The study was conducted at the plastic house of College Agricultural Engineering Science, Salahaddin University- Erbil, Iraq, during 2022. To investigate response sour orange seedlings to application with bio health three concentrations (0, 10 and 20 mg. L-1) Synergic 3 6 ml. on growth characteristics Sour Orange (Citrus aurantium L.) local cultivar. A factorial experiment replicates carried ou...

There has been some concern about using small seeds that may result from seed position on the ear or poor growing conditions for seeding hybrid maize. This study was designed to investigate the effect of seeding three commercial maize crosses (Single Cross 2010, Three-Way Cross 310 and Three-Way Cross 321) with three seed sizes (large, medium and small) under seven salinity levels of irrigation...

Chemical pesticides are widely used in agriculture, which endangers both environmental health and food safety. Biocontrol is an environmentally-friendly and cost-effective green technique in environmental protection and agricultural production; it generally uses selected bioresources, including beneficial microorganisms. We isolated a novel bacterial strain (NKG-1) from the rare dormant volcani...

The present study was carried out to assess the Efficacy of organic manure and age seedling on growth, yield quality hybrid cabbage (Brassica oleracea var capitata) at Farm, Department Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University Agriculture, Technology Science, Prayagraj, during winter season 2020-2021 2021-2022. experiment laid in randomized block design with factor...

due to extent of zinc (zn) deficiency in soils of iran and its deficiency in human diet, this study investigated the effect of zn sulfate foliar applications (non-foliar application, 0.5 g/l at stem elongation stage, 0.5 g/l at stem elongation and grain filling stages, 0.5 g/l at stem elongation and 2 g/l at grain filling stages) on yield and its components (farm sector) and influence of grain ...

in this study, the amount of total phenol, chlorogenic acid, catechin, quercetin, phloridzin, cyanidin and antioxidant activity of apple (malus domestica) skin and flesh of six iranian cultivars, including: ‘golab kohanz’, ‘sib torsh dirras’, ‘ghara yapragh’, ‘torkman’, ‘ghezel alma’ and ‘abbasi mashhad’, and four commercial cultivars including: ‘golden delicious’, ‘red delicious’, ‘braeburn’ a...

the ladybird beetle, hippodamia variegata (goeze) (coleoptera: coccinellidae) is one of the most important natural enemies of the common pistachio psylla, agonoscena pistaciae burckhardt and lauterer (hemiptera: psyllidae). the effects of hexaflumuron and spirodiclofen were investigated on development and carbohydrates and total lipid contents of 4th instar larvae of h. variegata. the insectici...

the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of nano-silver (ns), calcium chloride (cacl2) and their combinations on gerbera jamesonii ‘carambole’ cut flowers. the experiment was conducted as a completely randomized design (crd) with 10 treatments and four replications, with three flowers in each replication. treatments consisted of 5 mg l-1 ns, 1% and 2% cacl2, 5 mg l-1 ns+ 1% cacl2, ...