This study was conducted to assess soil salinity forecasting using spectral soil reflectivity. Artificial salinization was carried out on silty clay loam soil. Collected soil sample was handy crushed, sieved through a 4 mm sieve and backed in plastic columns. The columns were closed from the bottom with a perforated plastic lids with the presence of sand-gravel filter. Columns placed vertically at plastic basins contain saline ground water and left for salinization by capillary rise. At the desired salinity level, soil reflectivity was measured using spectroradiometer and wave length between 350-2500 nm, and band width 1 nm. Soil salinity and moisture were determ

The objective of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial effect of Phyllanthus emblica extract by (ethanol: methanol 1:1) against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli at different concentration started with 20, 10, 5, 2.5, 1.25 and 0.625 mg/ml. The antibacterial activity was determined by the agar well diffusion method to investigate the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC). The alcoholic extract of Phyllanthus emblica had the highest antibacterial activity at 20 mg/mL and 5 mg/mL except in Pseudomonas aeruginosa where the value of inhibition was between 20 mg/mL and 10 mg/mL whereas The MIC concentration

Iraq has been endemic for Newcastle disease virus (NDV) with natural infection causing significant losses in the poultry industry since 1968. This study was designed to  identify a natural infection of NDV  occurred in three governorate in the northern part of Iraq (Erbil, Sulymaniyah and Duhok)  among chicken flocks and estimate its virulence  by the mean death times(MDT) and intra-cerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI). Ninety six flocks with high mortality were examined for post mortem lesions and the samples collected from suspected ND chicken flocks, either sick or dead showed characteristic clinical findings and show positive rapid test for NDV antigen. The collected sample

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of deprivation on productive traits of newly post hatched chicks. A total number of Ross 308 birds (120) were divided into four groups as in the following way: group1 (G1=38 bird), was regarded as positive control and had been supplied directly with the feed, whereas group2 (G2=27 bird), group3 (G3=28 bird) and group4 (G4=27 bird) were supplied with the diet at post hatch period of 24h, 48hr and 72h respectively. Water supplied was ad libitum to all groups immediately after placing. Result revealed that G1 showed significant performance (P<0.05) according to the level of yolk sac absorption (Y.S.A), Feed Conversion Ratio (F.C.R). The final body weight gain (B.W.G) sh

This research was conducted during the growing season 2015 - 2016 to investigate the response of 2 year's old transplants of “Othmani” pear cultivar budded on Calleryana root stock to foliar application with licorice root extract at four levels 0 (Li₀), 2.5 g.L^-1 (Li_2.5), 5 g.L^-1  (Li₅) and 10 g.L^-1 (Li₁₀) and garlic extract at four levels, 0 (GA₀), 5ml.L^-1 (GA₅), 10ml.L^-1 (GA₁₀) and 20ml.L^-1 (GA₂₀) and their interaction in leaves mineral and hormonal c

This research aims to estimate production functions through which production relations, possibilities for production elements substitution, measurement of its substitution elasticity, and efficiency and distribution coefficients can be analyzed. This would be done through estimation of constant elasticity of substitution production function for agricultural companies in Iraq depending on data from Iraqi Stock Exchange reports of 2005-2016. The researcher had used panel data model and estimated its three models: the Pooled Regression Model (PRM), the Fixed Effect Model (FEM) and the Random Effect Model (REM). A comparison was made for theses three models using F, LM, Husman tests. Tests show that Fixed Effect Model (FEM) is the be

The objective of this study was to investigate effect of wheat germ extraction on the   fermented milk products, which prepared using single and two types of mixed cultures of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus plantarum, ready premixed and 1: 1 mixture with inoculation of 5% in reconstituted skimmed milk 12% TS Which reinforced with different concentrations of wheat germ extracts 0, 5, 10 and 15% for treatments (T1, T2, T3 and T4)  respectively. The results showed that the height of the viscosity of all the products increased by the percentage of added wheat germ extract. The best treatment (10%) of T3, which was 52, 65, 57 and 64

The aim of this study is to determine the toxicity of Thymus Vulgaris aquatic plant extracts comparing with copper sulfates against Bulinus truncatus the vector of urinary Bilharziasis. Samples of the snails were collected from a site in Al-Rasheed district (30 km) southern of Baghdad.  The isolation, identification, and acclimatization made in the laboratory. Many toxic parameters as NOEL (Non-Observed Effect Level), Threshold, EC (Effective Concentration) and LC (Lethal Concentration) levels were determined in this study. The EC50 of T. vulgaris and Copper sulfates to B. truncatus were (8.4, and 0.9g/L) respecti

