Volume 39 Issue 2

Published: 2011-06-01

Contents


Article
ESTIMATION for THE FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY of LIPO-OLIGOSACCHARIDE and N-ACETYL-D- GLUCOSAMINE on NODULATION of Medicago and Trifolium

N. Barhawi, M. Al- Mallah

In this study, Lipo-oligosaccharide (LOS) nod factor isolated from Sinorhizobium meliloti and Rhizobium trifolii SU157 were stimulated (two and three) nodules formationon the root of their specific...

Pages: 2-8
DETERMINATION OF THE TRAINING NEEDS BY USING BORICH MODIFIED EQUATION FOR AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKERS IN SOME GOVERNORATES OF NORTHERN IRAQ IN THE FIELD OF PLANNING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION PROGRAMS

Aamil F. Al-Abbassi

The objective of this research is to assess the inservice training needs of the agricultural extension workers in Duhok & Erbil Governorates in the field of planning extension programmes and to...

Pages: 4-9
EFFECT OF SOME FACTORS ON ROOTING PERCENTAGE AND SUBSEQUENT GROWTH OF MANZANILLO OLIVE CUTTINGS

Nabil M. Ameen Al-Imam

Two separate factorial experiments were conducted during 2004 and 2005 seasons to study rooting and subsequent growth of Manzanillo olive cuttings. The first one study of seven dates of cuttings...

Pages: 9-18
THE CURRENT USAGE OF EXTENSION METHODS BY AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKERS IN NINEVAH GOVERNORATE AND RELATION WITH SOME VARIABLES

Najim Elddin A. Saleem

The objectives of this study aimed to identify the current usage of agricultural extension methods by agricultural extension workers in Nineveh governorate and its relation with some variables...

Pages: 10-16
THE EFFECT OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Amina Abdul-ilah Hamdon

Unemployment phenomenum in Arabic countries in general in Iraq & Algeria(the example of the paper)in particular is being considered a problem of economic and social dimensions expressing...

Pages: 17-23
EFFECT OF HUMIC ACID AND SEAWEED EXTRACTS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF POTATO PLANT (Solanum tubersum L) DESIREE CV.

Taha Z. Sarhan

This study was conducted in College of Agriculture Farms/University of Duhok. At the spring season 2009 on potato plants CV. Desiree. RCBD Design with two factors was applied to study the effect of...

Pages: 19-25
TRAITS EVALUATION FOR SOME F2 HYBRIDS IN TOMATO

Abduljabbar Ismail Al- hubaity

This study comprised 20 F2-hybrids of tomato arranged in RCBD experiment with three replications to determine the most important traits which affect on tomato yield to be used as a selection index...

Pages: 24-33
EFFECT OF BREAD YEAST APPLICATION AND SEAWEED EXTRACT ON CUCUMBER (Cucumis sativus L.) PLANT GROWTH, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY.

Taha Z. Sarhan

An experiment was carried out in the plastic house of Horticulture Department/college of Agriculture/ Duhok University on Cucumber plants during 2009 growing season to determine the effect of bread...

Pages: 26-32
THE ROLE OF MAGNESIUM IN INCREASING OF PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZER EFFICIENCY AND WHEAT YIELD

Ghafoor A. Mam Rasul

The study was conducted during the growing season 2003 to study the influence of four levels of P (0, 60, 100 and 140 kg ha-1) and four levels of Mg (0, 40, 80 and 120 kg ha-1) at two locations...

Pages: 33-39
EFFECT OF BIOFERTILIZER AND ROCK PHOSPHATE ON IRON AVAILABILITY IN SOIL AND THE IRON CONTENT OF LENTIL

Mowafaq Younis Sultan

Field experiment was conducted in Calciorthid to study the effect of biofertilizer( R. Leguminosarum mixture of the three rhizobial strains Le719, Le726 and Le735) and phosphate fertilizers as...

Pages: 34-42
APPLICATION OF RAINFALL INTENSITY – KINETIC ENERGY RELATIONSHIP FOR SOIL LOSS PREDICTION

Khalid F. Hassan

In order to explore the consequences of rainfall intensity kinetic energy relationships for soil loss, climatologically data for monthly and yearly rainfall depth over period of 30-yrs for Mosul...

Pages: 40-49
CHEMISTRY AND TRANSFORMATION OF HUMUS COMPOUNDS IN SOME CALCAREOUS SOILS OF NORTHERN IRAQ

Hazim M. Ahmed

Humus compounds contribute improving the soil chemical and physical characteristics which give buffering capacity feature to the soil, these compounds expose to several processes that decompose...

Pages: 43-47
EFFECT OF APPLICATION OF ZINC ON YIELD AND QUALITY AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE OF SUGAR BEET (Beta vulgaris L.)

W. Al-Baddrani

The experiment was conducted at two locations (Aridisols and Entisols at Ninevah province) to study the effect of three levels of zinc ( 0 , 5 , 10 ) mg Zn .L-1 sprayed to the leaves of sugar...

Pages: 48-58
THE EFFECT OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS ON THE SOIL LOSS

Khalid F. Hassan

Field measurements and lab analysis were conducted to determine the effect of soil surface roughness ( oriented and random) resulted from discing and chiseling on the soil loss by wind erosion....

Pages: 50-56
BLOCK LEVEL PLANNING OF CROPS USING GIS

K. Mahendran

The geographical information system (GIS) is a computer-based technology that describes, stores, manipulates and analyzes information spatially and produces output in the form of maps and data...

