Two field experiments were carried out during winter seasons 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 at the Research and Production Station, National Research Centre, El-Nubaria Province, El-Behira Governorate, Egypt. The main objective of this study is to evaluate growth, yield and yield component of some lentil varieties (Giza 29, Giza 51, Giza 9, Giza 370 and Giza 4) under different irrigation system (sprinkler and dripping irrigation). Results were showed that Giza 29 produced the highest 100 seed weight (1.50 gm), seed yield (1.23 ton/ha) and harvest index 2.34%, however Giza 51 recorded the highest number of pods and seed yield/plant. Furthermore, Giza 9 recorded the highest number of branches and biological yield (1.25 ton/ha), however ei

This study was aimed four electrodes were synthesized based on molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs). Two MIPs were prepared by using bromhexine hydrochloride (BHH) as the template, acryl amide (AA) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) as monomers as well as ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) and penta erythritol triacrylate (PETA) as cross linkers respectively and benzoyl peroxide as initiator. The same composition was used in preparation of non-imprinted polymers (NIPs), but without the template (Bromhexine hydrochloride). To prepare the membranes, different plasticizers were used in PVC matrix such as: Di butyl sebacate (DBS), acetophenone (AP), di-octyl phthalate (DOPH) and tri-2-ethyl hexyl phosphate (TEHP). The characteristics

Plastic food containers and bags are classified as the most dangerous food and water contaminants around the world, because of the possibility to transfer the chemicals from it to food as a result of heating. Therefore this study was aimed to estimate the chemical pollutants (heavy metals included lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury and zinc) that transfer from plastic food containers and bags to food. Thirty food containers (15 packages and 15 bags) synthesized from Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) were purchased from the local market in Baghdad. Cut each into small equal pieces (0.5×0.5) cm and placed in a thermo glass containers then submerged 3 food solution (D.

The research Milled I building proposed mechanism for institutional coordination between apicultural research and agricultural service ordain Faction operating in the و agricultural extension Governorate of Karbala, In order to achieve the objectives of the research, a questionnaire was prepared, including a five point scale consisting of (120) items distributed on (5) fields and (9) axes, the research was carried out in Karbala governorate on a random sample of 24 % of the research Community, which is composed of 524 respondents thus the research sample become 126 respondents. By presenting the proposed mechanism on the sample of the research, the final forum was Weight mean greater reached using the following standard: the ite

Soybean is the most important pulse crop in the world and especially Egypt. It’s import a lot of soybean.  Water is one of the major limiting factors of soybean production in semiarid regions as Egypt. Therefore, choosing the appropriate irrigation system and quantity are very important for obtaining high crop production and overcoming the lack of water and not affect yield. Experiments ware conducted carried out during summer season at years 2017 and 2018, in privet Farm in north Delta, in Qalbsho area, Belqas Center, Dakahlia Government, Egypt, to investigate production of five varieties of soybean (Giza 22, Giza 21, Crawford, Giza 111 and Giza 35), affected by three irrigation intervals (4 and 6 days) and treatment (pot

 This study was conducted in lath house, Dept. of Horticulture and Landscape Gardening, Coll. of Agricultural Engineering Sciences – Univ. of Baghdad during 2017 / 2018 growing seasons to investigate the influence of biofertilizers and poultry manure on 2 year's old trees of hawthorn transplants. This study included two treatments: four types of biofertilizers control (B₁), Azospirillum brasilense (B₂), Bacillus megatherium (B₃) and A. brasilense + B. megatherium (B₄) and thre

The aim of environmental study is to investigate the effects of the discharge of Wasit power plant in Al-Zubaidiya city on the physical- chemical factors and biodiversity of benthic invertebrates community of Tigris River, for a period from October 2017 to Augusts 2018. The total number of benthic invertebrates in four stations was 12866 individual. These benthic invertebrates  belonged to 8 taxonomic units. This study includes some statistical environmental indexes (Relative abundance index, Shannon-Weiner Diversity Index, Species Uniformity Index, Species Richness Index and Jaccard Index). The results reveal that the environmental indexes were decreased at station 2 and thermal Wasit power plant negatively effects benthic

Lotus garcinii is a new additional plant species to papilionaceae family in flora of Iraq for the first time found at Al-Imsad Dam region (South of Rutba) of Western Desert District (DWD) from Iraq. The species was collected in spring season of 2017 and 2018, preserved in National Herbarium of Iraq(BAG) with the numbers 59780, 59781 and 59782. The identification of the species was confirmed by using some Flora of the neighboring countries for Iraq, taxonomic treatment was done, and some distinguishing characters are given.

