Volume 50 Issue 2

Published: 2025-06-25

Contents


RESEARCH
THE ASSESSMENT OF SOIL AVAILABILITY AND WHEAT GRAIN STATUS OF MANAGNESE AND IRON IN CALCAREOUS SOILS AND IMPLICATION FOR HUMAN SAFETY IN IRAQI KURDISTAN

Muhammed S. Rasheed,

Manganese (Mn) and iron (Fe) are the two vital micronutrients for plants and moreover essential nutritional health components in humans. Iron deficiency is common in humans and causes many health...

Pages: 77-94
EFFECT OF WEIGHT AT FATTENING ON CARCASS TRAITS OF AWASSI LAMBS

Osama A. Alzidan, Omar Abdulhameed Al- Kurjia, Haytham M. Sabeh

This study was conducted to study the effect of different initial body weights of Awassi Lambs used for fattening and its outcome on growth and some carcass characteristics, 15 Awassi lambs were...

Pages: 1-7
APPLICATION LEVEL OF DRIP IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY BY THE VEGETABLE GROWERS IN ALQOSH DISTRICT/ NINEVEH

Rayan Rayadh Kadem,

The research aims to measure the level of application of drip irrigation technology by vegetable farmers in Alqosh district/Nineveh Governorate, and identify the correlation between the level of...

Pages: 38-46
EVALUATION OF FOUR PROMISING BREAD WHEAT GENOTYPES TO DIFFERENT PHOSPHORUS LEVELS FOR YIELD AND ITS COMPONENTS

Dilsher S. Al Mahmada, Mohammed A. Al-Falahy, Khalid M. Dawood, Shleer S. Ahmad,

The study was done during winter season 2020-2021 at field of College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, Duhok University, to evaluate the influence of different phosphorus fertilizer P2O5 rate...

Pages: 58-67
THE USE OF LINEAR BODY MEASUREMENTS PREDICTORS OF BODY WEIGHT OF DONKEYS AT BLOUBERG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, LIMPOPO, SOUTH AFRICA

Thobela Louis L. Tyasi,

The current study was conducted to estimate body weight (BW) by using body measurements including thoracic circumference (TC), withers height (WH), body length (BL), rump height (RH) and front leg...

Pages: 47-57
EFFECT OF OHMIC HEATING TREATMENT ON DIFFERENT PROPERTIES OF WHOLE COW MILK

Thamer A. Alhaji, Rayan N. Meshaan,

Ohmic heating is a unique thermal technology in which an electrical current is passed through a food product, causing heat to be generated. This alternative heating process was investigated in...

Pages: 68-76
ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY APPLICATION IN OHMIC PASTEURIZATION OF ORANGE JUICE

Arkan M. Sedeeq, Thamer A. Alhaji, Hawri S. Ahmed,

The conversion of electrical energy into heat energy, which results in internal energy generation, is the underlying premise of Ohmic heating. An experimental batch Ohmic heating unit was built and...

Pages: 8-20
EFFECTS OF FORWARD SPEEDS AND BLADE ANGLES OF POTATO DIGGER ON FUEL CONSUMPTION AND TUBER MECHANICAL DAMAGES

Arkan M. Sedeeq, Zhyar Burhan Abdulla, Fawzi Faythalla Khorshid,

This experiment was conducted in Shamamik- Erbil state in Iraq-Kurdistan Region during the middle of summer of 2021 in order to determine the effects of different blade angles and forward speeds of...

Pages: 21-37