Within the framework of joint scientific cooperation with various Iraqi universities, Assistant Professor Dr. Mushtaq Talib Muhammad Ali, a teacher in the Department of Plant Protection at the College of Agriculture / University of Karbala, participated as a member of the discussion committee for the doctoral thesis of the student Yusra Jamal Talib for her thesis tagged (determination of morphological and biochemical response criteria in some Eggplant cultivars for infection with two-spotted mites and the efficiency of salicylic and jasmonic acids in stimulating systemic resistance) in the Plant Protection Department, College of Agriculture / University of Basra on Sunday 4/6/2023 and after scientific discussions, the thesis was approved with distinction.