Khoulood A. Hemida, Shimaa Khalid, Abdelkarim Mohammed Abdelatif, Amany M. Reyad
{"title":"A study of phytochemical screening and antibacterial effect of some methanolic plant extracts on Pseudomonas aeruginosa","authors":"Khoulood A. Hemida, Shimaa Khalid, Abdelkarim Mohammed Abdelatif, Amany M. Reyad","doi":"10.21608/fjard.2024.342076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/fjard.2024.342076","url":null,"abstract":": Resistance of the different bacterial strains to conventional antibiotics was noticed, and the need of solutions to come over this problem turn into find natural sources. The efficacy of methanol extracts of different plants is noticed as a powerful way to solve this problem. Lantanacamara, Eucalyptussp, Menthab sp, Mangiferaindicialeaves were chosen as trails. Efficacy of methanol extracts of Lantana, Eucalyptus, Mentha, Mangifera leaves were assessed against pathogenic multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The resistance of the bacterial strain was screened for all used conventional antibiotics. The extracts from the investigated leaves have been studied for their antimicrobial and antioxidant effects. The disc diffusion method was used for determining the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and the antimicrobial activity. The same MIC (12.5 mg/mL) was recorded for Eucalyptus and Mentha, while MICs were 3.125, 6.25 mg/mL for Lantanaand Mangifera, respectively. Chemical composition of each extract was evaluated using GC-MS giving; hexadecanol as the major compound (15.13%) for Lantana, eucalyptol was identified as the major compound (21.41%) for Eucalyptus, 2-methyl-5-phenyl Cyclohexen-1-one was identified as the main compound (14.31%) for Mentha, and chloroform was identified as the major compound (7.67%) for Mangifera. The total phenols, DPPH scavenging activity, and reducing power were estimated under spectrophotometric conditions and supported our GC-MS findings. In this article, different plant leaves extracts act as powerful antibacterial agents, and the MICs values were significantly low against the tested bacterial pathogen","PeriodicalId":12075,"journal":{"name":"Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development","volume":"170 3-4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140516620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Developing a scale for social exclusion for rural women in Fayoum Governorate","authors":"Safaa Ragaey Abdel Nabby El Saied","doi":"10.21608/fjard.2023.326775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/fjard.2023.326775","url":null,"abstract":": This study aimed to construct a measure of social exclusion of rural women that has indications of stability and validity, characterizing the level of social exclusion of rural women in its various dimensions )social exclusion - economic exclusion - political exclusion - total degree of exclusion( in the study area, as well as determining the relative importance of each of the axes used in Measuring the social exclusion of rural women, and identifying the reasons that lead to the social exclusion of rural women from the point of view of the respondents in the study sample. A regular random sample of 300 rural women was selected,160 respondents in the village of Qasr Rashwan, 140 respondents in the village of Dar Al-Salam.. Frequency distribution tables, percentages, arithmetic mean, and standard deviation were used to display and describe the data, and the Spearman and Brown equation was used for prediction , and Gutman's coefficient, stability coefficient alpha )α( by Cronbach's method, to measure the stability of the measure of social exclusion of rural women, Pearson's simple correlation coefficient, and gradual multiple regression analysis were used to identify the order of social exclusion axes according to their relative importance within the scale. The most important results were that the stability coefficients of the measure of social exclusion of rural women and its sub-axes were all relatively high, which provides a great deal of confidence in the use of this measure. And that the majority of women in the study sample )35.0% - 39.3%( experience economic exclusion in a medium and high degree, and the majority of women in the study sample )39.1% - 33.6%( experience social exclusion in a medium and high degree. And that more than half of the respondents )59.7%( have a high degree of political exclusion. The value of )F(","PeriodicalId":12075,"journal":{"name":"Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139331174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohamed M.M. Abd El-Azeem, Hamada R. Beheiry, Ibrahim A.A. Mohamed, Asmaa G.A. Abdel-Samad, Hamdy A.Z. Hussein, Amr E.M. Mahmoud, Mostafa M. Rady
{"title":"Effect of exogenous CPPU, proline, or potassium on late yield and fruit quality of fig (Ficus carica L.) trees","authors":"Mohamed M.M. Abd El-Azeem, Hamada R. Beheiry, Ibrahim A.A. Mohamed, Asmaa G.A. Abdel-Samad, Hamdy A.Z. Hussein, Amr E.M. Mahmoud, Mostafa M. Rady","doi":"10.21608/fjard.2023.326778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/fjard.2023.326778","url":null,"abstract":": This research aimed to examine the impacts of foliar application of CPPU at a rate of 20, 40, or 60 µM, K at a rate of 5, 10, or 15 mM, or proline at a rate of 2, 4, or 6 mM on growth, late fruit yield, and fruit quality of fig trees under adverse conditions of late season (leaf senescence and low temperature). This research was conducted using 4-and 5-year-old fig trees in the 2019 and 2020 seasons, respectively. The obtained findings explore that all the applied concentrations of CPPU, K, or proline markedly improved growth traits such as average leaf number per branch, leaf area per branch, leaf dry weight, and leaf dry matter content. In addition, the