A field experiment was conducted at the experimental field, Department of Field Crop Science - College of  Agriculture Abu-Ghraib- University of Baghdad, during summer season at 2012 and 2013, to determine the extent of the impact of Integrated Weed Management (IWM) By reducing herbicide use and re-distribution of plants as reflected on fiber quality characters of some cotton cultivars . A randomized complete block design (RCBD) arranged according to split-plot was used with three replicates , included six weed control treatments as Main-plots where as Sub-plots included eight cotton cultivars. The results showed that treatments of weedfree achieved highest

The aim of this study is extraction, estimation and identification of volatile oil in flowers Cestrum nocturnum plant, and study the antioxidant effect of oil it’s effect  on the chemical properties of minced cattle meat which was stored on fridge to elongation period of cold storage. Steam distillation method was used to extraction volatile oil and gaze  chromatography-Mass (GC-Mass) to estimate quantitative and qualitative active compounds in oil, Using diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl(DPPH) and ascorbic acid as a positive comparison was determined the antioxidant effect. Some chemical testes was done on minced cattle meat by used 200mg\ml from oil under 4˚c for (0,3,7 and 10).The results showed

The objective of this study was to find the main differences in physical properties between tension wood of Melia azedarach L. and compression wood of Pinus brutia Ten. and comparing them to the normal wood of the standing trees. Results indicate that tension and compression wood increased swelling (length, volume and thickness) after immersion of samples in water for 2, 6 and 24 hours and volumetric shrinking percentage greater than normal wood. Also, tension wood of Melia azedarach L. gave greater volumetric and thickness swelling percentage than compression wood of Pinus brutia Ten. Results did not show clear differences between tension and compression wood in longitudinal swelling percentag

Cluster analysis was applied in grouping soils based on their scores of the factors controlling soil variation within 718.326 ha area in Al-Hashimiya District that was located in Babil province. Forty five sites were randomly sampled and analyzed for hierarchical cluster analysis which has been used to group samples by using Ward's method and to develop soil maps. The spatial distribution of distinct groups of elements demonstrates the interplay of ECe, Gypsum content, and particle size distribution factors. Cluster analysis appears to be useful for revealing patterns of soil homogeneity and for identifying relationships among soil properties. Numerical analysis may be a helpful supplementary method for

This research aims to investigate the impact of monetary policy on agricultural GDP through monetary indicators such as exchange rate, interest rate, money supply and inflation for the period (1990-2014). The relationship was estimated through the (VECM) error correction model using statistical beam. The long - run  equilibrium relationship between the variables of the model and the results of the estimation of the relationship in the short  run revealed that the agricultural GDP is affected by the variables of monetary policy has been found that both inflation and money supply has a positive and significant the effect means that the increase in money supply by 1%  will lead to an increase in output. The GDP by 0.2

This study was conducted at the Badi Hatchery and poultry house / department of animal production / College of Agriculture engineering science/ University of Duhok. The aim of study was to investigate the effect of different administration methods of vitamin AD3E to hatching eggs on hatchability and post hatch productive performance and some physiological parameter of broiler. A total of one thousand and two hundred fifty (1250) hatched eggs were distributed into five groups each groups 250 eggs. The experimental treatments were as the follow: T1 (Control), T2 (sham control)(injected with 0.1 ml normal saline), T3 (injected with 0.1 ml of vitamin AD3E dissolved in 5 ml of vitamin in 1 ml of water) T4 (Spraying vitamin AD3E 1 ml /

Listeria monocytogenes is a pathogen that causes infectious diseases in animals. It is one of the causal agents causing abortion in infected cows. This study was conducted to detect listeria monocytogenes in aborted cows. Also to estimate the role of the milk in the distribution of the pathogen by detecting the bacteria in milk of aborted cows as well as in raw milk from the market of Salahudeen province. The study includes 46 aborted cows from which 46 milk samples were taken to detect the causative agents. Also 38 vaginal swabs were taken from the same aborted cows and 8 samples from fetuses. 30 raw milk samples were also taken from market at Salahudeen province. The results s

Data of the current stud, were collected on 32 Iraqi native sheep aged 2-5 years maintained on commercial flock. At lambing, the 32 ewes were divided into two equal groups, lambs in the 1^st group were left with their dams till weaning and then were milked twice daily till they dry off (Continuous), whereas the 2^nd group, lambs were separated at night for 12 hr. and the ewes were milked once daily at morning (Restricted). Then each main group was subdivided into two group to be weaned their lambs when they reached 3 or 4 times of their birth weight (WB1 and WB2). Results revealed that ewes of restricted suckling produced significantly (P < 0.05) more post weaning (80.80 vs.49.44 L), total milk yield (135.0

