Volume 51 Issue 2

Published: 2025-06-25

Contents


Review Paper
BIOLOGICAL AND FEEDING ACTIVETIES OF THE PINK CORN BORER, SESAMIA CRETICALED.TREATED BY PLANT EXTRACTS

Mohamed Abdel-Raheem, Ragab S. Abdel-Rahman, Ismail A. Ismail

Background: Maize plants are infested with many insect pests. The corn borer, namely: the greater sugarcane borer (the pink borer), Sesamia cretica Led. is one of the most injurious insects...

Pages: 120-130
CLIMATE CHANGE: CONSEQUENCES ON IRAQ’S ENVIRONMENT

Walid S. N.

As a nation, Iraq is currently experiencing climate change impacts that are comparable to or even worse than those of many other nations. The effects of these climate changes are being felt in the...

Pages: 131-146
NANOTECHNOLOGY AND AGRICULTURAL NANOFERTILIZERS (REVIEW ARTICLE)

Abobatta Waleed

Due to the adverse effects of continuous climate change on agricultural production and the increased food demand globally, there is an urgent need to use new strategies to improve agricultural...

Pages: 107-119
ALLOMETRY GROWTH COEFFICIENTS OF CARCASS AND NON-CARCASS COMPONENTS IN SMALL RUMINANTS: A REVIEW

Dler Ali Al-Sherwany, Jalal Eliya Alkass, Kamal Noaman Mustafa, Cheya Ageed Yateem

In this review article attempt is made to present a comprehensive on growth and development of small ruminants (sheep and goat) using allometric growth coefficient of carcass composition (lean, fat...

Pages: 25-35
RESEARCH
EFFECT OF SEED PRIMING WITH MANGANESE AND BORON ON GROWTH, YIELD AND SEED QUALITY OF CHICKPEA (Cicer arietinum L.)

Bilal Ibrahim Muhammed

This study was conducted at two locations; the field of Khabat Technical Institute-Erbil Polytechnic University and field of agriculture directory in Harir-Erbil, during spring 2021. To study the...

Pages: 64-78
SILVER NANOPARTICICLES FROM ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI AGAINST THE SPINY BOLLWORM, EARIAS INSULANA IN MAIZE CROP

Mohamed Abdel-Raheem, Ismail A. Ismail, Ragab S. Abdel-Rahman

The spiny bollworm, (SBW) Earias insulana (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is considered one of the most important corn pests in the world. It causes severe damage, resulting in a great loss in both...

Pages: 98-106
TESTING THE EFFICACY OF SILICON AND GLUTATHIONE IN INDUCING SYSTEMIC RESISTANCE AGAINST FUSARIUM SOLANI, THE CAUSE OF BROAD BEAN ROOT ROT

Marwa Marwan Ismaiel, Yasser F. Mustafa,

Silicone and Glutathione application are including systemic acquired resistance or resistance induced against plant diseases against. It is a successful means to control plant rot disease and it...

Pages: 14-24
INFLUENCE OF NANO-SILICON AND NANO-CHITOSAN ON GROWTH, ION CONTENT, AND ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSE ENZYME OF TWO CITRUS ROOTSTOCKS UNDER SALINITY CONDITIONS

Mariam K. Sohby, Hoda A. Khalil, Ahmed M. Eissa, Waleed M. E. Fekry

Nanoparticle foliar spray is a new approach and effective for improving seedling growth and survival with adverse conditions such as salt stress. The current study was conducted to investigate the...

Pages: 147-166
EVALUATING OF IRAQ AND POLISH FEED ADDITIVES IN POULTRY FEEDING

Ahmed Awad Altaleb, Justyna Batkowska

Nowadays, additions in poultry feeding are a must in any product of factories producing feedings due to their importance in enhancing general health of birds. this importance of additions comes...

Pages: 79-88
MINERAL PROCESSING IMPACT ON WHEAT AND BARLEY (TIRY BREAD AND SAMOON AS AN EXAMPLE)

Nashmil Ali Abdul, Azhin Baxtyar Mahmood Abdulrahman, Sonia Sardar Talb, Huda Jamal Mhamad,

Bread (Tiry and Samoon), a special and vital bread in a Kurdistan region- Iraq, which people consume daily in their meals. Tiry bread and Samoon contain some macro and micro minerals. Also,...

Pages: 36-50
THE EFFECT OF ZINC AND MANGANESE APPLIED AS A FOLIAR SPRAY, ON SOME GROWTH PARAMETERS AND YIELD OF FLAXSEED (Linum usitatissimum L.)

Bilal Ibrahim Muhammed, Arian Mustafa Abdullah, JWAN JAWDAT HASHIM HASHIM

This research was conducted in the field of Gerdarasha at college of Agricultural Engineering Sciences/ University of Salahaddin- Erbil during the winter season of 2020-2021. It shows the effect of...

Pages: 1-13
DIFFERENCES IN SOME PROPERTIES OF COMMERCIAL AND HOMEMADE TOMATO PASTES

Azhin Baxtyar Mahmood Abdulrahman, Sonia Sardar Talb, Huda Jamal Mhamad, Niyaz Sirwan Ali,

This study is designed to indicate some properties and concentration of some heavy metals in four types of canned tomato paste product (TP) with two types of homemade (HM). The canned tomato paste...

Pages: 51-63
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN IRAQ AND POLAND - RULES AND EFFECTIVENESS OF POULTRY REARING

Ahmed Awad Altaleb, Justyna Batkowska

This research is theoretical research, this research aims to compare the reality of agriculture and organic agriculture between Iraq and Poland as well as identifying the reality of organic...

Pages: 89-97