Volume 45 Issue 1

Published: 2025-06-25

Contents


RESEARCH
A STUDY OF THE DETERMINANTS OF THE OLIVE CROP PRODUCTION IN NINEVEH PROVINCE: BASHIQA DISTRICT AS A CASE STUDY FOR THE SEASON 2010

Abdul Salam Hussein, Salah Fahmi Shaba

The study aims to determinants of the olive crop production in Bashiqa, Nineveh province, as a stale for the 2010 season, The production function (Cobb - Douglas) was estimated using OSL to...

Pages: 25-34
SHOOT TIPS AND NODES MULTIPLICATION, CALLUS INTIATION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF CALENDULA OFFICINALIS L. CULTURE IN VITRO

Bashar A.Kasab Bashi, Khaula M. Y. AL-Nooh

This investigation was carried out in the laboratory of cells and plant tissue culture at department of Horticulture and Landscape Design,College of Agriculture and Forestry,Mosul university,to...

Pages: 103-112
A COMPARATIVE PRODUCATION OF GREEN ONION BY SEEDS AND SETS METHODS AND THE EFFECT WITH SOME CULTURAL PRACTICES ON GROWTH , YIELD AND ITS COMPONENTS

Mohammad El-Habar, Ghalia Ghanem Younis Al–Obeidi

This study was conducted to compare the production of green onion (cv. Taxes Early Grano) by two planting methods (seed and set) which were planted in the field in two planting dates:18 Oct. and 2...

Pages: 121-136
EFFECT OF RATIONS CONTENT OF DEGRADABLE PROTEIN AND BARLEY GRAIN (STARCH) IN MILK PRODUCTION , COMPONENTS AND SOME BIOCHEMICAL BLOOD PARAMETERS OF AWASSI EWES

Omar ALMallah, Mohamed. N. Abdullah, Waseem. A. Hashem

This study was conducted in Al-Rashidiya animal breeding station, using 32 Awassi ewes (3-5 yrs old) with average body weight of 66.59 kg with their single born lambs. The ewes were divided...

Pages: 163-174
EFFECT OF THE DISTANCES BETWEEN SUBSOILER PLOW TINES BILATERAL AND PENETRATION ANGLES ON SOME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FIELD

Adel Abdullah, Yousif Y. Hilal

The research was implemented in a field of agriculture college- Mosul Univ., which its soil texture is clay. The study included the use of three penetration angles of subsoiler plow tines bilateral...

Pages: 273-286
SIZE AND DENSITY OF NON-ERODIBLE AGGREGATES IN SEDIMENTS OF SELECTED GULLIES AT NORTHERN IRAQ

Khalid Hassan, Yousif H. Al-Nasser, Omer N. Abid-Alkader

The objective of this study was to determine the morphometric characteristics and sediment size distribution as affected by position witin the gullies at northern region of Iraq. The plan area,...

Pages: 341-348
EFFECT OF USING DUAL- PURPOSE OVEN ON AFLATOXINS DESTRUCTION AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF YELLOW CORN

Salah Ahmed, Maha A. Al-Jawady

The aim of this study was to study the effect of destruction treatments of aflatoxins contaminated corn by dual purpose oven (microwave and heating). Aflatoxins B1and G1 destruction on chemical...

Pages: 175-186
THE EFFECT OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRICE POLICIES ON THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN IRAQ WITH EMPHASIS ON THE STRATEGIC CROPS (WHEAT, BARLEY AND RICE) FOR THE PERIOD (1985-2008)

Abbas Al-Battah, Ahmed Jameel Ibrahim

Price policy is considered one of the important policies carried out by the state in order to increase and improve the agricultural production from one hand and provide food for all individuals of...

Pages: 59-66
APPLICATION OF ENZYMATICALLY HYDROLYZED-LACTOSE MILK AND WHEY IN SOME DAIRY PRODUCTS

Waleed Mahmood, Karzan T. Mahmood

Kluyveromyces lactis -Galactosidase was used to hydrolyze lactose in milk (28 and 56% hydrolysis) and in whey (26.25 and 52.5% hydrolysis). Hydrolyzed-lactose milk was used for the production of...