In the current study, three types of common plants, namely Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and Orange (Citrus sinensis) were obtained and screened for their polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity, Among the three plants, Solanum lycopersicum was chosen with maximum enzymatic activity, it had the highest productivity of the enzyme (23733 U/mg protein).The PPO from Solanum lycopersicum

Carbon monoxide (CO) contamination represents a major global concern. This study aimed to detect the concentration of CO, emitted from various vehicles exhausters which are important contributors in deteriorating air quality. The data was collected throughout the heavy parking period at Al- Jadyria campus in Baghdad University. The vehicles were classified into two main groups according to the type of gasoline they are filled with; including premium leaded and leaded free gasoline (PLG and LFG respectively), as well as engine size, odometer, brand and model. Seven low duty vehicles for each engine size (<1.6 to >2.0) liter were selected randomly. A portable gas detector type (Altair® 4X) was used to measure exhausted emiss

A new record of lace bug species Urentius euonymus (family :Tingidae) belongs to (order: Hemiptera and sub order Heteroptera) at first time in Iraq which is collected  three hundred five (350)  insects (males and females) from leaves of weed Chrozophora tinctoria  (family:  Euphorbiaceae) from college of Agriculture Abu- Gharib at 20 / 7 /2017 ,and Al- jaderia at 11/9/2017, insects Indented by used a taxonomic keys, morphological characters was described. Used camera Lucida to draw  bodies' part and picture by digital camera.

This study was aimed to reveal the effectiveness of Immobilization of biomass (dried mix algae) in the form of bead for the removal of copper ions from synthetic polluted water. Various operational parameters such as pH (2–6), biosorbent dosage (0.5–20 g/L) and initial concentration (10–100 mg/L)The results concluded that  a removal efficiency reached up to 90 % , which indicated the fascinated and easiest the handling of biomass. Characterization of the immobilized algae was determined by the Scanning electron microscope with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis (SEM- EDX). The result reveals that the equilibrium time can be reached within 60–80 min. Experimental data were compiled well with Langmuir and Freundlich isot

A study was conducted to investigate the effect of the brick industry on the environmental system of these project soils of the brick factories in Alnahrawan district. Remote sensing techniques was used to study the relationship between the spectral reflectivity and the vegetative index on the one hand and some surface soil characters of the project and to determine the variation in vegetation cover for the same area and for two different periods.Ten sites were selected to study spectral reflectivity under similar geomorphological conditions near the brickworks project in the Anahrawan district with an area of 10,000 hectares. Soil samples were taken from the surface and at a depth of 0-30 cm. Some chemical and physical character

An experiment was conducted to study the thermodynamic parameters (Q₁₀, Ea, Ha, Sa and Ga) of urease in loamy sand and silty clay soils treated with different sources of organic residues (cow residue, alfalfa leaves, wheat straw and poultry residue). Residues were mixed with soil at rate of 2%. The amended soils were incubated at 30°C for 30 days to undergo biochemical, chemical and physico-chemical reaction. Amended soils were incubated at 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80°C. Urease activity was assayed and thermodynamic parameters were calculated. Results indicated that urease activity of amended soil was higher than that of con

To evaluate the effect of different hormonal treatments on reproductive performance of local goats, 60 adult does were synchronized by using sponges impregnated with 40 mg medroxy acetate (MAP) for 14 days. Following sponges withindrawn, the does were allocated randomly to four equal groups. The first group was served as control and intramuscularly injected with normal saline (T1). The does in group 2,3  and 4 were injected intramuscularly with 250 i.u hCG(T2) 400 i.u. eCG(T3) and 20 µg GnRH(T4), respectively. Results revealed that the highest estrus response was recorded in T2 (100%) followed by T4(93.3%), T1 (86.7%) and T3(73.3%). Fertility rate was significantly (p˂0.05) higher in T4 (93.3%) and the lowest was found in

