The research work was conducted in Izra’a Research station, which affiliated to the General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research (GCSAR), during the growing seasons (2016 – 2017; 2017 – 2018), in order to evaluate the response of two durum wheat verities (Douma3 and Cham5) and two bread wheat varieties (Douma₄ and Cham₆) to Conservation Agriculture (CA) as a full package compared with Conventional Tillage system (CT) under rainfed condition using lentils (Variety Edleb₃) in the applied crop rotation. The experiment was laid according to split-split RCBD with three replications. The average of biological yield, grain yield,  rainwater use efficiency and nitrogen use efficiency

The aim of this research was to study the effect of feeding of goat kids on Panicum Mombasa grass on productive traits, carcass characteristics and meat production. 25 of local cross breed male goat kids; average weight 18.3 kg were divided randomly to five treatments, the first one T1 was fed with wheat straw, T2 green alfalfa, T3 green Panicum Mombasa, T4 alfalfa hay and T5 Panicum Mombasa hay. Animals reared in single cages for two weeks as a preliminary period, the experiment period lasted for 70 days. Concentrate diet provided with 3% of body weight, roughage feeds provided freely. At the end of the experiment, three anima

The current study was conducted during the period from July 2018 to April 2019. One hundred and forty samples from different regions of Baghdad city, Iraq,  were collected from 50 calves, 40 children, and 50 water supplies for diagnosis of Giardia intestinalis. The prevalence of Giardia intestinalis in calves, children, and water by microscopic examination by using sucrose flotation, 30%, 27.5%, and 16% respectively. Twelve positive PCR products were sequenced and deposited in the Genebank database for the first time in Iraq, phylogenic analysis demonstrated that 5 sequences belong to G.intestinalis  for human(MN244831, MH925331, MN244829, MN244828, MN244830), 3 sequences for calves (MN244827,

هدف البحث الى استخدام نماذج الاستجابة النوعية لقياس كفاءة مزارع الرز وشمل المسح الميداني ثلاث أقضية في محافظة النجف (المشخاب، الحيرة، المناذرة) للموسم الزراعي 2017 ولعينة عشوائية بلغت 80 مزرعة (7.5 % من مجوع المزارع الكلية في المحافظة). تحقيقا لاهداف البحث قسمت مرحلة التحليل الى مرحلتين الاولى هي قياس الكفاءة الاقتصادية  وفق التوجي

تهدف الدراسة الحالية الى معرفة تأثير نوعي بكتريا حامض اللاكتيك Lactobacillus casei و Lactobacillus acidophilus على السمية المحدثة ببرومات البوتاسيوم بتركيز ( 25 و 50) ملغم / كغم بواسطة بعض المعايير الفسلجية في اناث الجرذان المختبرية بعد مدة 21 يوما. استخدمت في التجربة 35 من اناث الجرذان البالغة قسمت الى 7 مجاميع وكل مجموعة تضمنت 5 حيوانات. بينّت ال

تهدف الدراسة التحري عن تأثير رش حامض السالسليك باربعة تراكيز (1250 , 2500 , 5000 , مايكرمول لتر^-1 ) في تحسين التركيب الكيميائي للنبات والفعالية الضد ميكروبية ومضادات الاكسدة . أظهرت النتائج حصول زيادة معنوية في محتوى النبات من سليبينين , سليفباين أ و سليباين ب للنباتات المعاملة بتراكيز من السالسليك و لغاية التركيز 5000 مايكرومول لتر ^-1 . كما سجلت فعالية ضد مايكروبية بزيادة تراكيز السالسليك . أوضحت النتائ

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

تم تغذية أربعة و عشرين معزة في الأسبوع الأول بعد الولادة على عليقة السيطرة لمدة أسبوعين و بعد ذلك قسمت بصورة عشوائية الى أربع مجاميع (ستة معزة لكل مجموعة)لتتغذى على أحدى العلائق التجربية (0%, 5%, 10%, 15% بلوط) لدراسة تأثيرتغذية مستويات مختلفة من البلوط على  كمية و تركيب الحليب و بعض الصفات الكيموحيوية للدم في المعزات الحلوبة. أظهرت النتائج بوجود زيادة معنوية في الأنتاج اليومي للحليب و الأنتاج اليومي للاكتوز

