Corn is one of the major crops of industrial and food importance. Corn is mainly grown for domestic consumption of the production of corn flakes, starch export, and corn seeds are used for baking when mixed with wheat flour, The average production and cultivated area of the corn crop in Iraq for the period (1970-2014) reached (210042.431 tons), (342,974,866 acres), respectively, It accounts for (8%, 3%) of the total production and areas cultivated with grain crops. The productivity rate was (555.7 kg / Acres), which accounted for 32% of the grain production in Iraq, Which is a good percentage after the yield of the bear compared to the yield of wheat and barley. The objective of this study was to measure the effect of price and n

This experiment was conducted in the research fields, College of Agriculture, University of Baghdad, Al-Jadrya site during winter season (1/12/2015) to the end of summer season (31/8/2016) to investigate the influence of Bio-Fertilizers of four varieties of lawn grasses and their mixture on the growth of these grasses.The study included four varieties of lawn grasses one of them was from the warm season while the other three varieties were from cold season. Four mixture of those varieties were mixed in different percentage and eight treatments were prepared as follows: (T1) Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon), (T2) Kentucky blue grass (

The objective of this study evalution response of  eight of potato cultivars growth to salt stress. Eight potato imported varieties were chosen: Almondo, Arizona, Buren, Everest, Riviera, Rudolph,Sever and Sylvana. In vitro cultures of these varieties were established in order to study the effect of various concentrations (0, 50, 100, 150 and 200 mM of NaCl) on some in vitro growth parameters of shoots. Results showed that the Riviera variety was tolerate to NaCl salt stress condition at the saline concentrations used for vegetative growth parameters followed by Arizona and Buren. As for the chlorophyll content at the saline concentrations, no chlorophyll c

Fifty  P. aeruginosa isolates were isolated from patients suffered of wound, ear and chronic pulmonary infections  to assess the presence of nan1 and nan2 genes .P. aeruginosa isolates were 10(20%) from chronic pulmonary infection ,20(40%) from each of ear and wound infections. isolates exhibted highly sensitivity to (Cefepime ,Meropenem ,Azitheromycin) and version resistance to Cefotaxime, Gentamicin, Ceftazidim ,Clorithromycin, Tobramicin,Ciprofluxacin In percentages (70% ),(60%) ,(50%), (40%) , (36%) and(34%) respectively.Seventeen isolates were choosen  to searching nan1 and nan2 genes by PCR technique depending on the resist to four groups of antibiotics (A

A field experiment was conducted at the College of Physical Education & Sport Science-University of Baghdad /Jaderiea fields at  2015-2016 season, to study the effect of planting Broad  bean and onion either in monoculture or intercropped (bicultural ) interacted with three levels of nitrogen (0,40,and 80 kg N ha^-1) on growth and productivity of both crops ,amount of N taken up and on nitrogen budget in a split plot experiment within RCBD in three replicates . Nitrogen application especially 2^nd level (80 kg N ha^-1) significantly increased growth and yield of Broad bean . Yield of fresh pods increased from 1.36 kg plant^-1 at control to 1.74 kg plant^-1 with N

A field experiments were carried out at Abu- Graib Research Station- Agricultural Research Office- Ministry of Agriculture, during the season 2014- 2015 to investigate the performance of 225 pure lines of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), which at sixth generation after crossing among local and exotic genotypes (produced from 2008 to 2014)  with their parents. The experiment was conducted using Simple Lattice Design with three replications. The objective of this experiment to evaluate those genotypes for yield and its components. The results were revealed highly significant differences among genotypes in all studied traits. The genotype 99 gave higher number of spikes plant^-1 (44.8 spike), geno

This research was conducted during spring and fall seasons, 2015 , at the fields of Field Crop Department – College of Agriculture –University of Baghdad . The objective was to evaluate the impact of corn grain moisture at harvesting of original population  to some agronomic traits  in subsequent generation of the variety 5018. In spring season 2015 , a seeds population  of this variety were  planted. When the  moisture of ear grains was go to the first treatment (37-42%) , ten ears were harvested . Ear harvesting dates were performed manually when the grains had 37-42% , 34-36% , 30-33% , 25- 28% and 19-22%  moisture content . Ten ears were harvested from each treatment . In fal