The present study was carried out to detect efficacy of essential oils (oregano oil, anise oil, citrus oil and Digestarom® P.E.P) as an antiviral  on Newcastle disease infection in broilers.One hundred twenty, one-day-old broiler chickens (Copp500) were used. On day twenty, the one hundred chickens were divided into six groups.Each group contained 20 birds. All chicks were challenged with  median) virus titer embryo infectious  dose (EID50) 1ml per bird intraocular, intranasal and orally of the isolated very virulent Newcastle disease virus that identified by (HA, HI test, PCR and ICPI) and treated with the essential oils blend level used in drinking water for five days after challenge, G1 oregano

This study was conducted at the Animal |Production Sciences, College of Agricultural Engineering Science, University of Duhok to estimate the effect of different levels of oleobiotec on the production performance, egg quality of Japanese quail. A total of 105 Japanese quail 17 weeks of age obtained from a local farm and distributed into five treatments with three replicate for each one had (7 quail). Different doses of oleobiotec significantly (P ≤ 0.05) improved egg production, egg weight, and egg mass, fed conversion ratio and egg weight uniformity percentage. Concerning egg haugh unit significantly improved (P<0.05) by using oleobiotec while, other egg quality did not influenced with different level of ol

This study dealt with comparative taxonomic study for the two species Amarantus albus L. and Amaranthus gracilis Defs. in Iraq . It was included the important morphological characters for roots, stems, leaves ,petioles ,inflorescences and its parts ,floral parts ,fruits and seeds . Also the dimensions and properties of each part have been recorded ,even its colors which helps in isolated and diagnosed the two species, the first one recognized by its white stems while the other one had red stems, also the first species characterized by axillaries sessile  inflorescences with so small florets  while the other one had terminal clusters spike inflorescence . Stamens were three in first species with short f

A field trial was conducted at Al-Mishkhab Rice Research Station at Najaf province during 2015 rice season to assess the effects of irrigation periods and organic manure on soil physical properties under System of Rice Intensification The experiment was conducted using split   split plot arrangement with RCBD design with three replicates. The main plots were irrigation schedule where practiced: daily and intermittent water application where irrigation water was at two different intervals 3, 5 day. The sub plots were varieties (anber33,jasmin) and three amount of organic manures 0, 5, 10 ton.haˉ¹, planted under System of Rice Intensification (SRI) compared with conventional method. The results indicated that superiorit

This study was conducted to determine the effect of corn gluten (0 and 9%) supplementation to low quality roughages (date palm frond, reeds, corn cobs and barley straw) treated with 5% urea on chemical composition and in vitro digestibility,The treatments  were incubated for 0,20 and 30 days at ambient temperature (30-37 C°).The results showed that  nitrogen content, cellulose, metabolizable energy(ME) dry matter InVitro digestibility (IDMD) and Organic matter InVitro digestibility (IOMD)were increased significantly (P<0.01).The dry matter (DM),organic matter(OM) ,neutral detergent fiber (NDF),hemicelluloses,  Lignin and pH were significant decrease (P<0.01) in date palm frond by treated with urea and corn g

The aim of this study to analysis Supply Response to the Corn in Iraq for Period (1980 – 2014), And effect of Price Volatility on the Supply Response through the study of the effect the explanatory variables (Average Prices of corn, for Previou year, Area Planted For Previou Year, The weighted Price (Competitive Price), The Price of Fertilizer (Urea), Total flows of Tigris And Euphrates Rivers, The Expected Price variance) on Dependent Variable (Area Planted for Corn Crop). The results indicated A Clear Disorders (Volatility) In the Average Corn Prices for Period (1991- 1996) In other Words, The Time Series of Corn Prices, And This Was an Excuse to Go to Estimate in the ARCH Family Model. It was Selected Model EGARCH (2,2) Acco

The production function of the important methods in the analysis in the components of the production process , by it can be identified the increasing in production for a given amount of resources , there for the objective of search analysis economic production functions of barley crop and knowing nature of the relationship between the factors , to fulfill the requirements of the research we are collected questionnaire from 130 farmers from crop farmers in Wasit province . We estimated by using Cobb-Douglas production function production function and restricted Cobb-Douglas. The results showed that the capital is the most influential factor in the production of barley since raised by 1% will increase production by 0.43% in a Cobb-

