significant rise (p≤ 0.05) in IgG and IFN-γ

In despite of the expansion of using the dummy variables as a explanatory variables, but their using as a dependent variables is still limited, and the reason of that may be return to may problems when using dummy variables as a dependent variables. the study aimed to using the quality Response Models to Measuring Efficiency of cows farms by random sample including (19) farm from (Abi gherak district). The study estimating the transcendental logarithmic production function by using stochastic frontier Analysis (SFA) to interpret the relation between the return achieved from the cows farms as a dependent variables and each of labor and capital as an independent variables. the function indicates that increasing in labor by (100%) w

Vegetables are considered important agricultural commodities for consumer , because they contain proteins carbohydrate, oil, and vitamins. There is an increasing demand for these products which makes the process to reach the consumer in suitable prices a necessary task . Agricultural marketing has an important role in making the price for these products especially the agricultural marketing . the object of this paper is to calculate the marketing  margin for some   vegetable crops, like tomatoes, cucumber, onions and potatoes, between whole sale price and consumer price in Baghdad province and to calculate the relative importance for marketing margin items. The research arrived to some results like that the marketi

Despite rising the economic level of the Iraqi citizen, but there was a shortage in completing consumer's needs of animal protein. The high price of some sources of animal protein led capita turning to other alternatives to fill shortage and these turnings made destabilizations in demand of required quantities of these goods, hence on its productivity and imported quantities. This paper aimed to evaluate the functions of fish, chicken and red meat demand in Iraq due to fish considered as a good alternative of meat as it is an important source of animal protein. Demand function were evaluated according to linear approximation model of Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS), the study showed that the special Marshal's price elasticity w

 The study focused on the reality of the production and marketing of milk cows in the Abu Ghraib area, located in the western part of Baghdad, as it collected a sample of (127) product milk cows, and the sample was selected at random. Find targets of production and marketing costs and estimate the index marketing efficiency, while the total costs for the production of one kg of the study in small, medium and large fields amounted to about (272.62, 235.48, 209.70) dinars respectively. With regard to total marketing costs by producers in the three fields on the market about (15.17, 6.39, 4.74) dinars \ kg respectively, finally came the marketing efficiency index of one kg in the three fields towards (69.68, 68.19, 65.96%) resp

A field experiment was conducted at research station of College of Agriculture University of Baghdad in Abu-Griab. The aim was to study early generation of cowpea under water stress regime. The purpose was to diagnose which genotypes have high yield and stability under water deficit. The experiment consisted of two levels of water deficit (50 and 75%) and three genotypes selected and original genotype. Randomized complete block design (RCBD) within split plots arrangement with three replicates in two seasons of 2014 were used. The results revealed that S5 gave highest mean in chlorophyll index and dry matter per induvial plant were 74.66 , 68.44 SPAD. in spring and autumn season respectively. In addition to , S5 had a short perio

The experiments were conducted on farm of the Agriculture College, University of Basrah, in a silty clay soil with moisture content of 16%. The tractor used in this research was (CASE JX75T) tractor for studying and evaluating its agricultural performance. The parameters of study include three level of tillage depths (10, 15 and 20 cm) and four forward speeds (G=1.9, G= 2.44, G3= 3.25 and G= 4.33 km/h) by using randomized complete block design (RCBD) with a split plots. The results showed that the increase in forward speed from (1.9 - 4.33km/hr) led to a significant increased in drawbar pull and wheel slippage by the following percentages (33.33%-15.78%).The obtained results for

A  field experiment was conducted using split – split block design to study the effect of irrigation water quality ,organic composts ,kinetin and Bio- health application on N.P.K contents and anti-oxidant enzymes activity  in lettuce, The experiment included three factors ,quality of irrigation water (W) at two levels (1.2, 6.1 dS m-1 ), kind of organic composts Plam fronds and Rice wastes(20)  ton /hectare , kinetin application (50 mg.L-1)  and bio-health fertilizers (5 kg/ hectare). The results indicated that elevation of water salinity levels led to elevation in activity of  Peroxidase POX , Catalase CAT, Malondialdehyde MDA, Superoxide dismutase SOD enzymes and prol

