Abstract During insect surveys in June 2019 using yellow pan traps and sweep nets in agricultural areas of the Al Husayniya district of Karbala Governorate, three species of the economically important parasitoid genus Scelio were identified. Scelio howardi Crawford, S. striatus Priesner and S. variegatus Kozlov and Kononova all represent new records in Iraq. Read more
Abstract This study was carried out in an ordinarily field of common reed Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin, one of invasive perennial weed in Iraq. originally focused on investigating the feasibilityof an applied herbicide treatment by using systematic herbicides of glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl glycine) and fluazifop-butyl to control the common reed. Doses Read more
Abstract This study was conducted to isolate and identify Trichoderma harzianum Rifai and Rhizoctonia solani by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique with the presence of the ITS1 and ITS4 primer pair. The study was also carried out to investigate the efficacy of rice husk compost fortified with the bio-control agent, T. harzianum for the resistance Read more
Assist prof. Dr.sarab abdalhadi almukhtar (Let your food be your medicine … and treat every patient with the plants of his land, as it is brought to his recovery) نجد أن مراكز البحث العلمي في الدول المتقدمة ومنظم١ة الصحة العالمية تكشف لنا عن الآثار الجانبية الخطيرة للأدوية الكيميائية حتى يتم Read more
First registration of badh2 in Iraqi Aromatic Rice Varieties in Joint Database DDBJ/ENA/GenBank. Dr. Ali Nazim Farhoud, lecturer in Field Crops Department, recorded genetic sequences in the joint database of DDBJ/ENA/GenBank under the Accession numbers LC553779 and LC553780 for The Badh2 Gene, which is responsible for aromatic rice in aromatic Read more
The lecturer, Dr. Kadum Mohammed Abdullah, published a scientific research paper in cooperation with a research team from the Australian university (Griffith University) on the nutrients cycling, especially the nitrogen and carbon elements under the impact of the controlled fire system that is followed in many countries where wild fires Read more
Abstract The study has recorded the Hoverfly parasite Diplazon laetatorius (Fabricius, 1781) for the first time in Iraq. The material examined was from Karbala city, with coordinates 32.6068° N, 44.0104° E, 14.4.2019, 4 ♀. This ichneumonid wasp is imported for the biological control of pests. It is vital to increase awareness among Read more
The participation of a good elite of the faculty members of the College of Agriculture – University of Karbala in the virtual international conference that was held at the University of Qadisiyah under the slogan (Agriculture and the sustainable environment is our path towards food security) as participants and attendees.
selecte Prof. Dr. Hameed Abed Khashan Al-Farttoosi, Head of theField Crops Department, as a member of the Scientific Committee of the First Virtual International Agricultural Conference, Collage of Agriculture, Al-Qadisiyah University; As well as president of a session for the axis of field crops and plant protection.Our wishin to him Read more
The University of Karbala / College of Agriculture / Department of Field Crops held a training course entitled “Statistical Analysis of Agricultural and Biological Experiments” using the Genstat program by Dr. Uday Hamid Al-Tamimi and Dr. Ali Nazim Farhood on Sunday and Monday, 10-11 / 5/2020 Through the Free Conference Read more