late fig yield (average fruit number per branch and fruit weight) and fruit quality traits (average fruit volume, total soluble sugars, total soluble soils, and titratable acidity) were significantly improved compared to the control. Among all applied treatments, including the control, 40 µM CPPU was the best treatment conferring the best growth, yield, and fruit quality traits. Therefore, the findings of this report recommend the use of 40 µM CPPU for promoting late fruit yield and fruit quality traits of fig trees.","PeriodicalId":12075,"journal":{"name":"Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139326180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An economic study for manufacturing possibilities of oat milk and Its products in Egypt","authors":"Hoda Abd Elhaleem Meshref","doi":"10.21608/fjard.2023.316214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/fjard.2023.316214","url":null,"abstract":": The study analyzed manufacturing possibilities of oat milk and its products in Egypt. The objectives of the study are: )i( identify the current situation of dairy alternatives in the world, and )ii( analyze the possible opportunities for manufacturing oat milk products in Egypt. It was found an increase in global demand for dairy alternatives and its products. Dairy alternatives include soy, almond, rice, coconut, and oat milk. Oat milk tops the lists of the best-selling dairy products in most countries of the world, so it is considered one of the dairy alternatives that is a strong candidate for expansion in its production in recent times. The study assumed a unit production capacity for manufacturing oat milk products )drink milk, ice cream, and yogurt( amounting to 3.5 tons of oats annually, the project lifespan is 12 years, and the discount price is 22%. The study concluded that the factory will achieve net cash flows during the life of the project whose current value is 0.29 million pounds, and IRR is 36%, which greatly exceeds the lending rate in banks, and the ratio of current benefits to current costs is 1.1, meaning that the project is financially feasible. The payback period is 2.8 years.","PeriodicalId":12075,"journal":{"name":"Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135220471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Monopolistic practices of the most important countries exporting red meat to the Egyptian market","authors":"Eid Naaimy Faisal, Hoda Abd Elhaleem Meshref","doi":"10.21608/fjard.2023.315655","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/fjard.2023.315655","url":null,"abstract":": This paper aims at studying the current situation of the production and consumption of red meat in Egypt, as well as estimating the market power )monopolistic practices( and estimating some indicators of the competitiveness of the most important exporting countries red meat to Egypt. The study concluded that the total production and the self-sufficiency rate of red meat in Egypt decreased during the period )2012-2020( at a rate of about 7.9%, 6% annually, respectively. And the values ","PeriodicalId":12075,"journal":{"name":"Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135220473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shereen S. F. EL-Sayed, Mohamed M. EL-Mogy, Gehan A. Mahmoud
{"title":"Potassium silicate and calcium chloride improve production and shelf-lifeof strawberries","authors":"Shereen S. F. EL-Sayed, Mohamed M. EL-Mogy, Gehan A. Mahmoud","doi":"10.21608/fjard.2023.318064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/fjard.2023.318064","url":null,"abstract":"The short shelf-life of strawberry fruits is the main challenge for transportation over long distances during export and import around the world. Adding postharvest treatments could increase fruits decay during transportation. Thus, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of pre-harvest applications with different rates of calcium chloride (0.5, 1, and 2 %) and potassium silicate (0.4, 0.6, and 0.8 %) on growth, yield, fruit characteristics, shelf-life for 7 days at 10°C on the content of bioactive compounds, and the activity of enzymes in strawberries. The results indicated that calcium chloride and potassium silicate significantly increased leaves number, plant fresh weight, chlorophyll percentage, plant leaf area, and dry matter compared to the control. Additionally, calcium chloride and potassium silicate significantly increased total yield, marketable yield, fruit length, fruit weight, and fruit diameter. Calcium chloride was the most effective treatment for decreasing weight loss and increasing fruit firmness and total anthocyanin compared to other treatments. Moreover, potassium silicate was the most effective treatment for enhancing vitamin C. Both compounds significantly increased total sugar, antioxidant capacity, and peroxidase (POD) activity. Our results offer crucial data for commercial producers to increase production, enhance postharvest quality, and extend shelf life, thus permitting a wider range of strawberry retail marketing.","PeriodicalId":12075,"journal":{"name":"Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135324384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samir A. Sief Al-Yazal, Hamada R. Bahery, Mohamed S. Attia, Hamdy A. Z. Hussein