This study was conducted to detect the contamination in the local and imported table eggs, and the comparison between them of contamination.  Samples were collected from local markets   taking 60 samples of both types (30 local eggs and 30 imported eggs) these samples were sent to a laboratory of microbiology / College of Veterinary Medicine / University of Baghdad .then taking swabs from the   different of eggs shells samples for both types (local and imported eggs) then bot swabs in nutrient broth to be grown bacteria in the nutrient broth). (After that samples were taken from the nutrient broth) and then cultured in the (nutrient agar, macconky agar). The results showed the presence of

تلعب مضادات الأكسدة الطبيعية المنبثقة من الفاكهة دورًا مهمًا في تثبيط أنواع الأكسجين التفاعلية وإزالة الجذور الحرة، وبالتالي تمنع الإنسان من الأمراض التنكسية المزمنة مثل أمراض القلب والأوعية الدموية والشيخوخة ومستويات الكوليسترول والسرطان. غطت الدراسة ست فئات من كل نوع من ثلاثة أذواق من ثمار الرمان المختلفة التي تم الحصول عليها أو شراؤها في مدينة أربيل ، وتم تحليل ما مجموعه 54 عينة (63x3x

The current study was aimed to investigate the antimicrobial and antibiofilm efficiency of local wheat bran active metabolites over locally isolated pathogens including Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans. Local wheat Ibaa99 bran extract consists of phenolic compounds, inulin and phytic acid. The antibacterial activity was examined by well diffusion assay and the minimum inhibitory concentration method by the concentration 1mg/ml for Wheat Bran Extract. On the other hand, antibiofilm dispersal consideration have been completed by Microtiter plate method. The results revealed that Ibaa99 wheat bran extract has antimicrobial activity in average diameter zone, highest inhibition observed ov

The aim of this study is to develop and predict models of tractive efficiency using the artificial neural network and stepwise approach. The tractive efficiency of tractor (CASE JX75T) was measured experimentally. Experiments were conducted in the site of Basrah University. Which had silty clay soil texture. The field conditions included effect of two level of cone index (550 and 980 kPa), two level of moisture content (8 and 21%), three forward speeds (0.54, 0.83 and 1.53 m/s) and four level of tillage depths (10, 15, 20 and 25 cm). The results illustrated that both developed models (stepwise approach and ANN technique) had acceptable performance for predicting tractive efficiency of tractor und

Corrosion is the deterioration or destruction of metals and alloys in the presence of an environment by chemical or electrochemical means. The phenomenon of corrosion behavior studies is three elements include economic, safety and maintenance. Pitting corrosion is a localized form of corrosion by which cavities or "holes" are produced interring the material layer surface. It's considered to be more dangerous than uniform corrosion damage because it is more difficult to detect, predict and design against. Pitting corrosion can produce pits with open holes or covered with a semi-permeable capsule of corrosion products. In this review, we study about the pitting corrosion mechanism and stages in the manufacture food equipment metals

A research  was  carried out in the lath house of the College of Agricultural Engineering sciences / University of Baghdad / Al-Jadriyah,  for three growth seasons Spring 2017, Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 to study the effect of different fertilization methods, were Fertigation (Ft) , Foliar application (Fa), traditional soil fertilization (Fo) and growth stimulant with two concentrations 0 (D0) and 1.5 mg.L^-1 (D1)  on the growth of local Citrus limon L. Saplings grafted on Citrus aurantium L. (So), C. volkameriana  (Vo), and Citrumello (Co). Saplings were cultivated in 10 kg plastic containers. A factorial experiment was carried out according to the Nested-Factorial Exp