Background: Pseudomonas putida can efficiently degrade phenol. The aim of this study was to determine the level of expression of the decomposition of the biological bacteria pseudo-foul pseudomonas putida affected by pesticides. Methods: the study included the collection of 125 different soil samples from the soil surrounding the roots of different plants. Culturing and biochemical tests, also diagnostic devices using the Vitek system for diagnosis of Pseudomonas putida. genetic variation of genes responsible for biodegradation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect DmpN gene for molecular diagnosis and RT-PCR for gene expression. the results of the PCR sho

The efficiency of management is determining factor for the success or failure of agricultural projects generally and Livestock particularly achieving its objectives. Therefore, this research came to diagnose the most important variables that determine the efficiency of management using the probability regression models to measure the probability of management efficient of broilers production projects using  random sample included (60) broilers projects represented 11.6% of Baghdad province (research community) in 2016. After estimating the relationship between the management efficiency (descriptive dependent variable) and the independent variables affecting it (age, educational level, produc

The current study was aimed to isolate and diagnosis Bacillus mucilaginosus and evaluate its use as biofertilizer alone or interfere with Glomus mosseae on growth and yield of corn (Zea mays L.) Randomized completely block design was used at the Field of College of Agriculture- University of Baghdad  Al-Jadriya in silt clay loam soil. The biofertilizer was used  alone or as combination that added with or without 50 Kg P ha^­¹ of rock phosphate and with or without 120 Kg K ha^­¹ while, 250 Kg N ha^­¹ was added as urea (46%N) to all treatments. Results showed the superiority of bacterial or fungal biofertilizer on enhancing all growth traits of corn and the ad

This study was conducted to investigate the normal maturation process of erythriod lineage in bone marrow of adult Iraqi goat. Five healthy adult male goats aged 26-34 months were chosen for this study. A simple technique used for obtaining marrow from goats, employs sedation  xylazine hydrochloride 0.1 mg/kg body weight. Skin incision was made over the iliac crest. Marrow was aspirated with a syringe and smears were made directly.  Erythropoiesis in the bone marrow of an adult goat included a successive morphological alteration resulting in production of erythrocytes. The lineage of erythroid of bone marrow of adult goat comprises; Rubriblast , Prorubricytes, Rubricytes, Metarubricytes, and Reticulocyt

This research was carried out at the fields of Field Crops Dept. Coll. of Agric. Univ. of Baghdad, during the season 2017-2018, to investigate the effect of Nano fertilizer NPK (Fn1, Fn2, Fn3: spraying with the liquid fertilizer 20%-9%-10% with 15% concentration of the levels 750:90:600, 500: 60: 400 and 250: 30: 200 mg L^-1 and Fgn1, Fgn2, Fgn3: spraying the liquid fertilizer at 7.50% concentration of the same levels plus 50% of the soil Fertilizer) on flag leaf area, grain yield and some of the quality traits of three wheat varieties. Using randomized complete block design with split plot arrange with three replications. The results showed increases in grains yield (48.99%), protein percentage (27.24%), gluten ratio i

This research aims were to evaluate management of broiler production projects in Baghdad province via using the criteria of management, included production index and economic figure (PI and EF) that specified to those projects. in addition to criteria of economic efficiency also applied (INME) index number of management efficiency, in order to the research requirements, data were obtained based on a questionnaire prepared for this purpose, which was collected by personal interview of (60) projects of the broiler production projects from (516) projects representing 11.6% of the research community in Baghdad province  in 2016. The results show that mean of PI and EF was (338). The increase in these two criteria is generally du

This study was conducted to assess the water quality of the Diwanyiah River by the water quality Index (WQI) over the period from September 2015 to June 2016. Four sites were selected along the river. The Canadian water Quality Guideline- water Quality Index (CCME-WQI) was applied to the Diwanyiah River in this study. Nine environmental parameters (water temperature, power of Hydrogen ion, dissolved oxygen, total dissolved solids, turbidity, total alkalinity, nitrite, nitrate and phosphate) were selected to assess the water quality for the protection of aquatic life. The water quality index results showed that the water quality of the river is ranged between poor to marginal.

