{"title":"EFFECT OF LENGTHANDDEPTHOF THEDRIPTAPEON WETTING FRONT ADVANCE IN THE ROOT ZONE OF SUNFLOWR USING HYDRUS 2D/3D PROGRAM","authors":"Zahraa K. K. Al- Salihi, Salloom B. Salim","doi":"10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1759","url":null,"abstract":"A field experiment was carried out during the spring season 2020 at the University of Baghdad to study the effect of the length and depth of the drip tape on wetting advance ofsubsurface drip irrigation system using Hydrus 2D/3D program. The site was planted with sunflower in a clay loam texture. The drip tape was installed at 0.3m below soil surfacein two lengths; 20m and 40m. The experiment was designed according to the arrangement of split plotsdesign and with three replications. The treatments were randomly distributed and planted with sunflower crop. The results showed that the moisture contents of the 20 mlength drip tape was higher compared with the 40 m drip tape length. Also, the length of the tape was superior in some components of the yield if the length of the drip tape exceeded 20 m in the character of the number of seeds in one disc, and the result was a significant superiority.","PeriodicalId":14562,"journal":{"name":"IRAQI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90504106","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":"ROLE OF VITAMIN C AND E ON GENOTOXICITY, HEMATOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION IN CYPRINUS CARPIO L. FOLLOWING ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES EXPOSURE","authors":"H. H. Faik, S.A. Mustafa","doi":"10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1752","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1752","url":null,"abstract":"This study was aimed to evaluate the role of vitamins C and E on genotoxicity, biochemical and hematological indices in common carp, Cyprinus carpio following zinc oxide nanoparticles exposure. Zinc oxide nanoparticles were synthesized (size was < 34nm) and characterized using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectra (FTIR) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis. About 120 common carp (weight 20.0-32.0 g) were randomly divided into 12 tanks at rate of 10 fish/tank (two (replicates/treatment); fish were fed diet as follows: Control (C) were fed basal diet; T1 fish were fed basal diet mixed with vitamins C and E (400 mg/kg); T2 and T3 fish were fed basal diet mixed with 10%and 15% ZnONPs respectively; T4 and T5 fish were fed basal diet mixed with ZnONPs 10% and 15% plus vitamins C and E (400 mg/kg dw) respectively. Post 40 d feeding trail, variable changes were registered in blood indices (“Hb content, PCV%, WBCs and RBCs numbers”) in all treated groups compared to C and T1 groups. The highest DNA damage (% tail DNA using Comet assay) was seen in T2 and T3 which asserted highly significant increased (P≤0.01) compared to C and to treated groups. As well as, glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity exhibited highly significant increase (P≤0.01) in T2 and T3 groups relative to C, T4, T1, T5 respectively. This investigation clearly proved that sub-lethal doses (10 and 15% in diet) of ZnONPs were able to induce an oxidative stress in carp fish as reflected by significantly increase of DNA damage to erythrocytes and “the combination of vitamins C and E was able to alleviate the oxidative stress generated due to exposure to ZnONPs.”","PeriodicalId":14562,"journal":{"name":"IRAQI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73274795","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":"MOLECULAR DETECTION OF SOME VIRULENCE GENE IN Proteus Mirabilis ISOLATED FROM URINARY TRACT INFECTION IN IRAQ","authors":"R. M. S. Al-khalidy, R. A. Aburesha","doi":"10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1751","url":null,"abstract":"This study was concentrated for isolation and identification of 60 (35.2%) Proteus mirabilis isolates out of 170 urine samples from patients suffering from urinary tract infection from different hospitals in Baghdad city during a period from September 2020 to January 2021. The isolates were cultivated on selective media and biochemical reactions were used to identify them confirmatory APi 20 E tests. The sixty selected isolates were tested for resistance against four antibiotics. The results shown that there were differences in the antibiotic resistance of isolates. High resistance to nalidixic acid and ampicillin were found among isolates as (75%) and (51%) respectively while the resistance of Proteus mirabilis isolates to amikacin and impenem, were(8.3%). Some important virulence factor to Proteus mirabilis was detected by using molecular techniques include PCR and it was found that only 18 (60%) of isolates gave positive result for rsbA at 467 bp. 27 (90%) of them gave positive result for luxS at 464 bp.","PeriodicalId":14562,"journal":{"name":"IRAQI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79915496","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}
D.W.K.Alsaadoon, F. M. Hassan, W. Mahdi, R. Prof, Asisst. Prof