تعتبر الكفاءة التناسلية المتمثلة بالخصوبة، الخصب ومعدل البقاء على قيد الحياة من المكونات الرئيسية لكفاءة الأغنام الإنتاجية. تتراوح خصوبة النعاج العواسية بين متوسطة وعالية إعتمادًا على برامج التغذية والإدارة ، وعلى أية حال ، فإن حجم البطن الواحدة تعتبر منخفضة وعليه لا تعتبر العواسي سلالة خصبة. إن تقديرات المكافئ الوراثي لهذه الصفات منخفضة نوعًا ما وتعكس التباين ال

اجريت هذة التجربة في حقول كلية علوم الهندسه الزراعية/ قسم الانتاج الحيواني / جامعة دهوك لمعرفة تاثير اضافة مستويات مختلفة من مسحوق الكركم الخام و الكركم المحور على الاداء الانتاجي,صفات الذبيخة, مستوى المناعة و مورفولوجية الصائم. حصلت على 750 فرخة من مفقس محلي ووزعت على ضروفين للتربية (طبيعى و الاجهاد الحراري) مع خمسة معاملات 3 مكررات لكل واحذ(25 فرخة) . اضهرت النتائج ان المعاملات تحسنت معنو

تم دراسه تأثير مستويين من الحديد (Fe) مع ثلاثة مستويات من الكبريت (S) في حالة النحاس وأداء الحملان باستخدام 37 حمل Texel مضرب مفطومة عند عمر 12 أسبوعًا. لم تحتوي العليقة الأساسية (L: L) على أي مكمل Fe أو S؛ عليقه(H:M) تحتوي على 800ملغم حديد و

This research was aimed to reveal the level of wheat crop productivity in Iraq by forecasting it using Markov chains for the period 2019-2022 , also exploring ways to improve the productivity of the crop under investigation by studying recent predictive values that are mainly based on previous data not far away.  The problem of the study is the low productivity of wheat crop and its failure to achieve levels comparable to global and regional productivity. As long as it represents a permanent problem, this calls for concern that casts a shadow on other aspects such as self-sufficiency in this crop and endangering food security at risk. The results showed a continued decrease in the productivity of the wheat crop due to the su

This research was aimed to study the problems related to fish farming and the risks that they face.  Diyala Governorate was chosen as an applied model for measuring risk facing fish farmers. Research data were collected according to the random sample method, which included (30%) of all fish farming projects in Diyala Governorate. This sample has included 28% of the total fish farming projects in fish ponds and (31.5%) of the total Fish farming projects in cages through a questionnaire prepared for this purpose. The study focused on analyzing the behavior of fish farmers of the research sample towards risks by adopting a safety model in the form of the risk avoidance criterion (K_(s)(.The production functions for fi

This work was designed to study the free and immobilized partial purified lovastatin in various applications. The results of HMG-CoA reductase inhibition showed enzyme inhibition at 10 mM of standard and partial purified lovastatin with specific activity 0.056 and 0.062 U/mg protein respectively, compared with specific activity 0.277 U/mg protein without inhibitor. The results of the thermal stability and storage time on lovastatin for inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase demonstrated that the standard and partial purified lovastatin were stabled in t

Clebopride (CBD) selective molecularly imprinted polymers(MIPs) were based on ion-pair by prepared four polymers(MIPs) using CBD as the template a well as (Acryl amide) (AAM), 2-Acrylamido-2-Methyl-1-Propane sulphonic Acid (2-AAMMPSA as monomer, used N,N-ethylenebismethacrylamide (EBMAA) ,ethylene glycol dimethacrylate ethylene glycol(EGDMAC), N, N-methylene bisacrylamide (NNMBAAM)) as cross linker and used benzoyl peroxide as initiator . NIPs prepared by using the same composition of MIPs except the template (CBD). The MIPs were prepared using variation  ratio of monomer and cross linker .These MIPs applicate as solid phase extraction for determination CBD in pharmaceutical preparation used UV as detector .the results gave