Pages: 329-340
POSSIBILITY OF APPLYING THE ISLAMIC FORMULAS IN AGRICULTURAL BANKS IN IRAQ BY USING SIMULATION METHOD

Dawood S, Mothana K. Rasheed

The rate of farmers who participate in Agricultural Credit programs make up 5% -10% of the farming community of Muslims which is modest when compared to the number of workers in agriculture where...

Pages: 81-90
INFLUENCE OF VARYING LEVELS OF RUMEN DEGRADABLE TO UNDEGRADABLE PROTEIN ON MILK YIELD, COMPOSITION AND SOME BLOOD PARAMETERS OF KARADI EWES

Jalal Eliya Alkass, Kamal Noman Dosky, Emad Tayar Sadeeq Buti Buti

Twenty-four lactating Karadi ewes, 3-5 years old and 540.69 kg in body weight were used to study the effect of rumen degradable protein (RDP) to rumen undegradable protein (RUP) ratio on milk...

Pages: 287-298
INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT, AND THE A RANGE OF ITS ACHIEVEMENT IN CHOSEN ARABIC COUNTRIES FOR PERIOD (1980 -2010)

Salim Al-Youzbaki, Asmaa Mahmood Fathallah Al-Mansor

The aim of this study is measuring the range of achievement of indevelopment development in the countries of sample by using the mathematical method and measuring the factors which effect on...

Pages: 35-48
THE EFFECT OF ECONOMIC REFORMTION PROGRAMS AND STRUCTURAL MODIFICATION ON THE ARABIC AGRICULTURE

Adnan Albadra, Taha Ahmed AbdulRaheem Al-Mshhdani

Develop programs of economic reformtion and structural adjustment are of the main programs that attach economic policy in developing and Arab countries, because of their great importance in...

Pages: 67-80
SOME FACTORS RELATED TO ATTITUDES OF WHEAT FARMERS IN NINEVEH PROVINCE ABOUT ZERO TILLAGE FARMING

Bassam AL-Naqash

The objectives of this research were: studying of some factors related with attitudes of wheat farmers in the province of Nineveh, determining the general levels of respondents attitudes towards...

Pages: 1-12
USING MORPHOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERSTICS OF GRAINS FOR IDENTIFICATION AND TAXONOMY OF SOME OAT CULTIVARS (Avena sativa L.)

A. Jabar, A. A. Yahya

This study was conducted in the laboratories of the Department of Biology, College of Education, Mosul University, to study the morphological and chemical characters of Oat Grains (Avena sativa)....

Pages: 229-242
EFFECT OF WHEAT AND BARLEY SEED PRIMING TREATMENTS ON BEHAVIOR OF GROWTH AND YIELD OF PLANT

Mohammed Al-Nori

The experiment was conducted in growth season 2011-2012 in the green house of Agriculture and Forestry College - Mosul University; to study the effects of four priming solutions i.e.(tap water,...

Pages: 243-256
ALTERNATIVE FARM PLANS FOR VAGETABLE FARMERS A HIGHER PROFIT MARGIN AND EFFICIENCY IN USING OPTIMUM RESOURCE STYLE ASSALAMEYYAH REGION AS AMODEL

Salim Al-Nua’imi, Sura Sa’il Abed Al-Ugaidi

The research aims at achieving economical objectives represented by increasing pure profit of distance unit for various crops in the light of economical resources characterized with their limits in...

Pages: 49-58
EFFECT OF TYPE OF ORGANIC MANURE AND CONCENTRATION ON THE ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES OFSOME CALCAREOUS SOILS FROM NORTHERN IRAQ

Rand Ghazal

The effect of four sources of organic manures (alfalfa residue, cow, chicken and sheep) and their concentrations (0, 1 and 2%) on the enzymatic activity of three calcareous soils from Northern Iraq...

Pages: 349-366
EFFECT OF TILLAGE SYSTEM AND SEED RATES ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF DURUM WHEAT (Triticum durum) AND GROWTH OF ASSOCIATED WEEDS IN DRYLAND FARMING

Ahmad Sultan, Salim. H. Antar

A field experiment was conducted during the growing season 2010-2011 at Namrood under supplementary irrigation and Al-koosh location under rainfall condition in Naniva province to evaluate tillage...

Pages: 217-228
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF POPLAR SPECIES LEAVES GROWN IN NINEVAH GOVERNORATE.

Y.M. Al-alousy, M.Y. Mohamed

Leaves forage of three Poplar species grown at Ninevah forest(Populus nigra , P. euphratica , P. deltoids) were evaluated for comparative seasonal contents of Crude protein , Ash, Organic matter,...

