Volume 35 Issue 2

Published: 2025-06-25

Contents


Article
ESTIMATING AND ANALYZING SOME FACTORS AFFECTING IN PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN SELECTED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FOR THE PERIOD 1970–2000

Kais Nadhim Ghazal,

The study aims at estimating and analyzing some of the factors affecting the growth of agricultural production in selected developing countries for the period 19702000. A sample of the developing...

Pages: 12-19
GENETIC AND NON GENETIC PARAMETERS OF WEIGHTS , AND BODY DIMENSIONS AT BIRTH AND WEANING OF HAMADANI SHEEP

Salm Omar Raaof,

Five hundred and seventy one records of birth weight and 540 records of weaning weight of Hamadani sheep were collected to study body weights and dimensions at birth and weaning weights The overall...

Pages: 53-62
EFFECT OF SOAKING PERIODS , GIBBERELLIC ACID , AND BENZYLADENINE ON PISTACHIO SEEDS GERMINATION AND SUBSEQUENT SEEDLING GROWTH (Pistacia vera L.)

Nabil M. Ameen A. Al-Imam,

A nursery experiment was conducted in the College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Mosul, Ninevah, Iraq to evaluate the effects of soaking periods (12 and 24 hours), Gibberellic Acid ( 0,...

Pages: 2-8
EFFECT OF NITROGEN AND KINETIN ON THE GROWTH OF APPLE SEEDLINGS

Sulaiman M. Kako Al-Zebari,

This research was conducted out Nenava research station during 2001-2002 season to study the effect of four levels of nitrogen fertilizer (0, 10, 20 and 30kg N/donum (2500 m2)) and four...

Pages: 29-36
INTEGRATION BETWEEN INSECT GROWTH REGULATOR NOMOLT AND TWO PREDATORS Metasyrphus corollae F. (Syrphidae : Diptera) AND Coccinella undecimpunctata L. (Coccinellidae : Coleoptera) TO CONTROL Aphis fabae Scop.

Sahil K. Al-Jameel,

The result of the integration study between insect growth inhibitor regulator nomolt and two predators Metasyrphus corollae F. (Syrphidae : Diptera) and Coccinella undecimpunctata L. (Coccinellidae...

Pages: 119-125
ROLE OF DEPTH AND TYPE OF N – FERTILIZER IN AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION FROM CALCAREOUS SOIL UNDER DEFFERENT ECOLOGYICAL CONDITIONS

Raida I.Al- Hamdany,

Urea , sheep manure , and mix (urea + sheep manure ) fertilizers were added to calcareous soil of northern Iraq / Mosul. Soil which classified as calci-camborthids. Fertilizers were added at rate...

Pages: 37-42
PERCEPTIONS OF COLLEGE AGRISCIENCE TEACHERS AND EXTENSION AGENTS REGARDING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN NINAVAH

Mohammad Yousif Jamil,

There is a growing public interest in sustainability and environmental conservation. This growing public concern implies the need for focusing programs on sustainable agriculture, where by,...

Pages: 4-11
FINDING PREDICTIVE EQUATIONS FOR THE EFFECT OF FORWARD SPEEDS OF THE HARVESTER ON THE QUANTITY LOSS OF WHEAT IN MECHANICAL HARVESTING

Adel A. Abullah,

The study aims at constructing regression predictive equations for quantity loss of some varieties of wheat under the effect of different forward speed of harvester. The results showed that the...

Pages: 84-89
EFFECT OF EGG TREATMENT BY SUBLETHAL CONCENTRATION OF SOME CHEMICAL AND MICROBIAL INSECTICIDES ON BIOLOGY OF Phthorimaea operculella (Zell.), GELECHIIDAE, LEPIDOPTERA

Nazar M. Al-Mallah,

The results of egg treatment by sub lethal concentration of Bacillus thuringiensis strains and their mixtures and chemical insecticides Fastac, Medamec, Runner, showed a different effect on biology...

Pages: 109-118
HARMONIC RELATION OF SPEEDS OF SOME OPERATED UNITS WITH GROUND SPEED OF HARVESTER AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE LOSS OF WHEAT

Saad Abdul-Jabbar Al-Rajabow,

This study was carried out during Agriculture season 2001-2002 to calculate quantity and quality losses of wheat by using John-Deere harvester at two sites in Nenevieh governorate. The first was in...