This study was carried out at the vegetable research farm, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, Dohuk University during two growing seasons on the period from 15^th November 2021to 1^st May 2022 and 15^th November 2022 to 1^st May 2023, to study the effect of two levels of phosphorus (0 and 36 kg.ha^-1) and three levels of Urtica extract (0, 3 and 6 g.l^-1) on four cultivars of pea (Mammoth, Mezza Rama, Kaspa and Javor). The results showed that the Mammoth cv. significantly enhanced plant height (cm) and number of pods.plant^-1 during both seasons, while Meza Rama cv. significantly enhanced chlorophyll%, weight of pod (g), length of pod (cm), width of

The current study was aimed to evaluate the biological activity of mannoprotein produce from local isolate S. cerevisiae BY. The results of purified mannoprotein using gel filtration chromatography revealed higher ratio of protein to mannose reached to 87.1%. FTIR indicated the presence of C-H and O-H bands could be due to the protein and carbohydrate components, respectively.C=N band due to acylated amino sugars frequently found in glycoproteins, HPLC indicated the presence of mannoprotein to 12 kinds of amino acid.Antibacterial, anti-adhesion and anti-biofilm activities of mannoprotein were evaluated against some pathogenic bacteria. Mannoprotein showed slightly inhibition zones ranged (10to14mm) and(9to 13mm) against

Biofertilizer enable to improve nutrient cycle in soil and induce plant growth and production, but sweet potatoes farmers in Indonesia are still use only chemical fertilizer as a source of plant nutrient. The objectives of this experiment were to evaluate the effect of different doses of consortium biofertilizer to reduce chemical fertilizer dose; and maintain yield and sweetness of two sweet potato varieties. The experimental design was completely randomized block design which tested six combinations of different chemical fertilizer and biofertilizer doses. Analysis of variance was performed to determine any significant differences between the means of treatments. The results showed that the res

The aim of this study is evaluating the impact of salicylic acid and Spirulina algae, vermicompost aqueous extracts, on lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) traits. Field experiment was implemented at vegetable field of College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences - University of Baghdad during fall season 2021. The experiment was conducted using factorial arrangement within Randomized Complete Block Design with two factors and three replicates (3X3X3). Foliar spraying of salicylic acid represented the first factor (0, 150, 300 µmol.L^-1), which symbolized (S₀, S₁, S₂). The second factor was foliar appl

Pseudomonas fluorescens is one of the most beneficial rhizosphere bacteria mostly used to control broad range of soil borne plant pathogens. The local isolate of P.fluorescens (PFDS) was formulated using calcium carbonate (CaCo₃), starch, grind rice and grind hornwort (Ceratophylum demersum L.)  as carriers to examine the best carrier for application of bacteria to control the  plant pathogenic fungi Fusarium solani and Rhizoctonia solani and root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica. The results revealed a significant superiority of starch and CaCo₃ (35.3, 32.3

This study was aimed to isolation of pathogenic bacteria from different clinical cases like burns, wounds &UTI infections, then study the antimicrobial activity of Laurus nobilis leaves water extract on it. From a total of (80) samples were taken from these cases, the most isolated bacteria were related to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staph aureus & Escherichia coli. Antibiotic sensitivity test was done for isolated bacteria against (9) antibiotic and most of them revealed sensitivity to gentamycin, ciprofloxacin& trimethoprim/ sulphamethoxazole. Different concentration of Laurus nobilis leaves water extract (25, 50, 100,

Genotypes and allele frequency values ​​were studied to determine the genetic diversity of three microsatellite markers (BM1329, BM134 and CSSM66) in two local Iraqi sheep breeds (50 Awasi ewes (AW) and 50 Naimi ewes (NA)) and breed in one Agricultural Stations in middle of Al-Furut Iraq (Karbala Governorate). The Genetic analyses for the study were carried out at the Biotechnology Research Center /  Al-Nahrain University using PCR technology to obtain alleles for the studied microsatellites. The results of this study indicate that there is a multiplicity of genotypes and alleles resulting from these markers among the members of the single breed and between the studied breeds. It was rev

