Volume 35 Issue 3

Published: 2007-09-01

Contents


Article
ESTIMATION OF HETROSIS, GENERAL AND SPECIFIC COMBINING ABILITY USING DIALLEL CROSS IN MAIZE (Zea mays L.)

A. Abas Mohamad

Five maize genotypes (CMT 033066, CMT 033060, CMTQ 033072, CMS 983046, CMTQ 033070) were used in 5x5 diallel crossing with out reciprocals. Combining ability for some quantitative and physiological...

Pages: 2-16
SEED GERMINATION AND SEEDLING EMERGENCE OF Sorghum alepenseL IN RELATION TO THE POSITION OF DEVELOPMENT SEEDS ON INFLORESENCE AND TIME OF SEED MATURITY

A . M . Sultan

Pots experiment was carried out at the College of Agric & Forestry , Mosul University in summer growing season of 2003 to determine the percentage of germination and seedling emergence for...

Pages: 2-7
EFFECT OF SOME PLOW TYPES ON SOME SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES UNDER SPRINKLER IRRIGATION SYSTEMS

Yassen H. Al-Tahan

This study was conducted in telefar region, Mosul governorate during agriculture season 2002-2003 to study the effect of three plow types (mold board , Chisel and one way disk) with two plowing...

Pages: 8-15
HOST PREFERENCE OF Callosobruchus maculatus (FAB.) AND THEIR EFFECT ON SOME BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS WITH PAQRTICULA REFERENCE TO ITS CONTROL.

O.S. Mohammad

Weevils were diet on various legume seeds had significant effects on their biological aspect processes. High mean of egg numbers was 69.6 eggs / female which lay on cowpea seeds, while in chickpeas...

Pages: 16-26
EFFECT OF COLD AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF FICUS CARCIA LEAVES ON SOME BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF BLOOD AND TISSUES IN RATS

Sameira M. Al-Katib

Different concentrations of cold aqueous extract Ficus carcia leaves were studied on the levels of glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, total lipids, Aspartate amino transferase (AST) and Alanine...

Pages: 17-26
COMBINATION EFFECTS BETWEE N HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA AND QUERCUS INFECTORIA EXTRACTS AGAINST SEVERAL GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA

Bayda A. Yahya

The antibacterial activities of Hibiscus sabdariffa and Quercus infectoria extracts were screend against 5 spicies of Gram negative bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Serratia...

Pages: 27-33
RELATIVE EFFICIENCY OF SELECTION INDICES FOR GRAIN YIELD IN BREAD WHEAT (Triticum aestivum L.)

N. Yousif

Six traits of bread wheat in 15 F2 generation of crosses from 66 diallel mating system with their parents were studied. The relative efficiency over grain yield from selection based on several...

Pages: 28-32
EFFECT OF THYME LEAVES ON BLOOD GLUCOSE , REPRODUCTIVE AND PR0DUCTIVE PARAMETERS IN MALE AND FEMALE LOCAL RABBITS

Khalid Hassani Sultan

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of Thyme leaves( Thymus vulgaris ) on blood glucose, as well as, their reflection on body weight , mean body weight increment and feed...

Pages: 34-41
LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR WHEAT CULTIVATORS IN RABEAA DISTRICT NINEVEH GOVERNORATE AND ITS RELATIONS WITH THEIR TRAINING NEEDS

Radwan T. Al-Kashab

The objectives of this research were to determine the importance of Agricultural technologies for the wheat cultivators in Rabeaa District in Nenevah Governorate and to find out the relationship...

Pages: 42-49
MEASURING THE SHARE OF STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF AGRICULTURE IN IRAQ BY USING FACTOR SHARE APPROACH FOR THE PERIOD 1975-2000

Aswan Abdul-Kadir Zaydan

This paper tries to analyze structural changes of agricultural sector in Iraq for the period 1975-2000A.D in order to understand the changes taken place in agricultural domestic product. The...

Pages: 50-56
BORON DESORPTION IN SOME CALCAREOUS SOILS OF NINEVEH GOVERNORATE / NORTH OF IRAQ

M. Al-Obaidi, A. kashmola

The investigation was conducted to study the behavior of boron desorption in three calcareous soils, classified as calciorthid. The experiment of boron sorption was conducted by using a different...

Pages: 52-59
BACTERIAL SOFT ROT OF POTATO AND ITS CONTROL

S.M. Al-Jubbury

Survey carried under two different storing condition, showed that the incidence and severity of soft rot of potatoes were very high in none-cooled stores with the values of 28.92% and 0.11...

Pages: 57-69
FISH PRODUCTION IN BASRAH CANAL AND SHATT AL-ARAB

Ali A. Jasim

Economical fish production in Basrah canal and Shatt Al-Arab River had been studied during October 2001 until September 2002, using same catch condition in the two environments. Study shows that...

Pages: 70-77
TURN OF WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION IN ACHIEVING SUITABLE LEVELS OF FOOD SECURITY IN LOW INCOME COUNTRIES

Fadwa Ali Hussein

The study depended on a hypothesis that world trade organizations policies have various impacts on achieving food security levels in the developing countries in accordance with the economic...

Pages: 78-90
COMPARISON THE PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF TOW BROILER HYPRIDS

Majid A. Aluaimy

This study was conducted in the Agricultural Research Center of American University of Beirut from 11/3 to 21/4/2005 to evaluated the performance of two commercial broiler hybrids ( Cobb 500 and...

Pages: 91-96
EFFECT OF WHEAT SEED SIZE AND SOWING DEPTH ON GERMINATION AND SOME SEEDLING CHARACTERISTICS

Mohamed A . Al-Noori

Experiment were carried out in field crops experiment location in 2006-2007 to investigate the effect of seed size and sowing depth on germination and seedling characters . Wheat seeds of Sham-6...

Pages: 98-102
THE RELATION BETWEEN HONEY STORAGE AND POLLEN GRAINS AT HONEY BEES WORKERS (Apis Mellifera L) ACTIVITY ON WANDERING AND COLLECTION TO PROVIDE FOOD NECESSARY FOR THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLONY

Mahdi Mohammed Salih Saeed

Effect of storing honey and pollen grains for bees workers on groups of honey bees (strong. medium. weak) show that the best area was for the strong groups and the least for the weak ones. The...

Pages: 112-129
THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL TV PROGRAMME IN DIFFUSING MODERN AGRI. IDEAS & PRACTICES AMONG FARMERS OF BAGERAT COLLECTIV TOWN DOHUK PROVINCE IRAQ

Najim Elddin A . Saleem

This study is an investigation for the role of agri. TV programme in the diffusing modern agri. ideas and practices among farmers of Bagerat collective town in Dohuk province throughout the...

Pages: 130-138
INTEGRATION BETWEEN INSECT GROWTH INHIBITORS, TRIGARD AND Coccinella septempunctata (L.) IN CONTROLLING

Nazar M. Al-Mallah

Results of the integration study between insect growth inhibitors Trigard (Cyromazine 75% W.P.) and ladybird beetle Coccinella septempunctata (L.) in controlling black bean aphid, Aphis fabae...

Pages: 139-144
EVALUATION OF SOME PARAMETERS OF SUBSOILER (DOUBLE TINE) PLOW PERFORMANCE IN CLAY SILTY SOIL

Yousif. Y . Hilal

A field research was to conducted to evaluate the performance of double tines plow by studying some performance parameters ( draught force , disturbed soil area and energy utilization efficiency )...

Pages: 145-156