{"title":"ASSESSEMENT OF WATER QUALITY OF DIYALA RIVER USING OVERALL INDEX OF POLLUTION (OIP) IN IRAQ","authors":"D.W.K.Alsaadoon, F. M. Hassan, W. Mahdi, R. Prof, Asisst. Prof","doi":"10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1748","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was performed to assess the seasonal changes in the water quality of Diyala River (Diyala Governorate, Iraq), from five sites along the river during the period from September 2020 to April 2021, by applying the Overall Index of Pollution (OIP). OIP is one of the reliable indicators in evaluating the quality of surface water. To calculate the value of the OIP, twelve parameters were measured in the water samples, which are (water temperature, pH, electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen, biological oxygen demand, total hardness, calcium, magnesium, total dissolved solids, total alkalinity, and concentrations of dissolved nitrates and phosphates). The results showed spatial and temporal variation of physicochemical parameters. The obtained values of OIP (1.72-2.72) revealed acceptable water quality in some sites to slight pollution in the others sites. The current study recommends establishing a novel program for the maintenance and control of Iraqi waters. Such program should be based on scientific means to handle changes that occurred during the past years, such as insufficient release of Iraq’s water shares by neighboring countries, low-rate precipitation rates, and practices of water abuse committed by the population.","PeriodicalId":14562,"journal":{"name":"IRAQI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84249370","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":"EVALUTION THE EFFECT OF HEMAZOLE PESTICIDE ON THE VITALITY, GROWTH AND TISSUE CHANGES OF EARTHWORMS","authors":"A. K. Aljbouri, S. M. Mahmood","doi":"10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1744","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted to show the effect of Hemazole fungicide on the growth and vitality of earthworms when treated with different concentrations of the pesticide (1000,200,40) mg.kgˉ¹ and for periods of (7,14,21,and28) days, a clear decrease was observed in the growth rate of worms treated with the pesticide with the increase in the time period, and the highest decrease in growth was recorded at the concentration of 40 mg.kgˉ¹ amounted to 83.23% during the third period of rearing (21 days), as for the survival of worms, it was noted that young worms were affected by the three concentrations, and the time period for killing worms 100% was observed after (7, 15 and 21)minutes, respectively, while the time period for the death of adult worms was much higher, reaching (72, 30 and 13) minutes. As for the effect of the pesticide on the thickness of the body wall and the occurrence of tissue abnormalities, it was noted that the thickness of the body wall was significantly affected, especially at the concentration of 40 mg.kgˉ¹, where the lowest thickness was 28,333, 170, 39.67 micrometers compared to the control group, which recorded the thickness of the body wall amounted to 56.667, 532.67, 124 Histological abnormalities were also observed, including necrosis in the epidermal layer, a decrease in the thickness of the longitudinal muscles, and flattening or necrosis in the epithelium of the alimentary canal.","PeriodicalId":14562,"journal":{"name":"IRAQI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82997957","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":"HIGH NPK SOLUTION AND PGP IMPROVED EOS PROPERTIES OF ROSE GROWN IN COCOPEAT","authors":"Dina M. Hameed, Nazik H. Khalil","doi":"10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1768","url":null,"abstract":"This research was carried out at Research Station , Department of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering , College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences , University of Baghdad during fall season of 2020, it was aimed to improve flower productivity, quantity and quality of essential oils with increasing the concentration of N, P , K elements in the nutrient solution, and foliar app `lication of Plant growth promoters (PGP) on Rosa Damascene grown on a soilless culture system with coco peat substrate bags. A factorial experimental design was carried out according to (RCBD)with three replication. Results indicated the superiority of a high nitrogen treatment and 1.5 g of PGP (N2S2 ), of the flowers number, dry matter%, flower diameter, oil quantity and all physical and the anatomical characteristics, represented by the diameter of the head diameter of the glandular capillaries. Petals number increased significantly with a high potassium nutrient solution and PGP 1 g (N4S1).The high phosphorous solution, which was not treated with growth stimulator, showed superiority in the length of glandular capillaries.","PeriodicalId":14562,"journal":{"name":"IRAQI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72743542","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}
Mohammed M. Farhan, Dhia S. Hassawi, Nabeel K. Ibraheem