The current study was aimed to optimize, characterize and evaluate the antimicrobial and antiadhesive activity of biosurfactant(glycolipid) produce from local isolateLactobacillus helvetiusM5. The obtained results indicate that the highest emulsifying activity occurred at pH 7, Lactose (5%) the best production medium, 1% peptone as nitrogen source, maximum growth and production of biosurfactant was observed at C: N ratio (5:1) and after 120 h of incubation. Partial purified biosurfactant was characterized byfourier transform infrared spectroscopy and gas chromatography mass. FTIR results indicated aliphatic hydrocarbon chains along with

This experiment was conducted to study the influence of cobalt concentrations on the production of seven flavonoid compounds in callus derived from Plantago psyllium L. and Plantago major L. Results showed that the best combination of 2,4-D and  kinetin concentrations add to Muroshige and Skoog medium to obtain the highest fresh weight of 541.0 mg was 3.0 and 1.0 mg.L^-1 respectively. psyllium stimulated callus produced the highest fresh weight of 365.7 mg. The addition of 75 ppm of cobalt resulted in a significantly lower fresh weight of

The current protozoal study was intended to explore the presence and the evolutionary history of Theileria spp in ticks that infecte 150 out of 200 cows in Al-Diwaniyah City, Iraq. For these purposes, 10 ticks were collected from each cow, identified morphologically, and crushed for extract Theileria-based DNA from the tick tissues. The extracted DNA was examined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique for molecularly identificationusing special primer of 18S rRNAgene. The PCR-targeted products of the 18S rRNA gene were subjected to sequencing for further confirmation of the diagnosis of the Theileria spp. The results revealed 2 distinct sequenced protozoa, SP1 and SP2. After performing database searching and comparing the c

 The aim of this experiment was to study effect of welding heat-input on microstructure and corrosion resistance of butt weld joint pipes in irrigation pipe used in South of Iraq. For this purpose, a single V-butt joint was carried out on low carbon steel pipes type (AISI 1005) welded in different parameters; welding current, welding voltage and heat input. The results are found, an increase of weld heat input lead to increase Widmanstatten ferrite (WF), acicular ferrite (AF) and polygonal ferrite (PF) phases in fusion zone (FZ) region.  Also  it is noted the Icorr of weld joint increases with increase of welding heat input, and subsequent increasing in corrosion rate, corrosion rate increased up to (0.0757µm/yr.)

This study aim was  antioxidant production from local fungal isolate, Twenty six purified isolates of Aspergillus sp. were obtained by using different sources ( soil, Spoiled fruits, wheat, barley, maize and Spoiled bread). The isolates were examined for their aflatoxins production, Non-aflatoxins producing isolates were used as phenolic compounds producer. The highest phenolic compounds (45.3 µg/ml) was obtained from  Aspergillus sp.BP1 isolate. This isolate was identified by 5.8 rRNA gene sequecing as Aspergills niger (accuracy of 100%), which was matched with the sequence of Aspergills niger strain YMCHA 55 recorded in Gene bank under the ID:&nbsp

This study was conducted at quail's field of Agriculture Collage/University of Basrah for the period from 21/8/2016 to 21/10/2016 to examine the effect of adding date palm pollen to feed on some Physiological and reproductive traits of Japanese quail birds. The study was included (240) chicks one day old of brown quail. They were randomly distributed to five treatments each treatment contained 48 chicks with three replicates each one 16 chicks, the treatments as the following, first (T1), second (T2), third (T3), fourth (T4) and fifth (T5) in these treatments, were fed on a diet supplemented the date palm pollen amount (0, 250, 500, 750 and 1000

Afield experiment was conducted during in fall season 21 /7/2016 to screen  100 top crosses ,which is  represented   S3 generation, derived from  popcorn population AGR-2,  After one cycle of reciprocal recurrent selection (RRS). as The genotypes AGR-2 and Suror used  vtesters and evaluated with top crosses with control variexy. The experiment was carried out using 10x10 partial balance lattice design with two replications. Three statistical criteria for screening were used, First, standard error, the second duplicated standard error value and the third standard division value. All the values  statistical criteria were added to total mean. The results were  showed  a significant d