This study was aimed to investigate the antiproliferative effect of lemongrass essential oil (LEO) from Cymbopogon citratus on A549 cell line and their effect on the expression of p53 gene in lung cancer cells. The LEO was extracted and anlaysed using GC-MS analysis, the cytotoxicity of LEO against lung cancer cells was examined using MMT assay and finally the expression of p53 was determined via qRT-PCR. The chromatogram of GC-MS exhibited 14 compounds in ELO, the major one is citral (56.4%). The cytotoxicity of LEO was dose dependent which proliferation of the lung cells were significantly inhibited with increased concentration of essential oil (P≤ 0.01) as well as the IC50 was 29.13 ppm. Furthermore

The study was conducted to examine the effect of surface burn severity (Moderate, Severe and Unburned) of wheat straw on soil properties. The results showed statistical differences in some soil physical, chemical and biological properties. Bulk density and field capacity increased statistically by the severity of fire; however, porosity and infiltration rate were statistically lower in sever burned plot when compared to unburned plot. The chemical properties, soil organic matter (SOM), P, Ca, S, Cl, K, Mo, Fe and As were not affected by the fire. The pH value was increased slightly by increasing the fire severity, while, EC was decreased when compared with the unburned plot. It was found a statistical reduction in the number of b

Transcription factors, enhancers, promoters, and translation of genetic code is still in a wide argument of different views in many living organisms for their poorly characterized at the molecular level. It was shown that the coexistence of high mono – methylation levels of lysine 4 of histone H3 is considered a signature of enhancers. Gene expression could be altered by epigenetic and some biotic and abiotic stresses. Some sugars, hormones or amino acids could also alter gene expression. However, some investigators have shown that increased methylation  at promoters was associated with down – regulated protein – coding gene expression . In genomic DNA methylation levels, it was found 24 nt small RNAs only were correla

The study was conducted to investigate the impact of Ca(NO₃)₂ on  different levels of salt-stress in date palm. Three-years-old date palm plants were subjected to four NaCl levels: 50, 100, 150 and 200 mM. The saline solutions were supplemented with 0, 5, 10 and 20 mM Ca(NO₃)₂. The combined NaCl/Ca(NO₃)₂ treatments were conducted over a period of 10 weeks. Control plants were only subjected to the four salinity levels with no Ca (NO₃)₂ addition. Results showed an inhibitory effect of salinity on almost all plants' parameters under inve

Phosphate solubilizing microorganisms were isolated in vitro experiment, and wheat crops were planted in pots for 5 months and treated with rock phosphate, manure and with combination treatments of rock phosphate, manure, and phosphate solubilizing microorganisms to compare with control treatment. The result shows that the solubilizing index ranged between 1.4 to 1.6 for isolated microorganisms, the decrease in soil pH which has an enormous influence on phosphate solubility were significantly influenced by the addition of phosphate solubilizing microorganisms, and manure is 6.5 pH comparing with 8 pH for control. Soil soluble and extractable phosphorous also increased by a combination of phosphate solubilizing microorganisms and

The objective of this research is to identify the reasons related to deterioration of the poultry industry for broilers in the middle and southern regions of Iraq. In order to achieve the research goals a questionnaire form consists of two parts was designed, the first part included a quadrilateral scale of (54) items distributed in to eight base fields. The second part included a five scales with (20) items. The results showed that, the imported product field achieved the first position among the reasons that related to the deterioration of poultry industry for broilers, which a

This study was aimed to determine extension activities provided to rice farmers in raising the awareness for compost manufacture in  Al-Diwaniyah province and investigate the level of awareness of rice farmers in the field of compost manufacturing, as well as the problems facing farmers when manufacturing compost, mythology a questionnaire design to collect data from rice farmers during 2018 . The research society consisted of the agricultural departments of the directorate of Agriculture in Al Diwaniyah province. A random sample was taken from rice farmers related to the agricultural departments in the Directorate of Agriculture with their (632) farmers, T