أصبحت السيطرة على تلوث المياه العادمة ذات أهمية متزايدة في السنوات الأخيرة. لا يشكل إطلاق الأصباغ في البيئة سوى نسبة صغيرة من تلوث المياه ، ولكن الأصباغ مرئية بكميات صغيرة بسبب تألقها. في هذه الدراسة تم عزل طحالب Spirulina subsalsa  و Scenedesmus ecornis من جناروك و طق طق في مدينة كويا و قدرتها على امتصاص الأصباغ المختلفة. وأجريت دراسات دفعة في ج

This study was carried out at two locations in Sulaimani Governorate, Iraq during 2022 to investigate the genetic potential of thirty-one rice genotypes to highlights the genetic diversity among rice genotypes and emphasizes the importance of considering both genetic and environmental factors in rice breeding programs. The distinct performance of genotypes across different traits and locations provides valuable information for selecting and developing rice varieties with improved characteristics and higher yield potential. The results of the analysis of variance indicate highly significant differences among the genotypes for all studied traits at both Chalakh and Penjwen locations. This suggests a substantial genetic diversity am

This study was conducted during the spring and   fall seasons of 2024. The results showed a significant positive correlation between the three indices and productivity under both drought stress conditions (Ys) and non-stress conditions (Yp). This indicates that these indices are effective in identifying Genotype with high productivity potential in both scenarios. In the spring season, the superior Genotype were G7 (Giza 113), G14 (ACSAD 51), G15 (ACSAD 56), G20 (ACSAD 62), and G23 (ACSAD 66). In fall season, the top-performing Genotype were G8 (Tabet), G10 (Uruk), G17 (ACSAD 47), G20 (ACSAD 58), and G25 (ACSAD 68). All these Genotype demonstrated drought tolerance with high productivity under both stressed and non-stres

The current study aim to evaluating the composting in bins for organic fraction municipal solid waste and tracking the changes in physio-chemical and microbial characteristics such as Temperature, pH, C/N ratio and total viable count, total streptomyces, total coliform and pathogenic microorganisms as total Salmonella Shigella count. Seven treatments were used in research into the quick composting of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste. Two Composting bins contained municipal solid waste (MSW) mixed with animal and poultry manure (3:1), (2:1), waste mixture (2:1:1), and agricultural waste mixed waste. On the first day of composting, the pH was slightly acidic, then increased to alkaline, as EC . Microbiological

This study was aimed to investigate baking quality of some bread wheat and water stress. A field experiment was carried out at the fields of the College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences - University of Baghdad during the seasons 2018-2019 and 2019-2020. Five local cultivars and 20 entrance genotypes were planted, during first season and the best 9 genotypes for baking ability were selected and tested in the second season, under moisture depletion levels of 50, 70, and 90% of field capacity, RCBD was used for the first season, with a split-plot design for the second season, with three replications for both seasons. The levels of moisture depletion occupied the main plots and the genotypes of the sub plots. In the second season

This study was aimed to investigate the impact of tocopherol, trehalose and soil improvement in water productivity and industrial potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.), Austin hybrid. The field experiments were carried out during the fall season 2020-2021 and spring season 2021. The experiments were carried out as a factorial experiment within a split plot design. The irrigation interval factor was set every 4, 8 and 12 days for the fall season 2020-2021 and every 4, 7 and 10 days for the spring season 2021 (symbolized by I₀, I₁ and I₂) in the main plot, and the interaction factor between Eco Gel soil improveme

This study was aimed to describ the course of Newcastle disease at 24 and 72 hr. of infections in broilers flocks within the period (1-December-2021 to 1- Jun- 2022) and the study aimed to determine the immunological (CD4, CD8) response and changes in neurotransmitter hormones. The blood samples were collected and prepared then examined by ELISA kits test and were worked under the protocols of companies. The result of immunological response showed the response to cellular immunity (CD8) in all cases increasing within 24hr.with statistically represented levels while, the result of humoral immunity (CD4) increasing in all cases except two cases within 72hr. with statistically significant levels as well as the results of (CD4/ CD8)