This research was conducted at the plant tissue culture lab. - College of Agriculture – University of Baghdad from February 2015 to May 2016. The Study was aimed to investigate the in vitro propagation of Moringa oleifera, by inoculation a single nodal segment in MS medium supplemented with different concentrations of plant growth regulators. The best responded of single node reached to 90% was achieved with MS medium supplemented with 1 mg. L^-1 BA and 0.2 mg. L^-1 IAA. At Multiplication stage results showed that MS medium supplemented with 2 mg. L^-1 of BA with 0.1

This study was carried out at Poultry Research Station, State Board of Agricultural Research, Ministry of Agriculture for the period from 27 September 2014 to 9 November 2014 to evaluate the Supplementation of different levels of Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) on productive performance of broiler. Four hundred eighty chicks (Ross-308),one day old were randomly distributed to four dietary treatments for 42 days of age with 3 replicates/vtreatment (40 bird/replicate). Experimental treatments were as follow; T1 (Control diet) without supplement, while the treatment T2,T3 and T4  were Supplemented with 1, 1.5, 2 g CLA /kg diet  respectively. The results showed significant (P ≤ 0.05) incre

This study was conducted in a central laboratory of Agriculture College\ University of Baghdad, to study the effect of treated barley grains with urea as 1: 1 urea: barley grain (w:w) with or without heating on the in-vitro digestibility, total nitrogen content and releasing urea, the results showed a high significant increases (P<0.01) in total nitrogen content of treated barley grains with urea compared with non-treated, where it was 14.77% for barley soaked 24 hours with urea and 17.18% for barley- urea treated with heat and pressure in compared to 2.15% for untreated barley grains. There were

The research aiming  to identify the role of the specialist training courses in improving the workers' performance at animal resources in provinces of the middle region of Iraq , via measures included 78 items distributed on 5 topics as follow: the specialist  training  courses reality, keep up agricultural innovations courses,  the contribution of the specialist training courses, obstacles hindering the training  courses to improve the workers in the animal resources, And how to reduce these obstacles. Research community workers in animal resources who have received specialized training

This experiment was conducted at a closed poultry house , Poultry Research Station , office of Agricultural Research, Ministry of Agriculture, Baghdad, Iraq, for the period from 2/9 to 14/03/2016 for total rearing of 35 days. To diagnose and monitoring the Environmental factors such as temperature, humidity , density, and the carbon dioxide levels inside the house during winter season, and its impact on the productive performance of broiler chickens Rose 308 breed .The dimensions of the house was ,length 35 m x width 7.5 m x Height 2.5 m, by total space volume 3656.25 m³. The ventilation system in the house was (negative pressure type). The house is totally closed, small fans for (minimum ventilation) in the winter are

This experiment was carried out at the experimental farm of Field Crop Department, College of Agriculture, university of Baghdad, during two spring seasons of 2012 and 2013 to study the response of sunflower cultivar Akmar to irrigation methods, magnetized water technology on growth characteristics, yield and water use efficiency. The experiment was laid out as a split plot in randomized complete block design with three replications. Four irrigation methods were used as main plots, [farrow irrigation (I₁), unfixed alternate furrow irrigation (I₂), fixed alternate furrow irrigation (I₃) and basin irrigation (I₄)], while four levels of magnetized water (0

This experiment was conducted to evaluate stadying the effect of different speed of two plows types on some machinary unit performance indicators. New Holland TD80 was used in this study.Three  machinery speeds included; 2.72,4.34 and 6.23 km.hr^-1 which represent  main plot and two plows included; moldboard plow and disk plow which represent sub plot were used in this study. slippage percentage, practical productivity, Field efficiency, soil volume disturbs and fuel consumption were measured in this experiment Split plot design.The results can be summarized as Fallow; The 6.26 km.hr^-1   speed  gave  higher  practical  productivity  0.31  ha.hr^-1, h

Laboratory and field experliments were conducted  at the college of Agriculture, university  of  Baghdad during the spring season , 2012 to estimate the  population density,  seasonal  abundance  and  the nature  of  damage  of  the corn leafhopper on 4 cultivars of corn . The results was showed that the infestation with the leafhopper Empoasca decedans ( paoli)  begining after seedling emergence. Symptoms  characterized by the presence of yellow lines on leaves which turn into brown and kill of seedlings in severe infestation . Two peaks of the leafhopper were observed during the growing season ,the first high peak of 16/leafhapper /trap occure during