This study aimed to assess of status pollution by heavy metals Cadmium, Lead, Zinc, and Nickel for soils in some of interior streets and squares of Baghdad city, evaluate the relation between heavy metals concentration in soil, and using some global pollution indexesfor calculating state of contamination of soils study area (Enrichment Factor (EF), Contamination Factor (CF), Pollution Load Index (PLI), Geoaccumulation index (I_geo). Study area was included the roads of Baghdad City Center. Four main interior roads were chosen in this study which is (Outer Karada, Al- Saadoon, Nidhal and Palestine). Results showed that heavy metals concentrations in soil samples took the following order Zn > Ni > Pb > Cd and all

This research was carried out in the scientific experiments field of the colleg of Agriculture - University of Baghdad, during the agricultural season 2015-2016 to study the effect of the plastic cover color and electric shocks in the vegetative growth indicators and Parthenolide content in the leaves, the expirements conducted according to the randomized complete block design (RCBD) (Split plot design) the first factors (Main plot) was the plastic cover color (transparent, yellow, red and blue) and the second factor (Sub plot) incorporates four levels of electrocution (0,2,4,6 Amp) for 4 minutes, thereby resulting 48 experimental units (4 × 4 × 3) as the experimental unit contains 10 plants.The differences amonge means were te

This research was carried out in the scientific experiments field of the Faculty of Agriculture - University of Baghdad, during the agricultural season 2015-2016 to study the effect of the plastic cover color and electrocution in root growth indicators and the volatile oils content of the roots, the research was done according to the randomized complete block design (RCBD) within .Split plot design. The first factors .(Main plot)was the plastic cover color (transparent, yellow, red and blue) and the second factor (Sub plot. incorporates four levels of stressed electrocution (0,2,4, 6 Amp) for 4 minutes, thereby resulting 48 experimental units (4 × 4 × 3) as the experimental unit contains 10 plants. The differences amonge means

Solid waste of heavy water treatment stations is used in agriculture as a fertilizer. This practice may transfer polluted chemicals to human food chain. In this research study, nine heavy metals ( Pb, Co, Zn, Cu, Ni, Cr, Cd, As and Sb ) were studied in solid waste from main waste water treatment station in Baghdad/Alrusafa city by using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) technique. Eight samples were chosen carefully during the period of  October 2016 to June 2017. The presented data showed that five of the studied metals have higher concentration as compared to others. The highly concentrated metals were [Pb (282.95), Zn (274.73), Cu (170.67), Ni (91.41), Co (29.45)], the concentration was measured in mg/kg. While [Cd (3.

Twenty-five bacteria isolates (Bacillus sp.) were isolated from different local sources (soil of college of Agriculture/university of Baghdad and from Amiriya); the obtained isolates were screened for their capabilities for producing alkaline proteases. It has been noticed that isolates designated (2,5,6,8,11,12 at 37°C) and (14,17 and 18 at 55°C) were showed high capability for producing alkaline protease. All isolates subjected to secondary screening. The results revealed that isolate (12) coded MH12 was the highest producers with enzyme activity of (81.00U/ml). The Identification tests of this isolate were carried out by studying morphological, microscopic characteristic and using of Vitek2 compact system. These tes

The present study was aimed to cryopreserve mature, immature oocytes and in vitro produced embryos in Iraqi sheep using vitrification technique by local, simple and cost effective vitrification tool. This tool is an innovative straw called vitripeace invented, designed and used for the first time. Immature oocytes were aspirated from ovaries of slaughtered ewes and subjected to in vitro maturation and in vitro fertilization programs.The immature, mature oocytes and embryos were vitrified using Vitripeace tools, then tha

A field experiment was conducted in Al-Furat village-Heet district-Al-Anbar governorate-Iraq, in fall season-2017 aimed to evaluate some calculating methods of sprinkler irrigation losses calculated according to each of catch, athelen, and electrical conductivity methods. The experiment included two factors, first; operational pressure (P) with three levels; 250(p₁), 300(p₂), and 350(p₃) kPa, while the second factor; sprayer arrangement (A) with two arrangements; rectangular (A₁) with a space (24*18) m and square (A₂) with a space (18*18) m. The results showed that the operational pressure 250 KPa with rectangular arrangement gave the highest percentage of sprinkler irrigatio

