Volume 37 Issue 1

Published: 2009-03-01

Contents


Article
STUDY OF LANDCOVER/LANDUSE IN SHARAZUR PLAIN BY USING REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES

Ahmad S. Al-Mashhadani

The study area, is forming a part of the Sulaimani Governorate, in the North-east part of Iraq approximately between latitude 35 10- 35 28 N and longitude 45 35-46 20 E. , The objective of the...

Pages: 2-11
MOTIVES OF COTTON CULTIVATORS IN NENAVAH GOVERNORATE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR COTTON CULTIVATION DEVELOPMENT

Aamel Fadhel Al-Abbassi

The study aimed to recognize cultivators motivations to participate in the National Program For Cotton Cultivation Development, and to determine the reasons for non-participation in the program....

Pages: 4-11
EFFECT OF SEASONAL VARIATION ON PHYSICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF LOCAL HAMDNI RAMS SEMEN IN ERBIL REGION

Farooq T. Juma

Five Hamdani rams weighting56-64 kg have been included in this experiment. A total of 120 semen samples were collected. The objectives of this experiment were to investigate the effect of seasonal...

Pages: 12-18
FARMERS LEVEL EXPOSURE IN ALGYARA DISTRICT/ NENEVAH PROVINCE TO SOME AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION METHODS AND ITS RELATION WITH SOME VARIABLES

Najmelddin A. Saleem

The objectives of this research were to determine the level of farmers exposure in Al-Gayara District Nenevah province to some agricultural extension methods: Individual extension methods, group...

Pages: 12-17
DEMAND FUNTIONS FOR PAPER AND PAPER BOARD ONE OF FORESTRY WOOD PRODUCTS IN CHINA

Zeki M. Akrawee

This research was put to the demand functions for different kinds of paper and paper board in china, aiming to locate the factors which affect the quality demand of these commodities using linear...

Pages: 18-26
PRODUCTION GROWTH RESOURCES IN AGRICULTURE SELECT ARAB COUNTORY) FOR THE PERIOD 1980-2003

Salim Younis Al-Niaamy

The Paper tries to measure growth rates and to limit the Volume of growth resources for exploring the Capabilities of development in agricultural Sector of the Arab states (Saudi...

Pages: 27-36
ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT POLICIES & STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND ITS IMPACT IN AGRICLTURAL POVERTY IN ECONOMIES OF DEVELOPING STATES

Alaa M. Abdullah

The importance of the paper defines that economic adjustment policies and structural change have a deep impact on economic development and agricultural poverty in the future of development...

Pages: 37-45
ESTIMATION FOOD GAP VOLUME OF WHEAT CROP IN IRAQ

Imad Abdul-Aziz Ahmed

The study included both descriptive and quantitive analysis for the reality of production and consumption for the wheat crop in Iraq during the period 1980-2006 in addition to its future exceptions...

Pages: 46-53
DETERMINING FACTORS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN IRAQ FOR THE PRIOD (1985-2005)

Zouiyed Fatehy Abd

The research aims at studying and analysis the determining factors of agricultural production in Iraq and showing the effect of sharing them in the growth and development of agricultural...

Pages: 54-59
THE OOTIMUM SIZE AND THE PATTERN FARM'S SIZE AND PRODUCTIVITY FOR COTTON' FARM IN NINAVA GOVERNORATE URING AGRI-SEASON 2005

Eman Younis Al-Najar

Cotton's crop is considered to be one of the strategic crops in Iraq, it is an important sources for fibers which are used in textiles as will as using its seeds in vegetable oil industry....

Pages: 60-69
EFFECT OF DATES AND PLANTING DENSITY ON FLOWERING CHARACTERISTICS AND YIELD OF TWO VARIETIES OF STRAWBERRY (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.)

Zuhair A. Dawood

This experiment was conducted in Agricultural Research center of Ainkawa / Erbil / Iraq, during the growing season 2005-2006. The aim of this experiment was to investigate the effect of planting...

Pages: 70-80
EFFECT OF SULPHUR , NITROGEN AND ASCORBIC ACID ON MINERAL CONTENT OF YOUNG APPLE TREES CVS. ANNA AND VISTABELLA

Ehsan Al-Duri, Jassim Al-Aaaraji

Tow isolated experiments were conducted in the field of the College of Agriculture & Forestry / University of Mosul , during the 2006 growing season . The first was on Anna cv. young apple...

Pages: 81-95
EFFECT OF BORON SPRAY ON SOME PRODUCTIVITY PARAMETERS OF SUGERBEET IN SOME NINEVEH GOVERNORATE SOILS

A.Y.A. kashmola

To study the effect of foliar application of boron on growth and yield of sugar beet, two representing locations to Nineveh province which are differ in their chemical and physical properties were...