This research was conducted during spring and fall seasons, 2015, at the fields of Field Crop Department– College of Agriculture– University of Baghdad. The objective was to evaluate response of corn synthetic variety 5018 traits in next generation  to harvesting moisture in the first generation. In spring season 2015, seeds of the synthetic variety 5018 were planted. When moisture of the ear grains was reached the first treatment (37-42%), ten ears were harvested. Ears harvesting dates were performed manually when the grains had 37-42%, 34-36%, 30-33%, 25- 28% and 19-22% moisture content. In fall season 2015, varietal trail was carried out to the five treatment materials, using Randomized Complete Bock

This study being performed at the central laboratory for graduate students Animal Resources Department / College of Agriculture / University of Baghdad/Aljadrea and in laboratory of applied microbiology Department, Food and Biotechnology Center /Directorate of Agriculture Research / Baghdad, Iraq. Wild strain of local ligninolytic bacteria of genus Streptomyces MS  isolated from Iraq camel degrade feces was used to pre- treated of low quality roughages in in vitro fermentation. Roughages wheat straw (WS), corncobs (Cc), alfalfa hay (AH) was pre- treated with wild strain of genus Strepto

Indole molecules as a signal has an important role in bacterial ecosystem, this study was aimed and conducted on the extraction and partial purification of indole from pathogenic E. coli and study several indole characterizations parameters compared with synthetic standard one. A total of 134 urine specimens and other stool 152 specimens were obtained from Al-Ramadi Hospitals, during the period from November / 2018 to March / 2019.The results show the percentage of isolated E. coli from Urinary tract infection was 100 (74.6%)/134, While 152 (100%)/ 152 are isolated from stool. Primary and secondary screening concluded, there are ten isolates are considered as the best in production of indole. The most producible

This study was aimed to test four types of different plants for the purpose of selecting the optimal plant as a source of the amylase enzyme, including wheat, barley, rice, and potatoes. Among these plants, wheat was selected as the best plant source for enzyme extraction because it possessed the highest effectiveness of the enzyme specific activity (3.0 U/mg protein). Furthermore, sodium acetate buffer (0.2 M, pH 6.0) was determined to be the optimal extraction buffer with a 1:5 (w:v) ratio after 75 min, and it provided 68 U/mg protein. The enzyme was concentrated with sucrose before being purified by gel filtration chromatography using Sephadex G-150. The results demonstrated a 1.8-fold increases in final purification folds wit

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of adding glycerol at different levels (T1 = control treatment without glycerol, T2 = 75 ml and T3 = 150 ml glycerol) on daily milk yield, milk components and some blood parameters of Holstein cows during the period of 60 days. Milk yield increased significantly (P≤0.05) at 15^th day of the experiment, and highly significant (P≤0.01) at 30^th and 60^th days of the experiment in T3 group. Percentage of milk protein and lactose increased (P≤0.01) in T2 and T3 groups and the percentage of milk fat in the T3 group decreased at day 60 of the experiment. The blood glucose concentration increased (P≤0.01) in T2 and T3 groups at 30 and 60 days of th

This study was aimed to assess the impact of genetic groups (comprising three distinct lines of Kurdish quails, which are desert, brown, and white), graded levels of L-carnitine and their interaction on the performance of growth traits and blood parameters. For this purpose, the same basic diet was given to 480 Kurdish quail chicks one day old, which was then supplemented for two to seven weeks of age with 0 (control), 150, 350, or 550 mg of L-carnitine per kg of diet. The statistical analysis showed that the lines, L-carnitine supplementation, and their interaction had a significant (p≤0.01) impact on the Kurdish quail's blood parameters, feed intake, feed conversion ratio, body weight, and body weight gain. The desert lines e

This study was conducted at the poultry farm , Animal Production Department , Shatrah Technical Institute / Southern Technical University for the period from 13/11/2020 to 25/12/2020 (42 days), to find out the effect of improving the nutritional value for water hyacinth leaves (WHL) fermented with Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast (Sc) and fermented with Iraqi probiotic at different levels and its effect on the productive performance of broilers chickens. In the experiment, 300 day old unsexed Ross 308 broiler chicks were. The chicks were fed on a starter ration for 1-21 days of age and a finisher  ration form 22-42 days of age. The birds were randomly distributed in to 10 treatments, with 3 replicates for each treatme

