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

Performance of three soybeans genotypes under different intra and inter row planting arrangements M I Mohammed1, K K Ahmed1 and S H Mohammed2

Abstract A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the performance of three genotypes of soybean Iman, Taqa and Lee74 planted on lines with three different spacing 40, 50 and 60 cm and two plant spacings on each row 5 and 10 cm. The experiment was carried out according to the Read more

Effect of six herbicides to control the wild barley and other weeds accompanied with wheat S H Al-Ziady1 and R K Shati1

Abstract A field experiment was carried out in the fields of one of the farmers in the province of Wasit Al-Ahrar area during the agricultural season 2015-2016 to control the wild barley and other weeds accompanied with the wheat. The experiment included six herbicides (Sulfon using 50 g.h−1, Granysam with Read more

Comparative study for the effects of locally prepared premix and other imported premixes in broilers carcasses characteristics J S Lazim1 and R S Abbas2

Abstract The study was conducted in the Poultry Farm in the Technical College AL-Mussayab during the period that began at the 1st of November 2016 till the 5th of December 2016, to investigate the effect of substitution imported by local premixes on carcass traits of broiler. A total of 540 Read more

Comparative study to evaluate productive performance of Iraqi Turkey female Strains. Y A M AL-Janabi1, S S Khafaji2, T K ALJanabi2, S M S Altaie2 and A M AL-Nedawi3

Abstract The turkey females were randomly distributed on four groups, each group consisted of 12 birds depend on strain. The strains as follow, (T1): red turkey strain, (T2): bronze turkey strain, (T3): white turkey strain, (T4): black turkey strain. Each group constituted from 3 replicates and each replicate has 4 Read more

Isolation of Citrobacter species from common carp, Cyprinus carpio cultivated in floating cages at Al-Hilla river, Babylon province S M Al-Haider1, K S Al-Niaeem2 and A K Resen2

Abstract About 144 moribund of the common carp were examined were brought to the laboratory for examination after an epizootic of citrobacteriosis on cultivated in floating cages at Al-Hilla river, during the period December 2017- November 2018. The bacterium was identified by Vitek II system. The fish displayed dark color Read more