Mona A. Taha, A. Tawfik, Adel M. Mahmoud, Mohamed F. Mohamed
{"title":"Assessment of Somaclonal Variants of Salvia splendens at Different Subcultures Using Molecular Markers","authors":"Mona A. Taha, A. Tawfik, Adel M. Mahmoud, Mohamed F. Mohamed","doi":"10.21608/ajas.2024.279071.1349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ajas.2024.279071.1349","url":null,"abstract":"Genetic variability induced by cell and tissue culture techniques provides a new source of diversity for improvement of ornamental plants species. For this purpose, the effect of Thidiazuron (TDZ) on callus induction and number of subcultures of Salvia splendens was studied. The results showed that the MS medium supplemented with TDZ (0.5 mg/l) and Indole Acetic Acid IAA (0.1 mg/l) produced the highest percentage for explants producing callus (60%). For shoot multiplication, the best results were achieved when shoot tips were cultured on MS medium supplemented with TDZ (0.2 mg/l) alone. For subculture the same concentration of TDZ (0.2 mg/l) in media of eleven subcultures were performed at 21-day intervals over a total period of 231 days. For molecular variation detection, SCoT molecular markers were employed. Five SCoT primers were used and a total of 24 bands were obtained. The results showed high level of polymorphism between parent and their regenerated plants (subculture No. 11). These markers revealed distinctly different patterns of DNA fragments in all somaclones, and some distinctive bands were linked to the regenerated plants. For rooting, the best rooting percentage (100.00%), highest number of roots/shoot (7.00) and root length (2.58 cm) were observed when the shoots were cultured on MS hormone-free medium supplemented with 15 g sucrose/l. Plantlets were successfully acclimatized on Peat moss + perlite (1:1) with a survival rate of 100 %.","PeriodicalId":470407,"journal":{"name":"Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences","volume":"49 20","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141814794","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}
Anas A. Salem, Mohamed M. Soliman, Sohair M. M. Ragab, Asmaa A.E. Nasr, G. Mahmoud, Ibrahim A. Soliman
{"title":"Cortisol Levels and Milk Yield as Affected Injection of Vitamin E, hCG, and their Combination in Pregnant and non-pregnant Milking Cows Under the Cold Weather (Winter)","authors":"Anas A. Salem, Mohamed M. Soliman, Sohair M. M. Ragab, Asmaa A.E. Nasr, G. Mahmoud, Ibrahim A. Soliman","doi":"10.21608/ajas.2024.291444.1362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ajas.2024.291444.1362","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":470407,"journal":{"name":"Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences","volume":"49 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141819438","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 A. Al-Soudy, Hussin A. Ahmed, Adel A. Tammam, Wahid I. El-Desoki
{"title":"Enhancing the Nutritional Value and Chemical Composition of Functional Karish Cheese by Adding Microalgae Powder (Chlorella vulgaris and Spirulina platensis)","authors":"Mohamed A. Al-Soudy, Hussin A. Ahmed, Adel A. Tammam, Wahid I. El-Desoki","doi":"10.21608/ajas.2024.295569.1367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ajas.2024.295569.1367","url":null,"abstract":"Microalgae can enhance the nutritional value of conventional foods and hence to positively affect human health, due to their original chemical composition. The present study aimed to produce functional Karish cheese fortified with different types and ratios of microalgae powder ( Chlorella vulgaris and Spirulina platensis ) and evaluate the role of fortification with those algae on the quality of the product. Karish cheese was incorporated with C. vulgaris and S. platensis powder, separately at three levels 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5%. The evaluation of chemical composition, salt content, color parameters, antioxidant activity, total phenolic and total carotenoids content, texture profile and organoleptic properties of Karish cheese fortified with microalgae were determined. Addition of microalgae to Karish cheese showed an increasing (P<0.05) in total solid content, protein, ash, acidity and enhanced the texture profile in the final product compared with control sample. Also, the results indicated highest content of antioxidant activity, total flavonoid and total phenolic among all treatments compared with control. Organoleptic preferred Karish cheese samples enriched with microalgae especially with 0.5 and 1.0 % level consequently. Based on these results microalgae powder enriched cheese may have a great benefit for the industry to improve the texture, shapes and the functional nutraceutical properties of the products.","PeriodicalId":470407,"journal":{"name":"Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences","volume":"109 33","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141820302","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":"The Efficiency of Pedigree Line Selection in a Segregating Population (Sakha 3 × Giza 2) of Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.)","authors":"B. Ahmed, Hatem G. Sakr","doi":"10.21608/ajas.2024.290917.1361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ajas.2024.290917.1361","url":null,"abstract":"A single faba bean ( Vicia faba L.) population derived from the cross Sakha 3 x Giza 2 was subjected to two cycles of pedigree line selection (PSM). Selection