Volume 52 Issue 2

Published: 2024-06-01

Contents


Review Paper
THE VULNERABILITY OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS TO FLOODING, POVERTY, AND COPING STRATEGIES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Nofiu Babatunde Nofiu, Siti 'Aisyah Baharudin

Flooding is a severe climate-related threat to rural livelihoods and poverty levels in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), particularly affecting vulnerable smallholder farmers. This...

Pages: 1-13
RESEARCH
Effectiveness of Chitosan and Ag-Nanoparticle Films on the Quality of Chicken Meat

Ahmed Abdulnasir Alkhashb, Thamer Abulkadir Alhaji, Karkaz Mohammed Thalij

AbstractThis study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the composite films of chitosan (Ch) and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) biosynthesized by the Aspergillus niger on the chemical qualities and...

Pages: 14-26
THE REALITY OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE PROSPECTS FOR ACHIEVING IT IN 2030

Eman Fasil Alzubaidi

The research aims to conduct a standard economic analysis of the most important economic indicators related to sustainable development affecting the GDP of the sample countries (Iraq, Egypt,...

Pages: 27-45
PREDCTION OF SOIL MOISTURE CHARACTRIC CURVE BY USING VAN GENUCHTEN MODEL (1980) AND SOILPAR2 FOR SOME SOIL AT NINEVEH GOVERNORATE

Tahanie Shuker Alobaidy, Hesham Mahmood Hassan

Five locations were chosen, two of them at the university of Mosul (L1, L2), and the other at Al-Shalalat (L3), Baybokh (L4) and Khorsobad (L5), all of them were chosen different in vegetation...

Pages: 46-57
The effect of adding sweet bean seed powder (Foeniculum vulgare) and Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) seed powder on the growth performance of common carp Cyprinus carpio L.

Hasan ALI Haydar

Seven experimental diets were prepared to feed the common carp Cyprinus carpio L.They are the control diet without additives T1 and three diets to which sweet bean seed powder was added in three...

Pages: 58-67
EFFECTS OF FEEDING VARIOUS LEVELS OF POSTBIOTICS PRODUCED BY LACTIC ACID BACTERIA ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE, GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOTA COUNT, AND DIGESTIBILITY OF SOME NUTRIENTS IN BROILER CHICKENS

Taha Hasheem Khayoon, Rabia Jaddoa Abbas, Fawziah Ali Abdullah

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of adding postbiotics produced from two species of lactic acid bacteria, Lactobacillus acidophilus (Lap) and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum...

Pages: 68-81
Effect of longevity spinach leaves powder (LSP) as a broiler feed additive on some physical and chemical parameters of frozen stored thigh meat

Zaid Khalaf Khidhir, Arazu ِAbdullah Hamma, Mohammed Mahmood Mohammed, Ayad Baker Mahmood, Ahmed Sinan Al-Obaidi, Ziyad Tariq Aldoori

This investigation aimed to ascertain the impact of various concentrations of Longevity Spinach leaf powder (LSP) as broiler feed additives on chemical composition, some physical traits (each pH,...

Pages: 82-98
EFFECT OF DROUGHT STRESS ON THE METABOLIC PATHWAY AND SURVIVAL OF TWO GRAPE (VITIS VINIFERA L.) CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER IN VITRO CONDITIONS

Waad S. Faizy, Ammar Zaki Kassab Bashi, Rafail S. Toma

The study aimed to harden two grape cultivars, Superior and Red globe shoots grown in vitro by adding different PEG concentrations (0, 5, 10, 20, and 40 g L-1) to the growth medium (MS + 2 mg L-1...

Pages: 99-117
Role of heat shock in building up proteins HSP70 , HSP90, increasing anthocyanins content in callus of strawberry Fragaria ananassa Duch.

Waad Mahmood Al-Hamdani

This study was conducted in the genetic applications laboratories of University of Mosul, College of Education for Pure Sciences. Heat shock proteins HSPs were constructed for increase of withstand...

Pages: 118-129
Monitoring Land Cover Variation Using Some Spectral Indicators in Akre Region Based on Geospatial Techniques

Shaymaa A. Akrawi, Khaled Alkhaled

The study was carried out in the Aqre area of northern Iraq, which represents lands with various agricultural uses and located between latitudes (3725.42 - 362959.26) N and longitudes (433556.84...

Pages: 130-145
Determinantes of the economic efficiency of white onion production (crystal ) in Nineveh Governorate for the production season 2022 ( a field study in Shekhan district )

Zwaid Fathy Abd, Mhasin Mahmood Al-jebory, Mohammed Hamid Al-gresey, Aswan Abd Alkader Zedan

research aimed to study the determinants of economic efficiency and the amount of surplus the deficit in the quantities used in the production of dry onions (crystal) in Nineveh Governorate for the...

Pages: 146-165
Leaf area  Index measurements for  Pinus brutia  Ten. Plantations in Northern Iraqi

Maan Bashar Shekho, Mohammed Younis Al-Allaf, Muzahim Saeed Younis

The surface area of the leaves of trees that perform photosynthesis is expressed by the leaf area index (LAI) for pine trees with different densities, using direct methods by collecting field data...

Pages: 166-177