Volume 40 Issue 4

Published: 2025-06-25

Contents


Article
COMBINING ABILITY AND DIALLEL CROSS OF F1 AND F2 HYBRIDS IN SUMMER SQUASH (Cucurbita pepo L.)

Shamil Y .H. Al-Hamdany,

The experiment was carried out in the Field Dept. of Hort. & Landscape Design, College of Agric. & Forestry , Mosul University , in the spring season of 2009 , to study the general and...

Pages: 48-61
REGRESSION ANALYSES FOR SOME GROWTH CHARACTERS AND YIELD COMPONENTS UNDER DIFFERENT LEVELS OF POTASSIUM AND ZINC FERTILIZERS IN SUNFLOWER (HELIANTHUS ANNUUS L.)

A. T. Shaker,

A field experiment was carried out at AL-Kuba region, west north (10 Km) of Mosul city in spring and summer seasons of 2009 to study the effect of potassium and zinc on production yield and...

Pages: 173-185
EFFECTOF SULPHUR , PHOSPHORUS AND ROOTSTOCKS DIAMETER ON VEGETATIVE GROWTH OF SILVER KING PEACH TRANSPLANTS

Sulaiman M. Kako,

This study was conducted on peach transplants (Prunus persica Batsch) in the Technical Institute Nursery / Mosul /Iraq, during 2007 growing season ,to study the effect of sulphur and phosphorus...

Pages: 11-21
SUSCEPTIBILITY OF CERTAIN WHEAT AND BARLEY CULTIVARS TO SEED GALL NEMATODE * Anguina tritici (Steinbech,1979) Filipjev,1936

Sulaiman N.Ami,

The results revealed that Smito cultivar of wheat recorded highest reduction percentage in growth and yield criteria as a result of nematode infection comparing to Sham4,Caroniya and Icsad...

Pages: 217-223
EFFECT OF UREA AND HUMIC ACID APPLICATION ON VEGETATIVE GROWTH OF LOQUAT SEEDLINGS

Ayad.H. E. Al-Alalaf,

The effect of urea spray at the concentrations (0 , 0.25 and 0.50%) and humic acid at the concentrations (0 , 1 and 2m.L-1) and their interactions were studied to improve vegetative growth of one...

Pages: 22-31
DEVELOPING THE SEPARATING MECHANIZATION SYSTEM FOR POTATO TUBERS IN LOCALLY DESIGNED & PRODUCED POTATO LIFTER

Arkan Mohammad Amin,

The purpose of this research is to study the effect of introducing a new technique to the lifter used for root crops on the product through adopting a more efficient separation device than the...

Pages: 194-205
EFFECTS OF CALCIUM CARBONATE ON THE ERODIBILITY OF SOME CALCAREOUSE SOILS BY WATER EROSION

Khalid F. Hassan,

The behavioral changes in soil erodibility factor ( KUSLE ) due to Ca-carbonate content were determined in four calcareous soils located at northern Iraq. The procedure for KUSLE determination in...

Pages: 11-19
THE LEVEL OF RURAL WOMAN KNOWLEDGE IN DOMAIN FAMILY CARE AND ITS RELATION WITH SOME VARIABLES FIELD STUDY IN THE TWO VILLAGES OF AL-SHRAIKHAN AND QUBBA / NINEVAH GOVERNORATE

Zeki H. AL-Leela,

The present study aims basically at an assessment of the knowledge of rural area women the family care domain. The research also aims at specifying the relationship and difference between rural...

Pages: 1-10
STUDY THE EFFECT OF AWASSI EWE LAMBS BODY WEIGHT ON SOME REPRODUCTION EFFICACY PARAMETERS

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The study was crried out at the animal farm Animal Resources Department College of Agriculture and Forestry-University of Mosul, in order to evaluate the effect of body weight on carcass weight...