This study was conducted on Antirrhinum majus plant to investigate the effect of the light selective and colored covers red, yellow and control with spraying by paclobutrazol in three concentrations (0,50 and100 mg.L^-1) on some vegetative growth. The factorial experiment was carried out within Randomized Complete Block design using three replicates with six plants for each replicate. Results indicated that there was a significant decrease in the plant characters grown under the red and yellow polyethylene covers in comparison with the plants grown under the control cover. These characters were the plants height, number of the internodes, number of branches, diameter of the crown area, number of leaves, leaf ar

The objective of this study was to investigate concentrations, compositions of PAHs and to study physical and chemical water characteristic in Tigris River. This study was conducted during July 2017 to April 2018. The results showed that twelve PAHs compounds were detected in water and sediment of the river and the highest concentrations of these compounds were founded in sediment samples. Concentrations of PAHs in water samples have a ranged between (0.36µg. l^-1) in wet season to (0.53µg.l^-1) in dry season, while the sediment sample have a ranged between (633.23µg.kg^-1) in wet season to (778.28µg.kg^-1) in dry season. The origin of PAHs in water and sediment were pyrogenic depending

Forests of Siberia are heterogeneous in species composition, productivity, types and nature of renewability. They are also heterogeneous in patterns of forest distribution on different categories of land, marshes, bare mountains, meadows and percentage of forest cover. This research investigates the main types of woody plants and geographical distribution of forest communities in Western Siberia. The forest zoning of Western Siberia was analyzed to reveal the features of zonal formation of forest biogeocenoses. Forest zoning and ecological and economic assessment of the productivity of forest communities within zones and regions make the basis for outlining the strategic priorities in the given territory, and help to develop a sy

Field experiments were conducted at the Research Station College of Agriculture, University of Basra at Garmat Ali district. The experiments were carried out during the winter season 2012-2013 in clay loam soil. The purpose of the research was to  study the effect of water magnetizing and the quality of irrigation water in mean weight diameter and aggregation index during the plant growth stages (the beginning of the forest and the beginning of flowering and after harvesting) for barley crop (Hordium vulgare L.). The magnetizing of irrigation water treatments Included, non-magnetized water (M0) and water magnetized (M1). The irrigation water quality treatmen

The aim of this research to study the role of modern communication technologies in improving agricultural extension work in middle Iraqi governorates by providing infrastructure to use modern communication technologies in Agricultural extension work , support agricultural extension system to transform agricultural work to electronic government , electronic management of human resources , extension services introduced for the targeted people through internet  and the contribution of modern communication technologies in improving agricultural work .The population of the research includes the middle region governorates numbered (8) governorates .Anbar and Tikret were excluded because of the security conditions in the time of da

Wheat is one of the most important strategic crops that have an important role in people's life and food security. Therefore, the research depends on the methodology value chain analyses to discuss and follow the most important determinants and problems facing wheat value chains in Iraq, as well as analyzing the costs and revenues for a different series of the chains, and then calculate the profits and value added in each of its chain .The results showed that the achieved profits by the producers of the wheat crop was 384258 dinar / dunum, while the value by weight was 371263.9 dinar / ton, The added value of the wheat producers and the marketing chain when the grain is delivered by  (local wholesalers) was 212000.8 ID / ton

This study aimed to identify pathogenic bacteria in contaminated food from cafeterias and restaurants at the University of Kerbala. Thirty-nine bacterial samples were collected from various foods, such as salads, falafel, and meat products (burger, kebab, and shawarma), before cooking. Bacteria were serially diluted, isolated on selective media, and identified based on biochemical characteristics, and 16S rDNA sequencing. Hemolysin production, seen in most bacteria from raw food samples, was determined using blood agar. Genomic DNA was extracted from all bacterial samples, and their 16S rDNA were analyzed through PCR, gene sequencing, and phylogenetic tree construction. Twenty-seven genetic variants representing both gram-positiv

Iran is a part of the secondary center of origin of melons, and therefore, there is a wealth of genetic variation of these species in this country. In this work, 14 morphological traits were studied in order to select the most discriminating traits. Significant difference among accessions was revealed for almost quantitative traits. KMO coefficient obtained was 0.723 that is explaining of appropriation of this test. The results of the principal component analysis (PCA) for the morphological traits indicated that the first three PCs explained 53.46% of the total variation. Principal component analysis results (PCA) for morphometric data indicated that samples of Semnan and Khorasan showed high degree of  variation and were hi