The present study was designed to select a suitable isolate of Lactobacillus sp. in order to use it as a probiotic in a toothpaste for the prevention of dental disease. For this purpose, 30 Lactobacillus isolates were collected from different sources and subjected to a screening program to evaluate their antagonism activities against three oral pathogens: Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli and Streptococcus mutans. Eight Lactobacillus isolates were selected from primary screening according to their ability to inhibit the growth of three indicators which then exposed to a secondary screening to detect their ability to produce high amount of bacteriocin. Based on results, th

This study was aimed to investigate the role of some Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) and E. coli fliC gene polymorphisms with increased risk to recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTI). From 180 specimens (blood and urine) were collected from women of different age, 60 of them serve as control while 120 had rUTI symptoms. After culturing of urine specimens, 43 (35.8%) were identified as E. coli isolates. Four SNPs were identified when amplified and sequenced of TLR5 include rs5744168, rs775385356, rs2072493 and rs5744174. Twelve flagellar antigen serotypes were obtained from fliC sequence of 28 isolates. By using Expasy a

A field experiment conduct during winter season 2022-2023. This study was aimed to investigate effect number of seeds.m² to two wheat varieties. The results showed the superiority of  V1 in most main stem growth traits (biological yield, number of ears .In square meters, plant height, spike length, spikelets number / ear and chlorophyll content ( 1.87 t. ha, 20.0 seed. m² , 113.90 cm , 18.40 cm, 26.37 spikelets/ ear  and 75.92 (SPAD ) respectively. V1 also excelled in all the traits of branch growth ( biological yield, number of peduncles /m², plant height, spike length and spikelets number / ear, (16.71 tons .Ha^-1, 259.17 ear /m²  ,104.57 cm, 16.83 cm and 23.6

This study was aimed to collected Minced meat from the local markets in Baghdad governorate during 2018, and examined for the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in order to extract and purify pyocyanin and examined it as an antimicrobial activity against pathogenic bacteria in foods. Fifteen isolates were isolated from 50 samples and identified as P. aeruginosa using the API20E system and finally confirmed with PCR using 16SrRNA gene. Four tested media were used for the production of pigment after incubation within 72 h, One strain which given a vigorous pigmentation was chosen and extracted with chloroform and HCl then analyzed with Gas chromatography (GC-Mass) which showed a sharp peak at the time of

Variety of virulence factors are involved in the pathogenicity of Escherichia coli isolates, the common cause of the urinary tract infections.(UTIs). This study was aimed.to determine some virulence factors.involved in the pathogenicity.and the phylogenetic.grouping of uropathogenic E. coli isolates.from UTIs in compare.with isolates.from gut.microbiota (fecal flora) In.this study ,E coli isolates  were collected from  samples .urine (n = 25), fecal samples (n = 25) samples of  the same patients with UTI, and from fecal samples (n= 5 as control )of patients without UTI. The detection of phylogenetic grouping and some virulence genes among the all isolates were confirmed by PCR technique. The resul

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

This study was aimed on purification, immobilization and application of peroxidase enzyme from whole plant of soy bean for the decolorization of textile dyes and degradation of some phenolic compounds. The purification of peroxidase was in two steps include: concentration by sucrose and gel filtration by using sephadex G-150. The purification fold was 4.46 and 2.09 with an enzyme yield of 22.34% and 25.55% for peak 1 and peak 2 respectively. The purified peroxidase enzyme was immobilized by two methods include: covalent linkage immobilization by gluteraldehyde activated chitosan and entrapment by sodium alginate and agarose gel, the immobilization ratio reached to 58.07%, 50% and 11.75% respectively. Crude, purified and immobiliz

