This study was carried out to determine the effects of acetic acid, hot water, and cold sand stratification scarification at different periods on seed germination carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) in Salah Alden province. The seeds were collected from Kirkuk province area September 2016. Carob stratified not treated by soaking glacial acid for 20, 40, 60, 120 min. lab temperature (25oC). Hot water (...

This study aimed at evaluating the effects of dietary carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) pulp, a by-product fruit processing industry, on light lamb performances, time budget behaviour, coefficients total tract apparent digestibility (CTTAD) and blood metabolites. A 144 crossbred lambs with 41 ± 5.5 days age were monitored in two consecutive batches. They housed groups 6 (3 females 3 males) balanced ...

Carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) is a perennial leguminous evergreen tree native to the coastal regions of the Mediterranean basin and is considered to be an important component of vegetation for economic and environmental reasons. Two constituents of the pod, pulp and seeds, can be used as feed or in food production. In this study, drying characteristics, texture and microstructure of carob p...

Responses of leaf growth and leaf water relations to seasonal drought were monitored during two successive years in three cultivars (Galhosa, Espargal and Mulata) of Ceratonia siliqua L. growing in the field in southern Portugal. Leaf water relations of fully expanded leaves were characterized by pressureâ volume analysis, and morphometric measurements of petiolar xylem were made. The three cu...

Seasonal variations in leaf nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium concentrations were studied in a mature carob (Ceratonia siliqua L. cv "Mulata") orchard subjected to a 4-year irrigation and fertilization experiment. Three irrigation regimes (0, 50 and 100%), based on the evaporation values obtained from a class A pan, were tested in combination with two nitrogen (N) supply regimes in which 21 kg...