This study was aimed to use composite magnetic plaster kiln dust (MPKD) as a novel low-cost adsorbent reused of by-product plaster kiln dust (PKD) that was considered a source of air pollution. The removal efficiency of cadmium (II) ions was studied as a function of pH (4-7), MPKD mass (0.5- 8 g/L), initial ion concentration (50- 350 mg/L), and shaking time (5- 180 min). The adsorption kinetics of the MPKD was detected as chemical sorption due to the experimental uptake data best fitted with the pseudo-second-order model, also the intraparticle diffusion of ions did not significantly exert effects on the adsorption. The maximum adsorption uptake was 48 mg/g depen

This study was aimed to determining a fitted forecasting method for the forecasting of crude palm oil prices at international and domestic market as well as fresh fruit bunch prices at collecting merchant and farmer level in Bengkulu Province market by considering three models, namely, double exponential smoothing, autoregressive integrated moving average, and classical decomposition.  The data used were monthly data of crude palm oil prices at domestic and world markets from January 2012 – October 2016 and January 2012 – April 2017, whi

Moina  macrocopa is a natural feed that can be cultured to producing ephippia as a bioproduct for fish and shrimp larvae feed. The number of males in the population affects the quality and quantity of ephippia produced.  This study was conducted with the purpose of examining the female age in M. macrocopa mating and examining the ratio male-female M. macrocopa in the mating on the quantity and quality of ephippia produced.  The treatment

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between broiler strain, slaughter age, and post-chill (PC) aging duration in terms of measurable meat quality parameters. Two hundred fifty Hubbard on one day old chicks classic and two hundred fifty Lohman were bread in a commercial setting. Each strain had half of its broiler chicks slain at 32 days of age and the other half at 42 days of age. A total of 168 bodies (84 Hubbard and 84 Lohman) were selected at random on each day of processing, with each strain being divided into 28 groups and aged for 0, 4, and 24 hours. Each strain had a comparable average weekly body weight. Hubbard strain animals demonstrated greater feed conversion ratios during weeks two and thre

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of contaminated soil with lead and chromium using three species of trees Platanus orientalis, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, and Populus nigra as a remediation tool which considers as a priority restoring method to keep healthy soil which support life system for all organisms. The experiment was conducted with three concentrations of Pb (200,400, and 600 mg.kg^-1) and three levels of Cr (100, 200, and 300 mg.kg^-1) along with control. The results reveals that root dry weight for orientale plane and poplar tree were reduced meanwhile, eucalyptus showed significant increase at 200 and 400 mg.kg^-1 of lead. Shoot dry weight of

This study was aimed to investigate diverse stress treatments on Imipenem susceptible A. baumannii for persister cells formation. Isolates were assessed for persister cells presence by colony forming unit counting (CFU/ml) after exposure to Imipenem (10 µg/ml) in presence and absence of acid stress treatment (pH 6) for 0-7 hr. In- vitro activity of curcumin to synergize Imipenem to kill persister cells was investigated. The frequency of hicAB and relEB of type II toxin- antitoxin (TA) loci was evaluated by polymerase chain reaction. The transcription level of hicA and relE toxin genes was assessed by quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. The level of persistenc

The present study was carried out to investigate  the micropropagation of viburnum opulus (Roseum) by using single nodes with axillary buds excised from soft cuttings using full strength MS salts, 30g.l^-1 sucrose, 7g.l^-1 Agar and different concentrations of plant growth regulators in culture medium. Results of the experiment at initiation stage revealed that the culture of single nodes of viburnum on a medium containing 4 mg.l^-1 BA gave the highest number of shoots (2.21 shoots/explant). Concerning the interaction, a nutrient medium containing (2 mg.l^-1 BA+ 0.4 mg.l^-1 IAA) gave the highest values of mean number of shoots, leaves and length of new shoots (1.61 sh