The aim of this study is to develop a bioconversion process of chitin to chitosan in solid-state fermentation. A classical optimization of one factor at the time was performed and revealed that maximum chitin deacetylase (CDA) production can be obtained in corn medium moisturized with mineral salt solution and with an initial moisture of 1:1 level (w/v). Results showed that 3% of spore inoculum contained 1× 10⁶ provided maximum production of CDA enzyme (219.5 U/g solid medium) after 5 days of incubation. Moreover, process parameters were systemically evaluated to impr

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

A field experiment was carried out in the vegetable field of Horticulture Department and Landscape Gardening, College of Agriculture, Abu-Ghraib  In the spring season 2014 to study the Role of Sustainable agriculture in the growth and yield of Eggplant, were studied of Two factors the first factor represent two treatment, first is shading with plastic nets (50% light) and the second without shading, each of these treatment contained three replicates and distributed randomly these eight treatments (without adding, Endospor Dry Mix, Biohealth, Amino Alexin, interacion between Endospor Dry Mix and Biohealth interaction between Endospor Dry Mix and Amino Alexin interaction between Biohealth and

This research was conducted at the plant tissue culture Lab.College of Agriclture, University of Baghdad from February to October 2015. The aims of the study were investigate the  influence of light quality and Benzylamino purine ( BA) on some vegetative and chemical properties of shoots for two varieties Martinque and Yanara of Gerbera jamesonii . cultured on MS medium supplemented with 0.3 mg.L^-1 NAA, 0.4 mg.L^-1 Kinetin, 0.3 mg.L^-1 Spermidine ,100 mg.L^-1 Adenine sulphate. The highest number of shoots/explant ( 6.14 ) were When MS medium supplemented with 3 mg/L^-1 of BA grown under red light with Martinque variety Which did not

This research was conducted at the plant tissue culture Lab. College of Agriclture, University of Baghdad from February to October 2015. The aim of the study was investigate the  influence of light quality and Naphthalene  Acetic Acid(NAA) on some properties of roots for two varieties Martinque and Yanara shoots of Gerbera jamesonii, cultured on MS medium supplemented with 0.3 mg.L ^-1 Spermidine. The results indicated that 1/2 MS medium with free auxin NAA gave the highest percentage of rooting (75 %) Which differed significantly from the other concentrations of NAA. White light gave the hightest percentage of rooting (89 %), that was not significantly different from the red  li

A Factorial experiment within Randomized Complete Block Design was coducted during 2014, 2015 on wolly peach seedlings C.V Red June, which grafted on the seeded apricot , at the Dept. of Horticulture – Coll. Of Agric. – Univ. of Baghdad. The objective of this experiment was to study the effect of foliar application The seedlings were sprayed with four levels of organic fertilizer Botryfun is 0, 3, 4 and 5( Ml.ltr^-1) for each level by the symbol F₀, F₁, F₂ and F₃ respectively, growth prpmoter Biozyme three levels are 0, 2 and 4(Ml.ltr^-1) are indicated G which is G₀, G₁ and

A Field experiment was conducted using Factorial within Randomized Complete Block Design during 2014 and 2015 on the wolly peach seedlings cv Red June, which grafted on the seeded apricot, at the Dept. of Horticulture – Coll. Of Agric. – Univ. of Baghdad. The objective of this experiment was to study the effect of foliar application on organic fertilizer and growth promoter biozyme on growth of wolly peach. The tveatments were organic Fertilizer (Botryfun) (F) with 0, 3, 4 , 5 ( Ml.ltr ^-1) and biozyme (G) 0 , 2 , 4 ( Ml.ltr ^-1). The results revealed that the plants foliared by organic fertilizer F4 produced significantly highest values for all the studied traits. Plant hight iricveased 17.6, 35.5 cm, new

Research was conducted to assess the effect of  treated waste water  and dry sludge application on soil contamination by some pathogenic bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Fecal coliform and Fecal streptococci, which used as an indicator organisms for soil contamination by bathogenic bacteria. Composting sludge (T2) and non composting dry sludge (T1) applied to soil  to assess the effect of compost of sludge on the number of pathogenic bacteria and soil contamination . Research consisted to identification and enumeration. The three pathogenic bacteria were examined at the mid and end of cultivation season. Factorial experiment with three replicate, using waste water treatment (W2) as a source of irr