Pages: 124-132
EFFECT OF PRUNING DATES AND INTENSITY ON SOME GROWTH AND YIELD CHARACTERISTICS OF APRICOT CV. ZAINI

Eiada. A. Obaid,

This study was conducted in the apricot orchard of Hort. & Land Scape Dept./ Collage of Agriculture / University of Baghdad / Abu Ghraib during 2009 and 2010 growing seasons to study the...

Pages: 72-80
EFFECT OF USING GERMINATED SORGHUM IN PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF TWO QUAIL STRAINS

D. Younis,

The aim of this study was to identify the effect of replacement of germinated sorghum instead of corn on productive performance and some physiological parameters of two strains of quail (brown and...

Pages: 141-150
EVALUATION OF COMMON CARP Cyprinus carpio L. PERFORMANCE FED AT THREE COMMERCIAL DIETS.

Firas Abdul Malik Al-Jader,

A growth experiment was accomplished to study common carp nutritional effect on three traditional diets differs from its crude protein contain (25%, 30% and 35%). This experiment was carrying out...

Pages: 20-26
VARIANCES AND CORRELATIONS FOR NEW NAKED BARLEY ENTRIES

Mothanah A. Basit AL-Amrei,

The experiment was conducted at two locations , The first was at University of Mosul, college of Agriculture and Forestry and the second was at Salah Eldin governorate (Isdera village) during the...

Pages: 162-172
HETEROSIS , GENE ACTION AND CORRELATIONS IN MELON (Cucumis melo L.)

Shamil Y. Hassan AL-Hamdany,

The study aimed to evaluate the performance of hybrids and their parents for identify promising hybrids and the objectives to develop single cross hybrids and estimate heterosis , some genetic...

Pages: 32-47
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF BEAN DAMBING – OFF AND ROOT – ROT CAUSED BY RHIZOCTONIA.SOLANI

Suad Yahya Muhammed,

Isolation results from beans showed the presence of the fungus R.solani . It is also shown that the degree of parasitism and antagonism of the two biological control agents (BCA) T.viride ....

Pages: 206-216
BEHAVIOR OF MUD DAUBER WASP Sceliphron caucasicum Andre AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SPIDERS & LEPIDOPTEROUS LARVA

Suaad I. Abdullah,

Behavior study of mud dauber wasp S. caucasicum showed that the adults spend their hibernation beneath the falling leaves in fields nearby buildings from the early November till the end of...

Pages: 234-244
TYPE OF WATER IN TIGRIS RIVER AND ITS SUITIBILITY FOR DRINK IN MOSUL CITY

Loay Muhammad Fadhil Al-Emam,

To study the quality of Tigris River and its suitability for drink in Mosul city , the selected samples contain two types of water (Raw , supplied ) , four areas near four water projects (new right...

Pages: 107-123
IDENTIFICATION RACES OF CITRUS NEMATODE Tylenchulus semipenetrans IN NAYNAWA AND ERBIL PROVICE AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN INFECTED ROOTS OF SOUR ORANGE AND LEWMON

S. Ami

Results of Races identification of citrus nematode Tylenchulus semipenetrans revealed that the three isolates of nematode used in this study which belong to Mediteranean race .Histopathological...

Pages: 224-233
ATTRACTANT AND REPELLENT EFFECT OF EXTRACTS OF WATER AND HEXAN OF CUMIN AND FENNEL SEEDS ON KHABRA BEETLE TROGODERMA GRANARIUM (EVERT)

Wafa abid yehya,

Result of attractant and repellent effect at three concentration 1 ,3 and 5 % of water and hexen cumin and Fennel seeds extracts on Khabra larvae feeding on wheat seeds, showed that both...

Pages: 245-253
THE EFFECT OF MAGNETIC WATER AND SOME EMULSIFIABILITY OF PHYSICAL FACTOR ON SOME PESTICIDES

N. Al-Mallah,

The results of the studying the effect of magnetic water , hared water and river water on emulsifiability of some Pesticides stored under 45 , 50 , 55 , -5 , 0 , 5 C for one, two, three months...