{"title":"Foliar application of selenium and glycine betaine improve morph-physiological characteristics of peach trees grown under deficit irrigation stress","authors":"Samir A. Sief Al-Yazal, Hamada R. Bahery, Mohamed S. Attia, Hamdy A. Z. Hussein","doi":"10.21608/fjard.2023.321697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/fjard.2023.321697","url":null,"abstract":": The current investigation was carried. out during two successive. seasons of 2017 and 2018 on 8 years old peach trees (Prunus persica L. Batsch) cv.\"Florida Prince\" grown on \"Nemaguard\" rootstock was grown in a newly reclaimed land at a private farm, in Wadi El Natroun District, Beheira Governorate, Egypt to study the response of the drought-stressed peach trees to foliar application of selenium (Se) and Glycine betaine (GB) on vegetative growth and Physiological characteristics, trees grown under deficit irrigation \"DI 70 \" (70% of water use) in sandy soil. Glycine betaine (GB) was used to spray the peach tree foliage at 3 levels (0, 25, and 50 mM) and Selenium (Se)was sprayed at (0, 20, and 40 ppm). The Results indicated that the tree was irrigated with highest amount of irrigation water applied \"FI 100 \" (100% WU) produced the highest significant values of vegetative growth. \"DI 70 \" (70% WU) treatments significantly decreased vegetative growth. Foliar application of GB reduced the negative impacts of water stress, and produced the maximum significant values of averages of shoot length (SL), number of leaves per shoot (NLS), and leaf area LA (cm) 2 . It was also concluded that, foliar application of GB with 50 mM/l, and Selenium (Se) 20 ppm can be enhanced the vegetative growth and physiological characteristics of peach trees grown under deficit Irrigation Stress \"DI 70 \".","PeriodicalId":12075,"journal":{"name":"Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136152519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abd El-Azeem Mostafa, Osama Metwally Muhammad, Sarah Omar Makram
{"title":"Financial evaluation of dried onion industry in Fayoum Governorate","authors":"Abd El-Azeem Mostafa, Osama Metwally Muhammad, Sarah Omar Makram","doi":"10.21608/fjard.2023.319582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/fjard.2023.319582","url":null,"abstract":": The research aimed to study the financial evaluation of drying fresh onions enterprise in Fayoum Governorate “A case study of Green Land Factory”, through using discounting and non-discounted Financial Evaluation measurements. The Results showed that the value of the internal rate of return was about 25%, and this is considered a rate of return that exceeds the rate of lending in commercial banks, which indicates that the project is financially feasible, also the ratio of benefits to costs was about 1.06 pounds, and this indicates that every pound spent gives net benefits estimated at about 0.06 pounds, and this is also considered a good indicator for investment, as the return on investment reached about 10%, meaning that every pound invested in the project achieves a net return estimated at about 10 cent, while the net return to revenue ratio was about 10%, which indicates that the total revenue covers the total costs with a surplus, and the capital recovery period is about four years. And by using sensitivity analysis, it was found that an increase in the price of a ton of fresh raw onions by 5% leads to a decrease in the internal rate of return from 25% to 18%, with an estimated decrease of about 26%, and the increase in labor wages by 10% leads to a decrease in the internal rate of return from 25% to 22 % by an estimated decrease of 9%, and the increase in the packaging cost by 20% leads to a decrease in the internal rate of return from 25% to 24% with a decrease rate estimated at 4%, and the increase in gas costs by 10% leads to a decrease in the internal rate of return from 25% to 24%, with estimated decrease about 2%, and the increase in water costs by 20% leads to a decrease in the internal rate of return from 25% to 24%, with decrease estimated about 2%, and the increase in dried onion ton price by 2.5% and increasing the costs by 5% lead to a decrease in the internal rate of return from 25% to 19%, with a decrease about 23%. The research recommends mainly to pay more attention to current dried onion enterprises by providing many production and marketing capabilities, in addition to providing more investment opportunities in establishing new enterprises in this sector.","PeriodicalId":12075,"journal":{"name":"Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135759848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antibacterial effect of cinnamon essential oil in combination with traditional antibiotics","authors":"Amany M. M. Reyad","doi":"10.21608/fjard.2023.315652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/fjard.2023.315652","url":null,"abstract":": Drug-resistant microorganisms are on the rise, posing a danger to successful bacterial illness treatment and increasing the demand for new antibacterial drugs. Natural products are currently and will continue to be the principal source of antibacterial therapeutic agents. This study's aim was to assess the antibacterial effects of Cinnamon essential oil (EO) alone and in combination with several traditional antibiotics against multi-drug resistant Staphylococcussp. The antibacterial efficacy was determined using the disc diffusion method. As a result, cinnamon oil possesses antibacterial properties with MICs were 1.25 mgml -1 and 2.5 mgml -1 for S.epidermidisandS.aureus, respectively. Commercial antimicrobials and essential oil work together most effectively when combined. Scanning electron microscopy revealed morphological alterations in Staphylococcus cells, indicating cell membrane damage. Cinnamon essential oil composition was assessed using GC/MS with polonicumtoxin B (14.71%), linalool (5.36%), cinnamaldehyde (3.37%), 5, 5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-1-phenyl-1-hexen-3-one (6.47%), 2-methyl benzofuran (5.79%), and 1,2-propanediol (6.32%). This study presented a natural product as a substitute for chemical therapeutics, addressing the problem of antibiotic resistance.","PeriodicalId":12075,"journal":{"name":"Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135220474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}