Pages: 209-216
RESPONSE OF VEGETATIVE GROWTH OF TWO CVS. FIG SEEDLINGS TO TREATMENT WITH HUMIC ACID , LIQUID ESSENTIAL PLUS AND GA3

Ayad Al-Alaf

Seedlings of two fig cvs. (Aswad Dyalla and White Adriatic) , planted polyethylene plastic in the lath house were fertilized at three levels with humic acid (0 , 1 and 2 ml.L-1) liquid fertilizer...

Pages: 91-102
EFFECT OF ROOTS LICORICE EXTRACT AND SUCROSE ON VASE LIFE AND SOME CHARACTERISTIC CHIMICALS OF Dendranthema grandiflorum FLOWER

Khetam Rashed

This study was conducted in the physiology lab of the Department of Horticulture / Faculty of Agriculture / University of Dohuk during the period from 3rd of November 2009 to 20th of March 2010 to...

Pages: 113-120
BARRIERS TO USING INTERNET IN TEACHING BY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE FACULTY-UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL

Mohammed Jamil

The purpose of this study was to provide baseline data concerning barriers to online teaching by the faculty of the college of agriculture-University of Mosul. 207 of the faculty in the college of...

Pages: 13-24
RESPONSE OF STORED LOCAL ORANGE FRUITS TO DIPPING IN SODIUM BICARBONATE, SUGAR SOLUTION, FUNGICIDE AND WAXING

Nagham Salah, Nameer N. Fadhil

This research was conducted in the cold storage of Horticulture Dept./College of Agriculture & Forestry/ Mosul University. Orange fruits cv."Local" were brought from a private orchard in...

Pages: 137-148
EFFECT OF FOLIAR SPRAYING WITH ZINC, ASCORBIC AND GIBBERELLIC ACIDS ON GROWTH, YIELD OF EGGPLANTS GROWN UNDER UNHEATED PLASTIC HOUSE

Abdul Jabbar Al-Hubaity, Hussien J. M. Al-Bayati, Waleed B. A. Al-Lelah

This study was carried out during winter growing season 2011-2012 to study the effect of foliar spray with three levels of each zinc (0,20,40 mgl-1), ascorbic acid (0,100,200 mgl-1) and GA3...

Pages: 149-162
ESTIMATION OF GENETIC PARAMETERS IN SUNFLOWER HELIANTHUS ANNUUS L

Mowafaq Al-Layla

Six sun flower Genotypes (1-American, 2-Argenteny, 3-Govan, 4-Azor, 5-Mungreen, 6-Louse. were planted. half diallel was conducted out to get F1, In the next season the F1 seeds were planted to get...

Pages: 257-272
EFFECT OF EUCALYPT WOOD LIGNOSULFONATES ON CONCRETE PROPERTIES

Esam Hamid, Esam Majeed Solyman, Janan Yousif David

The study was performed to investigate the effect of Eucalyptus camldulenses wood lignosulfonate on concrete properties. several concrete mixtures were used with the variables (cement: 500, 600,...

Pages: 197-208
PRODUCING PROBIOTIC CHEESE FROM SHEEP MILK BY USING PROBIOTIC BACTERIA

Maha Yousif

This study aimed to produce probiotic (Arabic cheese) by using a mixture of probiotic bacteria namely; Lactobacillus acidophilus andBifidobacteriumlongum. The cheese samples were made from sheep...

Pages: 187-196
NONENZYMATIC BROWNING KINETIC REACTION AND ASCORBIC ACID DEGREDATION OF HEAT-TREATED ORANGE JUICE DURING STORAGE

Thamer A. Khalil Khalil,

The kinetics of ascorbic acid (AA) degradation and nonenzymatic browning (NEB) of heat-treated single strength orange juice (OJ) over a temperature between 70-95 oC for 2-10 min. and stored under...

Pages: 319-328
EFFECT OF ZINC AND BORON FOLIAR APPLICATION ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF SOME SUNFLOWER GENOTYPES ( Helianthus annuus L.)

Saad A. M Al-Doori,

A field experiment was conducted during spring and autumn growing seasons of 2009 to study the effect of foliar application of zinc and boron on growth characters, yield componentsand quality of...

Pages: 299-318