Pages: 254-265
SUCEPTIBILITY OF SOME PEACH VARIETIES TO INFECTION BY PEACH LEAF CURL Brachycaudus amygdalinus( Schout.)

Abdul-Jabar K. Obada,

The results of studying the susceptibility on some peach varieties infection by Brachychudus amygdalinus (Schout) in Ninavah province during the year 2010 showed that the infestation by the of...

Pages: 271-278
EFFECT OF USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLOWS IN DIFFERENT WORK CONDITIONS ON THE PRODUCTION OF OKRA IN NINAVH CITY

Nawfal Iessa Muhaimeed,

The study was carried out in the agricultural season 2007-2008 in two sites: Hamam AL-Alil, 30Km south of Mosul and Hamdaniya, 20Km south East of Mosul to study some indicators of economic and...

Pages: 186-193
EFFECT OF GROWTH REGULATOR COMBINATION ON SHOOT MULTIPLICATION RATE PRODUCING FROM MICROPROPAGATION OF WALNUT

AL-Sweiay. M,

This study has been conducted in plant tissue culture laboratory in Aleppo Scientific Agriculture Research Center. Syria. the purpose is to find the best combinations to produce large number of...

Pages: 81-87
GEO-ECOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY WITHIN WILD OLIVE PHENOTYPES IN EDLEB PROVINCE, SYRIA

E. Basima barhom,

Geo-ecological survey was conducted for a number of wild olive genotypes growing naturally in tow different locations (kfr-takharim and Harem- (Wadi Al-kabeer) at Edleb province, during 2008 and...

Pages: 88-106
EFFECT OF ADDING VITAMIN E AND HEAT TRATED SOYBEAN MEAL TO THE RATIONS ON MILK PRODUCTION, COMPENANTS AND SOME BLOOD PARAMETERS IN LOCAL EWES.

Omar D. M. Al-Mallah,

Twelve local ewes with lambs ( 6 Awassi and 6 Hamdani ) in early stage of lactation , 3 4 years of age with average body weight 54.04 kg were used in this study. The ewes were divided into three...

Pages: 133-140
Effects of Magnetically Treated Water on Male Sexual Traits in Broiler Breeder During Hot Climate in Summer

Mahbuba GH. Mustafa,

This experiment was conducted at the Poultry private farm in Taqtaq - Erbil to determine the effect of magnetically treated water on male sexual traits in broiler breeder during hot climate in...

Pages: 151-161
EFFECTS OF SOME FERTILIZERS TREATMENTS ON GROWTH OF YOUNG PEACH TREES ( Prunus persica ) CV. DIXIRED FOR BEGINNING OF FRUITING

J. Al-Aaraji

This study was conducted in the pomology field / Horticulture and Landscape Design Dept .during 2008 and 2009 growing seasons to study the response of peach trees cv. Dixired for mineral and...

Pages: 62-71
INTEGRATION BETWEEN SOME INSECTICIDE AND REMOVING WEEDS TO CONTROL THE CUTWORMS

Mohammad A. M. AL-Hayalee,

Cutworm control was conducted to show the integrated effect between insecticide and weed eradication. Results showed that the insecticide Loresban was significantly more effective in compeer with...

Pages: 266-270
HERITABILITY, VARIABILITY, GENETIC CORRELATION AND PATH ANALYSIS FOR QUANTITATIVE TRAITS IN DURUM AND BREAD WHEAT UNDER DRY FARMING CONDITIONS

Ismail Hussain Ali,

Two field experiments were carried out during the 2009-2010 growing season at the station of Directorate of Agricultural Researches/Erbil under dry farming conditions. The first experiment included...

Pages: 27-39
SIZE DISTRIBUTION AND SORTING DEGREE OF THE RECENT SEDIMENTS OF AL-KHAZER RIVER/ NORTHERN IRAQ

Khalid F. Hassan,

Mechanical and statistical analysis were conducted to determine the grain size distribution and sorting degree of the recent sediments of Al-Khazer river at northern of Iraq in order to clarify the...

Pages: 1-10