criteria included seed yield/ plant (SY/P), number of pods/ plant (NP/P), and seed index (SI). Analysis of variance revealed significant differences among families within the F 3 and F 4 generations for all studied traits, indicating successful selection progress. Notably, mean values for all traits, except days to flowering, increased from cycle 1 to cycle 2. Days to flowering exhibited the opposite trend, with a higher mean value observed in cycle 1. The expected gain from selection ( EGS%) for SY/P in the F 2 generation was 29.52 and increased in the F 3 and F 4 generations in values of 34.41 and 2.06, respectively. The realized gain from selection ( RGS%) for SY/P in the F 3 generation was 23.06, then decreased in successive generation which amounted to 9.56 in F 4 . Multiple promising faba bean genotypes were identified within Families 1, 2, 13, 56, and 60. These families exhibited superior performance in relative yield traits compared to the better parent, check variety, and bulk samples. Additionally, they displayed favorable values for most characters assessed. These findings suggest their significant potential for incorporation into breeding programs to enhance faba bean yield.","PeriodicalId":470407,"journal":{"name":"Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences","volume":" 30","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141824884","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}
H. A. Daghash, Mustafa A. Kobeisy, Ibrahim A. Soliman, Noha Farouk
{"title":"Effect of Partial Substitution of the Crude Protein of the Concentrated Feed Mixture with Moringa oleifera Leaves on Growth Performance and Some Blood Constituents of Growing Lambs","authors":"H. A. Daghash, Mustafa A. Kobeisy, Ibrahim A. Soliman, Noha Farouk","doi":"10.21608/ajas.2024.266071.1331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ajas.2024.266071.1331","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted to investigate the effect of partial replacement of the crud protein of the concentrated feed mixture by Moringa oleifera leaves (MOL) on growth performance, hematological profile, and some blood plasma constituents of growing lambs. Twenty-four healthy male Farafra lambs (5 and 6 months old and 30 ± 0.50 kg body weight) were randomly divided into four groups. The first group was fed on 60% of the concentrated feed mixture (CFM) and 40% wheat straw as DM and served as a control. The other 3 treatment groups (10 MOL, 20 MOL, and 30 MOL), partially substituted the crud protein of the CFM at rates 10, 20, and 30% with Moringa oleifera leaves protein, respectively. The results revealed that dietary MOL had no significant effect on body weight gain, however they may adversely be affected by increasing the levels of MOL. The inclusion MOL at 20% in the diet of lambs increased (P <0.05) WBC’s count particularly neutrophils as compared with other groups. Also, MOL groups tended to be higher in RBC’s count and percentages of HG and HCT than control one. The plasma albumin was decreased (P˂0.05) with increas ing levels of MOL in the diets of lambs. Also, the urea concentration and ALT values were lower (P˂0.05) with MOL supplementation at Levels of 20 and 30% than that in 10% group. It could be concluded that the partial substitution of concentrate feed with Moringa oleifera leaves up to 10 % growing lambs' diets can improve growth performance, blood hematology, and plasma constituents, and exert protective effects in the liver without inducing adverse effects on animal health.","PeriodicalId":470407,"journal":{"name":"Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences","volume":" 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141828107","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}
El-Saady A. Ali, Salah F. Abou-Elwafa, Mohamed N.T. Abd EL-Kader, Ramadan Ahmed
{"title":"Evaluation of Grain Yield and its Attributes in Bread Wheat Cultivars Under Heat Stress Conditions","authors":"El-Saady A. Ali, Salah F. Abou-Elwafa, Mohamed N.T. Abd EL-Kader, Ramadan Ahmed","doi":"10.21608/ajas.2024.294581.1365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ajas.2024.294581.1365","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted at Al-Ghuraira Village, Esna Center, Luxor Governorate, Egypt to evaluate the performance of twelve bread wheat cultivars under heat stress (late planting dates) in newly reclaimed soil during 2017/2018 and 2018/2019. Twelve bread wheat cultivars (Giza 168, Giza 171, Sids 1, Sids 12, Sids 14, Gemmeiza 9, Gemmeiza 11, Misr 1, Misr 2, Misr 3, Shandwell 1 and Sakh 94) were grown at three planting dates (November 20, December10 and December 30). Each planting date in each season was considered as a separate experiment. The experimental design for each sowing date was a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The obtained result show that the tested sowing dates, bread wheat cultivars and their interaction had a highly significant effect on height of height and spike length, spikes number m -2 , number of kernels spike -1 , 1000-kernel weight and grain yield fed. -1 in both seasons. Moreover, sowing Sids 12 bread wheat cultivar on 20 November recorded the high average values of grain yield (3.03 and 3.11 ton/fed. in the two respective seasons). As for the heat sensitivity index (H.S.I), 6 out of 12 cultivars showed H.S.I values less than unity for the second planting date and 5 cultivars for the late planting date in both seasons, which indicates that these varieties were more tolerant to heat stress. Moreover, it appears that the Misr 1 cultivar was more tolerant to heat stress, as it showed heat sensitivity index values less than unity at the two late planting dates.","PeriodicalId":470407,"journal":{"name":"Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences","volume":" 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141671693","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 Mohamed, Reda Saba, Ahmed Farghal, Abdel-Wahab Ali, Youssef Darwish