Pages: 99-108
BORON ADSORPTION IN SOME SOILS OF NINEVAH GOVERNORATE

M. A. J. Al-Obaidi,

The present investigation was conducted to study behavior of boron adsorption in six Ninevah soil samples, different in clay and available boron contains, by using isotherm equilibrium adsorption...

Pages: 43-52
THE USE OF METHIONINE IN TREATMENT OF FATTY LIVER HEMORRHAGIC SYNDROME EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED OF HYDROGEN PEROXID IN LAYING HENS

Saeb Abdul-Rahman, Muntaha AL – Kattan

This study was designed to determine the ability of hydrogen peroxide (0.5 %) consumed in drinking water to induce oxidative stress in lying hens and to make sure of oxidative stress interference...

Pages: 63-69
A COMPARISON OF POTATO LIFTER PERFORMANCE THAT LOCALLY DESIGNED (A CYLINDRICAL SOLTER SYSTEM) WITH CHAIN LIFTER IN ESTIMATING THE QUANTITATIVE & QUALITATIVE LOSS

Saad Abdul Jabbar AL-Rajaboo,

There was significant difference between the two separation devices of lifters machines in their effects on all the studied properties with better results obtained by the locally designed lifter...

Pages: 90-98
EFFECT OF COLOR AND DENSITY OF LIGHT TRAP IN ATTRACTING SOME LEPIDOPTERA ADULTS

Haitham Mohie Al-Deen M. Al-Jallal,

This study was conducted in College of Agriculture University of Mosul during 2004 to show the light color (blue, green, red and white) and light density (100, 160, 250 W) which was used in Hestand...

Pages: 139-146
EFFECT OF GERMINATION IN IMPROVING THE FEED VALUE OF TWO LOCAL BARLEY CULTIVARS IN BROILER CHICK DIETS

Mahdi T. Al-Kaisey,

(24-72 ). 80% 60 48 . . 60 80 100% 30 40 50% 40 60% ....

Pages: 75-83
EFFECT OF CODLING MOTH Lespeyresia pomonella L. ON APPLE FRUIT PROPERTIES WITH SPECIAL REFERENC TO ITS CONTROL

O. Mohammad, H. Abdullah

Codling moth is very common pest that infesting the apples in addition to pear and quince. Also produce high economic looses. The percentage of fallen fruits as a result of infestation was 60.34 %....

Pages: 126-130
EVALUATION OF SOME FABA BEAN (Vicia faba L.) CULTIVARS FOR DROUGHT RESISTANCE AND WATER CONSUMPTIVE USE:

Caser G. Abdel,

This experiment was carried out during the growing season of 2004 2005 at Horticulture field researches, Agriculture and Forestry College, Mosul University to evaluate five faba bean cultivars for...

Pages: 9-18
ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF Achillea fragrantissma L. AND FRUITS OF Citrus aurantifolia L. EXTRACTS AGAINST SEVERAL GRAM POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE BACTERIA

Hanan Sami Nori,

Biological activities of Citrus aurantifolial and Achillea Fragrantissmal extracts were tested against two species of Gram positive bacteria , Staph. lococcus aureus , Bacillus subtilis and four...

Pages: 131-138
FORMATION OF Tagetes patula L. PLANTS BY TISSUE CULTURE

Kasim M. Al- Hamdani,

The present study succeeded in the initiation of callus from different explants of axenic Tagetes patula Marigold seedlings using Murashige and Skoog medium MS supplemented with 5 mg/L...

Pages: 20-28
RESEARCH
EFFECT OF SOME ANTIOXIDANTS ON GLUTATHIONE AND LIPID PEROXIDATION IN LAYING TISSUES

Saeb Younis Abdul-Rahman, Muntaha Mahmood Alkattan, Khalid Hassani Sultan

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of some antioxidants ( Methionine , Vit.C and Vit.E ) in lipid peroxidation Malondialdehyde ( MDA ) and Glutathione ( GSH ) level in heart ,...

Pages: 70-74