Crop diseases are usually caused by inoculum of pathogens which might exist on alternate hosts or weeds as endophytes. These endophytes, cum pathogens, usually confer some beneficial attributes to these weeds or alternate hosts from protection against herbivores, disease resistance, stress tolerance to secondary metabolites production. This study was therefore carried out to isolate potential crop pathogens which exist as endophytes on weed species in the University of Ilorin plantations. Green asymptomatic leaves were collected from 10 weed species across the plantations, and processed for their endophytic fungi isolation. Isolates were purified into pure cultures and used for molecular identification using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the ribosomal DNA. Phylogenetic analysis of the fungal sequences using MEGA software revealed 9 fungal genera belonging to 13 species, with species in the genera Curvularia, Epicoccum and Daldinia occurring in more than one weed species, while other genera such as Alternaria, Fusarium, Chaetomium, Macrophomina, Arthrinium and Phomopsis occurred in just one weed species each. Daldinia eschscholtzii was isolated in this study as an endophyte from Loudetia arundinacea for the first time. This plant is very abundant in Nigeria and Africa where it is used majorly for thatching and feeding livestocks. This also represents the first endophytic fungi from the genus Loudetia. Potential relationship between the occurrences of these fungi as endophytes and as pathogens are discussed. These discoveries represent the first large-scale molecular identification and several first reports of endophytes from these weed species. These results also represent the first records of some of these fungi in Nigeria.
Objectives: Serratia marcescens is a gram-negative pathogen of many species. The ability of S. marcescens to form biofilms and its potent innate resistance to antimicrobials and cleaning solutions are both essential for its pathogenicity and survival. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) on the biofilm of S. marcescens, as an alternative for antibiotic therapy. Methods: Different specimens, including ear swabs, burns, mid-stream urine, wound swabs, and sputum, were collected from patients who were brought to Al-Ramadi Hospital, Iraq. All samples were cultured, and the colonies that were obtained were detected using the VITEK® 2 compact. The ability of biofilms to develop was e
... Show MorePeripheral artery disease (PAD) is associated with increased oxidative stress and impaired endothelial function. Ticagrelor treatment improves antioxidant properties in addition to its antiplatelet effects. This study investigated the impact of Ticagrelor treatment on serum superoxide dismutase (SOD) levels and other biochemical parameters in PAD patients. It also evaluated the potential diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility of specific biomarkers based on receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Seventy individuals were categorized into healthy control (n=40), baseline PAD patients not on Ticagrelor (B-PAD, n=30), and same PAD patients after treated with Ticagrelor (A-PAD, n=30). Parameters measured included SOD concent
... Show Moreهدف البحث الحالي قياس كشف الذات والأرتياح النفسي لدى طلبة الجامعة والموازنة بين الذكور والأناث في هذين المتغيرين فضلاً عن كشف العلاقة الإرتباطية بينهما، أستخدمت الباحثة المنهج الوصفي الإرتباطي بلغت عينة الدراسة (200) طالبًا وطالبة تم أختيارهم بالطريقة العشوائية الطبقية من مجتمع البحث من طلبة جامعة بغداد/ كلية الزراعة وكلية التربية الرياضية، أستخدمت الباحثة مقياسين أحدهما لكشف الذات والأخر للأرتياح النفسي (
... Show MoreThe main purpose of the present research is to identify emotional intelligence for college students and its relation to gender (male-female) , and to identify shyness for college students and its relation to gender(male-female)and to identify the relationship between emotional intelligence and shyness. The sample of the present research consisted of (200) college students , (100)male students and (100)female students randomly selected. scale for measuring emotional intelligence as prepared consists of (46) items according to Golmans theory distributed into five subscales and these are : (self-awareness , emotion management, motivation, sympathy and social skills) and Alobaidi shyness scale is used to assess shyness and it consist
... Show More The university professor is the main theme in the educational process, then we must have prepared attention and study, it is the upper hand in achieving the objectives of education and a factor of development of society and its development factors that set it up and increase the efficiency of the duties of universities and development centers and through that evaluation is essential process and Zerorah to improve his performance, especially if they're the evaluation process from the standpoint of their students
research goals
The current research aims to identify:
1. identify the effectiveness of teaching the University of Tikrit from the standpoint of their students
2. to identify the differences in
The current research aims at identifying the level of violence against women and relationship with psychological pain according to social status . To achieve the aims of the study a sample has been chosen to be (200) employers distributed to five colleges at Baghdad university. The violence scale which consists of (23) items in its final from , and the psychological pain scale which consists of (30) items in its final form and extracted validity and reliability of the scale the findings of the study include the following :-
- The employers of Baghdad university don’t have any violence.
- The employers of Baghdad university don’t have any psychological pain .
The study aims to identify the level of modesty and self-assertiveness among Tikrit university’s students in regard with students’ gender and major (scientific, human studies), and to identify the correlation between modesty trait and self-assertiveness of students. To this end, the researcher has designed a scale to measure modesty that consisted of four-domains (decency, avoiding of unattractive, pang of conscience, and apprehension). Moreover, the researcher adopted a scale of self-assertiveness that designed by (shawki, 1998). The sample included (600) student on first-stage at the university of Tikrit. The results revealed that students have a high level of modesty and self-assertiveness; there is a correlation between modesty t
... Show MoreIt is certain that thepsychologicalunity, is awidespread status among individuals of the human race, to the extent that it became -in fact- the unlimited presenttruth in our daily lives,in all cases it found in all stages of life, which is generally considered
an essential access to understand all the psychological phenomena, and that any defects or problems that could hinder the individual from achieving its natural social interaction, may lead him to enter the circle of social and psychological disorders, if not find a proper guidance and understanding his needs and problems,naturally , if we want to give the employee a safe environment so he can be psychological and socially a
... Show MoreTargeted research known as emotional intelligence and social status and their relationship in a sample of (120) female university has adopted a researcher Scale (Karkhi 2011) for the intelligence of emotional and scale (Khazraji 2011) of social status and after the application together, found that employees enjoy intelligently emotional and weak social status, and that married women were more intelligent than non-married and not to remember the differences between them in social status, the researcher has provided some of the recommendations and proposals.