{"title":"EXTRACTION, FRACTIONATION, AND SEPERATIONE OF CYNAROSIDE AND SCOLYMOSIDE FROM Cynara scolymus L. GROWN IN IRAQ","authors":"Mohammed M. Farhan, Dhia S. Hassawi, Nabeel K. Ibraheem","doi":"10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1742","url":null,"abstract":"Artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.) is a nutritious vegetable that grown all over the world. It is a promising herbal plant, rich in bioactive components. It is considered as medicinal plant due to its nutritional and phytochemical composition, especially high proportion of phenolic compounds. The primary aim of this study was to achieve chemical profile analyses of artichoke for different phytochemcials, especially Scolymoside and Cynaroside. Methanolic crude was extracted from Artichoke leaves by rotary evaporator and separated by column chromatography. The fractions monitored by Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC), and identified in High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Two important compounds, Scolymoside and Cynaroside were separated and identified. In overall, Artichoke could be regarded as a rich source of biologically active compounds and considered as bio-functional with putative antioxidant effects. ","PeriodicalId":14562,"journal":{"name":"IRAQI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES","volume":"245 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76323063","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":"DETECTION OF SOME VIRULENCE, ANTIBACTERIAL RESISTANCE GENES FOR SALMONELLA ISOLATED FROM DOGS IN BAGHDAD CITY","authors":"Maher. S. Al – Rubaye, Atheer. A. Al-doori","doi":"10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1756","url":null,"abstract":"Two hundred and fifty (250) samples from both diarrheic and non-diarrheic dogs in both sex male and female multi breeds ( German shepherd and malinois ) in Academy for training police and military dogs for searching about drugs , explosives ,local dogs and pet dogs from different clinical cases in Baghdad city were tested. All samples are obtained in aseptically rectal swabs and transporting to the microbiology lab, for culturing and identification for salmonella species. The study gave 16 (6.4%) positive Salmonella. Virulent gene study gave us 16(6.4%) invA gene, invF 13(5.2%) and sit C 16 (6.4%).Antibiotic sensitivity test According to Bauer-Kirby method were done and gave 16 (6.4%) isolates resistance for ciprofloxacin which is the most clinical antibiotic drug of choice against Salmonella infection . Detection of gyrA gene resistance gene for ciprofloxacin using Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) gave 16 (6.4%) for all positive isolates.","PeriodicalId":14562,"journal":{"name":"IRAQI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85933380","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":"RELATIONSHIP OF GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR GENE WITH SOME OF PRODUCTIVE TRAITS OF COMMON CARP Cyprinus carpio","authors":"Yousef T. A., M. S. Al-Khshali","doi":"10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1760","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1760","url":null,"abstract":"This study was aimed of determining the relationship of polymorphism of the growth hormone receptor gene with some of growth traits (daily growth rate, relative and specific growth, ratio and efficiency of feed conversion) in 45 samples of common carp (Cyprinus carpio). The following are the most important results obtained: The results of DNA sequencing and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) showed there are of three mutations in the following sites C24074T, A24375G and G24485A. No genetic makeup was significantly associated with the studied growth characteristics. It is concluded from this study that there is no significant effect of the difference in the genotypes of the growth hormone receptor gene on the growth characteristics of common carp fish.","PeriodicalId":14562,"journal":{"name":"IRAQI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74375103","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}
A.A. H.Yassin, A. A. Al-Kazaz, A. M. Rahmah, T. Y. Ibrahim
{"title":"STUDY THE EXPRESSION OF IL-22 GENE IN AUTOIMMUNE HYPOTHYROIDISM IN IRAQ","authors":"A.A. H.Yassin, A. A. Al-Kazaz, A. M. Rahmah, T. Y. Ibrahim","doi":"10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1740","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36103/ijas.v54i3.1740","url":null,"abstract":"This study was aimed to assess expression of IL-22 gene in patients with newly diagnosed autoantibodies against the thyroid antigens; anti-thyroglobulin (anti-TG), and anti-thyroid peroxidase (anti-TPO) in comparison with patients previously diagnosed and treated for autoimmune hypothyroidism as well as healthy control individuals. Twenty-eight patients with positive anti-TG and/or anti-TPO were enrolled in this study along with twelve age- and gender-matched healthy controls. Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) was used to assess gene expression and fold change among the study groups. Results revealed anti-TG concentration ranges of 134.3 to 2998.9 IU/mL and anti-TPO concentration ranges of 41.6 to 1018.4 IU/mL in patients while control group individuals were negative for these autoantibodies. The mean fold change of IL-22 expression (2-∆∆Ct) was the highest in newly diagnosed patients compared to patients on treatment for autoimmune hypothyroidism and healthy controls indicating the potential role of IL-22 in the early stages of the disease and its contribution in immune imbalance.","PeriodicalId":14562,"journal":{"name":"IRAQI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85620981","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}