To investigate the correlation coefficients among the anatomical body structure and udder characteristics with each of body weight and milk production, 54 lactating Meriz does were randomly selected, kidded within 2 weeks in March, 2018. At weaning body weight as well as 6 body measurements and 8 udder and teat measurements were recorded. Also, Milk yield was recorded at weekly intervals till the does are dried-off. Results revealed moderate positive correlations between body measurements and milk production, while highest correlations were observed between udder measurements and milk production. Also, there was a strong positive correlation between body weight and body measurements. Four components were found me

The objective of this study to estimate the components of genetic variation, phenotypic (PCV) ,genotypic(GCV)  coefficient of variation, genetic gain and its percentage. An experiment was conducted at the field of Field Crop Dept.Coll. Agric.-Univ. Baghdad, using four crosses (FI01301 Rustico), (AntignaoHi39× Nostred), (Lo1391× Rustico) and (Rusticocangini× Rustico) which developed  from crossing of genetically different of six inbred lines for maize (Zae mays L.), introduced from Italy. Genetic parameters were estimated according to the Joint scaling test using the randomized complete block design with four replications. The components  of genetic vari

Acinetobacter baumannii is gram negative opportunistic coccobacilli,the most important agent in nosocomial infections with high mortality rate. This bacteria is characterized by (biochemical tests, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and vitek-2 system). The antibiotic susceptibility result of A. baumannii isolates were  shown resistant to (Methicillin, Nitrofurantion), while sensitive to (colistin, Ciprofloxacin).This study was aimed to biosynthesis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles by using prodigiosin pigment produced from clinical isolate Serratia marcescens as reducing and stabilizing agent for Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO₂ NPs) and used as antibacterial agent fo

This research was carried out at University of Baghdad - College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences during the fall season of 2020 and spring season of 2021 in order to evaluate the effect of organic fertilizer and the foliar application of boron on the growth and yield of industrial potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.). Using factorial experiment (5*4) within Randomized Complete Block Design  with three replicates, the organic fertilizer (palm fronds peat) was applied at four levels (0, 12, 24, and 36 ton ha^-1) in addition to the treatment of the recommended of chemical fertilizer. The foliar application of Boron was applied at four concentrations which were 0, 100, 150 and 200 mg (H₃Bo₃

This study was aimed to investigate the response of two types of ornamental herbaceous plants (Wedelia trilobata and Jacobaea maritima 'Cirrus') to different agricultural environments and the application of potassium silicates to the living walls system LWS (Felt layer system) under the climate conditions of Baghdad city. Each experiment involved the cultivation of a different plant species, and the study duration was from September 15, 2021, to August 1, 2022. A Strip-Plot Design experiment was conducted using two factors: factor M with four levels of substrates (50% peatmoss and perlite (M1), 50% Vermicompost and perlite (M2), 50% Water hyacinth compost and perlite (M3), 50% wheat straw compos

Optimizing the allocation of agricultural machinery is crucial for enhancing rice production efficiency, particularly in regions with uneven resource distribution. This study addresses the lack of localized, data-driven mechanization strategies in Kubu Raya Regency, bridging an important research gap in sustainable resource allocation. It focuses on Sungai Kakap and Kubu subdistricts in Kubu Raya Regency, West Kalimantan, to develop and prioritize the distribution of hand tractors, cultivators, and power threshers based on land area, cropping index, and existing saturation levels. Primary data were collected through structured interviews with a representative sample of agricultural stakeholders,<

A field experiment was carried out at Rice Researches Station in Mashkhab, Najaf in 2020 and 2021 seasons to study the effect of cultivars and harvest date on some traits of rice yield. Randomized complete block design was applied within split-plot with four replications. Five cultivars of rice (Amber 33, Yasmin, Dijlah, Amber-albaraka and Furat 1) were distributed in the main plots and five harvest dates (harvest at physiological maturity and harvest after 7, 14, 21 and 28 days of physiological maturity) in the sub-plots.  The results showed significant difference among cultivars, and superiority cultivars of Dijlah, Furat 1 and Yasmin in recording the highest yield due to its superiority in number of grains per panicle or

This study was aimed to investigate the multi-criteria Analysis based on the geographic information systems (GIS) to determine the most suitable spatial locations for harvesting solar energy in Iraq. Some of the required criteria and conditions, whether technical, environmental, or economic criteria, have been used. In order to identify the suitability of different regions, 6 defined criteria, including solar radiation, distance from power transmission lines, distance from major roads, distance from residential area, elevation, slope, and land use, are identified. The final map of priority of different locations of Iraq for solar energy harvesting is then created by stacking these criteria layers. It has been found that the entir