Pages: 96-102
BEHAVIOR OF MAGNESIUM IN SALINE SOILS 1- IT'S EFFECT ON CATION EXCHANGE CHARACTERTICS

A.W. Abdul-Kareem

To study the effect of magnesium on cation exchange characteristics, soil samples were collected from salt-affected soils of five locations from Al-Jazeera northern irrigation project of Nenava...

Pages: 103-110
A STUDY OF SOME ECONOMIC TRAITS OF MAMESH SHEEP IN ERBIL

Salm Omar Raaof

This work was carried out on 77 Iranian Mamesh sheep raised at private flock in Erbil plain to study the effect of some non - genetic factors on Birth Weight (BW), Weaning Weight (WW), Daily Gain...

Pages: 111-116
HYBRID CARP POSSIBLY PRODUCED BY A NATURAL REPRODUCTION BY Barbus luteus HECKEL,1843 AND Carassius auratus(LINNAEUS,1758) COLLECTED FROM RIVER TIGRIS PASSING THROUGH MOSUL, IRAQ

Ali A.Jasim

A natural intergenertic hybrid carp of Barbus luteus and Carassius auratus was recorded in Tigris RiverMosul-Iraq during fish caught in March and April,2008.New hybrid with pink color and short two...

Pages: 117-122
EFFECT OF CARROT ROOTS JUICE (DAUCUS CAROTA) ON INDUCTION OF SPERM ABNORMALITIES IN WHITE MICE

Ilham A. Khalaf

The effect of carrot juice on sperm-head abnormalities was studied in white mice after oral administration , in addition to the effect of cyclophosphamide (Cp) and their interactions in different...

Pages: 123-130
EFFECT OF LONG TERM ADMINISTRATION OF ROCKET (Eruca sativa) ON SOME CYTOGENETIC PARAMETERS IN WHITE MICE

Ilham A. Khalaf

The effect of long administration of rocket (J) alternatively with cyclophosphamide (Cp) on some cytogenetic parameters in white mice bone marrow cells was studied , these inlcluded mitotic index...

Pages: 131-139
STUDYING THE EFFECT OF ANATOMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF Platanus occidentalis L. WOOD GROWING IN NINAVA PLANTATION

Abdulrazak R. Almalah

10 years old Platanus occidentalis L. had been fallen from Ninava plantation forest to examine the effect of stem height and diameter levels and their interactions on fiber length, fiber lumen...

Pages: 140-147
EFFECT GA3 OF CONCENTRATION OF NUMBER AND FOLIAR PERIODS ON SOME CHARACTERS GROWTH OF THE Quercus infectoria oliv SEEDLING IN THE NURSERY

Jyad A. Al-Ashoo

The present study was conducted in the forestry department Nursery college of Agriculture summel. during the period of the end of Nov. 2004 to the end of Nov. 2005 to study the effect of the...

Pages: 148-157
EFFECT OF CUTTINGS COLLECTION TIMES, LENGTHS AND PLANTING METHODS IN PROPAGATION AND GROWTH OF Salix acmophylla Bioss

Muthafar O. Abdullah

This study was carried out at Ninevah plantation Nursery in Mosul city, during the period from mid January to the end of October (1999) to investigate the effect of four collection times, and four...

Pages: 158-169
STUDY OF GULLY EROSION OF KAND STRUCTURE NW OF IRAQ BY USING REMOTE SENSING DATA

Mohammed Younis Salim Al-Allaf

The study aims to using the surface water's drainage system maps which prepared from the aerial photographs to draw the gully erosion maps of Kand Anticline and its surrounding areas in northern...

Pages: 170-176
EFFECT OF IRRIGATION AND NITROGEN FERTILIZATION ON PHYSIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOME LOCAL BREAD WHEAT

Sabeha H. A. Al-Jobory

This study comprised four locally cultivated bread wheat varieties ; (Abu Ghraib 3, IPA, 99, Tamoaz 2, and Iraq) which were sown in 2003 2004 under rain fed and supplementary irrigation (SI) with...

Pages: 177-183
COMBINING ABILITY ESTIMATION IN DURUM WHEAT(Triticum durum Desf.)

Ahmed Abdul Jawad ALl-Thaher, Arshad Thanoon ALl-Niaumi

Seven durum wheat entries (Triticum durum Desf.) were used in this study . Six of them (Omgenil-3, Albit-9, Azeghar-2, Azul-5, Mna-1/Rfm-7, 1346/Lahn /Bcr/LKS4) introduced from (ICARDA) , in...

Pages: 184-194
EFFECT OF ROW SPACE AND SOWING DEPTH USING SEED DRILL (GASPARDO SC-250) IN CHICKPEAS ( CICER ARIETINUM L.) CROP PRODUCTION

Saad Abdul Jabbar Al-Rajaboo

The study was conducted during seasons 2006-2007 in semi assured rainfed region (Rashedyi Region) with silty clay soil, to know the possibility of using seed drill (Gaspardo SC-250) and its...

Pages: 195-201