Effect of planting date and spraying of humic acid in the growth traits and active compounds of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum – graecum L) H A Majid1, H A Salim2 and A H Fahmi1

Abstract The study was conducted at the Crops Research Station, College of Agriculture, University of Diyala during the years 2017-2018 to evaluate the effect of planting dates and spraying of humic acid in the growth characteristics and active compounds of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum –graecum L). The experiment was carried out according Read more

Physiological effect of iron on the growth and yield of two cultivars of broad bean R L Attiya1,2, S M Alrubaye1,2, M A Hasan1,2 and S H ALrubaiee1,2

Abstract A field experiment was conducted in Al-Husseinia, Holy Karbala govern during the winter season 2018 to investigate the effect of spraying the vegetative part with iron on growth and yield of two cultivars of broad bean (Vicia Faba L.). Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) of three replicates was used. Read more

Effect of foliar nutrition of nano-fertilizers and amino acids on growth and yield of wheat. H W A Al-Juthery1, H M Hardan1, F G. A. Al-Swedi1, M H Obaid2 and Q M N Al-Shami3

Abstract A field experiment was carried out at the Extension farm in Province 41 of Husseiniya, Babylon Governorate to study the effect of foliar nutrition with some of nano-fertilizers and nano-amino acids on growth and yield of wheat cultivar Adana 99. The experiment included 8 treatments of Nano chelated super Read more

Effect of barassinolide on growth characteristics of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under water stress S S Toman1, A H Jasim2, Z K Kadhim3, A A H Hassan4 and R M Hamzah3

Abstract This experiment was conducted in the laboratories of the Seed Testing and Certification Division-Babylon province in 2018 in a completely randomized design (CRD) with four replicates and two factors. The first factor included the addition of polyethylene glycol 6000 (PEG 6000) with three levels of water stress of 0 Read more

Seed priming of sorghum cultivars to tolerate salt stress M O Shihab1 and J H Hamza2

Abstract A laboratory experiment was carried out in the laboratories of College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Baghdad in 2017. Three factors were studied; Sorghum bicolor L. cultivars (Inqath, Rabeh and Buhoth70), primed and unprimed seed, and salt stress (0, 6, 9 and 12 dS.m−1). The aim was to improve germination Read more

Molecular discrimination of maize CMS type and genetic relationship using RAMs markers A O Alfalahi1, R M Theer1, M A Mohammed2, M H Abdullah1, O M Dhannoon1, Z T Hussein1 and M M Drej1

Abstract Molecular characterization of CMS is an environmentally-independent tool and represents an alternative way to consider genetic variation within and between the different maize populations. The current study which consisted of six cms lines of maize in the 8th generation (S8) revealed that all of these lines were C-type. The Read more

Morphological and molecular assessment of several cultivars of bread wheat Triticum aestivum L. under different types of irrigation water

Abstract The experiment was carried out at the second research station, College of Agriculture, Al-Muthanna University during the winter season 2018-2019, to investigate the performance of four wheat cultivars namely Rasheed, IBA99, Bhooth and Abu Graib subjected K+ supplants to antagonize Na+ effect on growth, yield and genome of four Read more

The comparison of several methods for calculating the degree of heritability and calculating the number of genes in maize (Zea mays L.). I. Agronomic traits B H Hadi1, W A Hassan1 and K M Wuhiab1

Abstract The objective of present study was to compare of several methods for estimating the degree of heritability and calculating the number of genes using generation mean analysis of maize (Zea mays L.). The experiment was conducted at the field of Field Crop Dept. College of Agric / Univ. of Baghdad, Read more