Pages: 57-64
DIGITAL CORRELATION OF SOIL MUNSELL COLOUR AND COMPARE IT WITH DIGITAL IMAGE CLASSIFICATION FOR DIFFERENT SAMPLES OF SOIL USING CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM

Taha Abdul Hadi Taha Dawood Al-jawwadi

The research depended on reading soil color by using Munsell soil color chart for Twenty four soil samples with two duplicates. The soil samples were collected from three Iraqi governorate...

Pages: 59-69
STUDY OF POTASSIUM QUANTITY – INTENSITY PARAMETERS IN SOME CALCAREOUS SOILS IN NORTHERN IRAQ

Mohammad Ali Al-Obaidi

Potassium supplying power by using Beckett approach to evaluate some criterias of potassium thermodynamics and their uses as indicators in evaluating of soil fertility in some arid soils, location...

Pages: 70-78
ACCLIMATION AS AMETHOD TO REDUCE THE HEAT STRESS EFFECT ON SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PRODUCTIVE PARAMETER OF BROILER

I. Ibrahim, S. Abdul Rahman, D. Younis

The aim of this study was to expose chicks during the early ages to heat stress for acclimating them with high temperature environment during the following days. In this experiment 400 broiler...

Pages: 79-87
EFFECT OF FEEDING PROGRAMS ON SOME PRODUCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF BROILER

Rafh Mohammed Taher

This experiment was conducted on 60 unsexed one day old Ross broiler chicks to study the effect of four different feeding programs on productive characteristics during 0-8 weeks . The birds were...

Pages: 88-97
USING OF ANIMALS RUMEN CONTENTS AS A SOURSE OF PROTIEN IN BROILER DIETS

Duraid Th. Younis

The aim of this study were to identify the effect of using of animals rumen contents as asource of protein instead of premix (protein concentrates) in productive performance of broiler chicks. Two...

Pages: 98-102
EFFECT OF FEEDING RATION TREATED WITH FORMALDEHYDE ON REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF AWASSI EWE LAMBS

M. M. Kassem

Thirty two Awassi female lambs of 5.5-6 months old, with average initial body weight 37.2 Kg were divided into two groups each of sixteen ewe lambs. Group one was fed a ration containing 16.5%...

Pages: 103-108
NON-GENETIC FACTORS THAT PREPARATED PENEUMONIA INCIDENCE IN HOLSTEIN CATTLE AND THEIR EFFECT ON MILK-PRODUCTION IN THE MIDDLE OF IRAQ

Garabed A. Baghdasar

Statistically analyzed 5226 records for factors preparated pneumonia incidence which were parity , year and season of incidence with 2046 records refer to total milk production (TMP) and location...

Pages: 109-115
INHIBITORY EFFECT OF Myrtus communis AND Eugenia caryophyllata ESSENTIAL OILS ON GROWTH OF BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM BURNS OF UNDER FIVE YEARS CHILDREN

Ibraheem Talal Al-Saoaf

Isolation and identification of bacteria that contaminated burns in children under the age of five years in both genders treated in Al-Zahrawy hospital for the period from September to November...

Pages: 116-124
EFFECT OF DENSITY ON ACCUMULATION OF BASAL AREA OF STAND OF PINE IN NORTHERN IRAQ

Maha Ali Mahmood

This experiment has been carried out in Aqrai, Atroosh and Zawita zone on stand of Pinus brutia Ten. In Northern of Iraqi to determinate on accumulation the effect of density between trees for the...

Pages: 125-131
COMBINING ABILITY ANALYSIS, ESTIMATION OF HETEROSIS AND SOME GENETIC PARAMETERS USING PARTIAL DIALLEL CROSS IN COMMON WHEAT (Triticum aestivum. L)

Mohammed Ali Hussein

Six varieties of common wheat (T. aestivum. L) (Sham 4, Adnania, Tamuz 2, IPA 99, Maxi paik, and Abu-Graib) were used in partial diallel crosses. The varieties were planted in 2007 2008 of Malta...

Pages: 132-141
EFFECT OF LARVAL INSTARS AND HOST KIND ON SOME NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS OF Agrotis ipsilon (Hufn. )

Nazar M. Almallah

The results of the present study showed a significant effect of the host kind (corn , sugar beet) and larval instars on some nutritional parameters of Agrotis ipsilon under laboratory condition (28...

Pages: 142-148
COMPARATIVE SEASONAL ACTIVITY STUDY OF Dysaphis pyri (Boy.) AND Dysaphis reamuri (Mord.) ON SOME POME FRUITS VARIETIES

Nazar M. Al-Mallah

The results of studying the comparative seasonal activity of Dysaphis pyri (Boy.) and Dysaphis reamuri (Mord.) on some pome fruits varieties in Ninavah province during the year 2009 showed that the...

Pages: 149-155
TESTING THE EFFECT OF LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF CHEMICAL

Osama S. Mohammad

The results of testing low concentrations of the insecticides: Cerin, Sibex, and Sypermethrin showed high significant percentages of killing the larval and adult stages of T. confusum and...

Pages: 156-162
IRRIGATION METHOD AND STICKY TRAPS EFFECT ON SEASONAL ACTIVITY OF LEAFHOPPER Empoasca decedens (Paoli) on POTATO

Wafa Abid Yahya Al-Khafaf

Irrigation methods and sticky traps study of the leafhopper Empoasca decedens (Paoli) Which were conducted in AlRashidieh region during growing season 2006 and 2007 in two potatoes fields showed...

Pages: 163-171
STUDY ORGANIC WASTES EFFECT ON VASCULAR FUSARMIC WILT PATHOGEN Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. capsici ON PEPPER

Nidhal Y. Mohammed Al-Morad

Effect of three types of organic wastes cow. sheep, poultry was studied using pepper in decrease pepper wilt disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. capsici in three verities (California...

Pages: 172-180