Impact of bio fertilizer and magnetic irrigation water on growth and yield of melon Cucumis melo L. A F Ali1,3, M H Alsaady2,3 and H A Salim1,3

Abstract The field experiment was conducted at Baqubah nursery, Directorate of Diyala agriculture in Iraq during summer growing of 2017 to study the effect of bio and chemical fertilizers with magnetized water as well as their interactions on growth and yield of melon cv. Piel de sapo. The experiment was Read more

Response of Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) cv. ‘Great Smoky Mountains’ to Foliar Application of Putrescine, Spermidine and Salicylic Acid A A J Mohammad Saeed1, M D Abdulhadi1 and S M Salih2

Abstract The experiment was carried out in the lath house at the Station Research of Horticulture and Landscape Department/College of Agriculture/University of Diyala, Iraq for the fall season 2016-2017. The experiment included two factors, first one foliar application with polyamines (PAs), putrescine and spermidine, at concentrations of 0 (distilled water Read more

Improving the sensory and qualitative properties of barley bread using broken wheat wet gluten F A Abadi1 and J M Naser2

Abstract Vital wheat gluten was extracted from broken wheat flour (Triticum aestivum), which is an accidental product during the technical milling process and used to improve the sensory and qualitative properties of bread made using flour from two varieties of Iraqi barley (IPA 99, IPA 265) which were obtained from Read more

Influence of different natural media on production of myco-diesel S A Shafiq1 and R A Chechan2

Abstract The current study was an attempt to produce mycodieselusing by six oleaginous fungal isolatesAspergillusfumigates, Aspergillusterreus, Aspergillusflavus, Trichodermaharizanum, Penicilliumsp. and Fusariumgraminearum during the culturing on natural culture media from various types of agro-wastes as prospective nutritional sources (almonds husks, peanut husks and sunflower husks).The results of biomass (dry weight) showed Read more

Usage of some Halo bacteria species to alleviate sodium chloride toxicity in Vigna radiate L. cuttings in terms rooting response K A Hussein1, N H Kadhum1 and M R Sharqi1

Abstract Four1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase enzyme-producing halotolerant bacterial isolates were used to remove toxic concentration of NaCl salt (75 mM) for mung bean as an experimental system in terms of the rooting response by regulating ethylene levels in mung bean. Mung bean was supplied by combination (inoculated DF media with all 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