A project to develop new maize (Zea mays L.) inbreds from inbred populations, crossed, and tested for performance. The project elapsed six seasons, 3 spring and 3 full plantings during 2015-2017. Newly developed inbreds showed significant grain yield increase as compared to the cross of its progenitor inbred. An increase of 2 t ha^-1 was obtained with one of the new inbreds. The crosses obtained were evaluated in field trials with a registered hybrid (60×21). Method of selection counts on a unique plant trait in the inbred population, such as longer ear, thicker ear diameter, stay-green leaves, large kernel, and so on. The merit obtained due to hybrid vigor could be attributed to parental inbreds that have hig

Field experiment was conducted at field of Fallujah- Anbar Governorate/ Iraq, during the two seasons of 2017. Seeds of eight maize inbred lines were cultivated, and line × tester method was used to produce 16 crosses. The seeds of parents were cultivated and crosses in the fall season of 2017 in a randomized complete block design with three replicates. The objectives of the study were to estimate gene action, hybrid vigour, and the effects of general and specific combination abilities of the inbred lines  and to evaluate test cross performance of the hybrids for grain yields and yield related traits. There were significant differences between parents and their crosses for all studied traits. The results showed that crosses

The certain crop cultivars could be adapted that characterized their performance via given trait over given environments. Thus this adaptation could be investigate by many methods. Therefore, ternary plot method advocated to assess the adaptation of ten caraway cultivars using seed yield (Mg ha^-1) over two environments viz. Fallujah and Ramadi for two successive seasons (2011/2012 and 2012/2013). This method was fortified with AMMI Biplot technique. PAST software was adopted to construct triangle graph. Cropstat7.2 software was also applied to extract cultivars own biplots. Results from ternary plot showed that G7 was the both most adaptable cultivars over most circumstances, G3 irresponded because it located on point

The present study included the collection of 144 samples from various clinical and environmental  sources  to investigate the presence of P.aeruginosa. 45 isolates were identified as P.aeruginosa  based on morphological and biochemical tests in addition to molecular diagnostics  used of 16S rRNA. This diagnosis proved that all isolates belong to P. aeruginosa. All isolates selected susceptibility toward 11 antibiotics using disc diffusion method. The results showed a high resistance among isolates against Tetracycline, Cefixim, Cefotaxim, Amoxicillin,   Erythromycin, Methicillin,

The objective of this study, to was measure concentrations of some heavy metals in various imported and locally produced vegetable crops, including root crops (Turnips ''Brassica rapa'' and Carrots ''Daucus carrota''), stem crops (Potatoes ''Solanum tuberosum'' and Onion ''Allium sativa''), leaves (Lettuce ''Lactuca sativa''), and fruits (Tomatoes ''Lycopersicon esculentum'').These crops were collected from Baghdad central whole sales. X-ray fluorescence spectrometry technique was applied to measure heavy metal concentrations. In the imported vegetables, heavy metal mean concentrations were arranged in the following increasing order: Fe>Zn> Cu>Ni>Co>Cd>Cr>

The present study deals with the estimation of gill surface area for orange spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) collected from Iraqi marine water, north west Arabian Gulf. In the laboratory, fishes were separated in to five different length groups ranging from 200-325 mm and weight range of 108.8-582.2g. Absolute and relative total gill surface area (GSA) were estimated for 33 fish from different lengths. Statistical analysis of results revealed that there were significant differences (P<0.05) between total length of gill filaments (TFL) in different length groups, while there were no significant differences (P>0.05) between secondary lamellae (Bl) in different length groups. St

A comparison was conducted  between volatile oil of the plant parts leaves and stems of Pelargonium graveolens as antioxidant by using the compound  DPPH as a free radical. This study aimed at isolation and diagnosis the active compounds of the volatile oil  .The volatile oil was extracted by using the water distillation Clevenger .Volatile oils were detected by using  the liquid gas chromatography. The results showed that 100 g of leaves and steams produced a volatile oil estimated by 5% and 2.3% respectively. The study has shown that volatile oil of leaves contains 12compounds and the highest was Terpineol reaching