{"title":"Variations in the Susceptibility of Some Potato Varieties to Infestation with Certain Piercing Sucking Insect Pests at Different Nitrogen Fertilization Levels in Assiut Area","authors":"Mohamed Mohamed, Reda Saba, Ahmed Farghal, Abdel-Wahab Ali, Youssef Darwish","doi":"10.21608/ajas.2024.243554.1302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ajas.2024.243554.1302","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":470407,"journal":{"name":"Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences","volume":"10 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139536316","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":"Monitoring Invertase Activity and its Impact on Sugar Beet Roots (Beta vulgaris L.) During Extended Storage Under Controlled Conditions","authors":"M. El-Geddawy, Rania Hamdy, Rofida F. Moftah","doi":"10.21608/ajas.2024.254659.1314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ajas.2024.254659.1314","url":null,"abstract":"Sugar beet factories employ long-term storage of sugar beet roots to extend the processing campaign in Egypt. Changes in the chemical composition of sugar beet roots during storage, driven by invertase enzyme activity, impact the crystallization process in sugar production. This study aimed to monitor invertase activity in sugar beet roots harvested at 180, 195 and, 210 days of cultivation, applying different storage conditions for 1, 10, 20, and 30 days. Additionally, the study explored the influence of invertase activity on reducing sugars content in sugar beet roots. Results indicated that covered storage conditions exhibited the lowest invertase activity compared to open air and room storage conditions. Moreover, reducing sugars content was affected by invertase enzyme activity. Storage conditions displayed the lowest inverted sugars content across all tested sugar beet root varieties. Thus, the study suggests that long-term storage with covered conditions is suitable for extending the processing campaign, emphasizing the importance of considering inverted sugars concentration.","PeriodicalId":470407,"journal":{"name":"Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences","volume":"16 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139540542","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":"Effect the Intercropping of Some Legume Crops and Spraying Glyphosate Herbicide on Control Orobanche crenata Forsk and Faba Bean Productivity","authors":"Asmaa Mohamed, Bahy Bakheit","doi":"10.21608/ajas.2024.254407.1313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ajas.2024.254407.1313","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":470407,"journal":{"name":"Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences","volume":"41 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139540094","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":"The Role of Field Schools in Informing farmers About the Recommendations for Integrated Control of Fall Armyworm in the Villages of Qalyubia Governorate","authors":"Nazek Osman, Alaa EL- Deen Mohamed Aly","doi":"10.21608/ajas.2023.236222.1292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ajas.2023.236222.1292","url":null,"abstract":"This research aimed to identify the role of field schools in the farmers’ knowledge of the recommendations for integrated control of fall armyworm in the villages of Qalyubia Governorate, to identify the degree of participation in field schools and benefit from them, and to determine the correlation between the overall degree of farmers’ knowledge of recommendations for integrated control and the independent variables, obstacles and proposals for solutions to them, and the data was collected. Using a personal interview questionnaire, it was conducted in Qalyubia because it is one of the governorates where 48 field schools were implemented. This research included 1,200 farmers. To determine the sample size, the Craigs and Morgan table was used by comparing the total with the corresponding sample, which was 291 respondents. Some statistical methods were used. The most important result was the existence of a significant relationship between the total degree of the respondents’ knowledge of integrated pest control recommendations and the variable number of years of experience in agriculture, so it was a correlation coefficient. Pearson was 0.119 at the 0.05 level, and there was a significant relationship for the variables of profession, the degree of participation in field school activities, and the degree of exposure to information sources. The Spearman correlation coefficient was 0.201, 0.191, and 0.221 at the 0.01 level. The most important obstacles are the conflict between the dates of them and being busy in field work by 94.5%","PeriodicalId":470407,"journal":{"name":"Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences","volume":"134 15","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139537490","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}