Showing papers in "Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture in 2021"
TL;DR: Analysis of meat products to detect the origin species via a PCR-RFLP technique by using these restriction enzymes can give reliable results and sausage is considered as fraud products because the results showed different bands as compared with poultry meat.
Abstract: The mitochondrial cyt b gene plays a serious role in investigating untruthful meat species. This study aimed to authenticate the species of poultry products (Escallop, Nugget, Steak, and Sausage) depending on cyt b gene by using universal cyt b primer. DNA was isolated, and then a band of 359 bp of a mitochondrial cytochrome b gene was produced during the PCR amplification. The PCR products were exposed to Hinf1 and Rsa I restriction enzymes. The restricted fragments produced by restriction fragment length polymorphism technique (RFLP), were run by agarose gel electrophoresis. Results showed that all products had a similar band except sausage product does not follow the rule and showed mislabeling product by the REs, Two bands were yielded by HinfI RE for all products (114 and 245) bp with the differentiated sausage among other products based on the fake product (63 and 296) bp, while digestion by Rsa I produced three bands for escallop, nugget, and steak, (63, 100, 196), but only two bands for sausage was generated (148 and 211). As result, the study offered that analyzing meat products to detect the origin species via a PCR-RFLP technique by using these restriction enzymes can give reliable results. In short sausage is considered as fraud products because the results showed different bands as compared with poultry meat.
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TL;DR: Exposure of broiler breeders eggs to magnetic field for 30 minutes induces a substantial increase in the percentage of hatchability, live body weight, total weight gain, dressing percentage, output index, hemoglobin and blood glucose and a decline in mortality of fetuses and variation in feed conversion between treatments.
Abstract: The aim of this study was to identify the effect of exposing broiler breeders eggs to magnetic field before hatching on hatchability and productive performance of progeny. In this research, 300 fertile eggs produced by breeders of Ross 308 were used. they were divided into four Treatments (Seventy-five eggs for each) The Eggs were treated as follows: T Control not exposed to magnetic field, T eggs exposed to magnetic field 1800 Gauss for 30 minutes, T eggs exposed to magnetic field 1800 Gauss for 60 minutes, T eggs exposed to magnetic field 1800 Gauss for 90 minutes. After hatching chicks reared under normal condition in semi opened house until 42 days of age. Statistical data analysis revealed that exposure of the eggs to the magnetic field for 30 minutes induces a substantial increase (p ≤ 0.05) in the percentage of hatchability, live body weight, total weight gain, dressing percentage, output index, W.B.C., R.B.C., P.C.V., hemoglobin and blood glucose, also, a decline in mortality of fetuses and variation in feed conversion between treatments.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the reasons that led the farmers to abstention from agricultural work in Al-Zawiya sub-district in Baiji Governorate / Salah Al-Din Governorate in general.
Abstract: The study aimed to investigate the reasons that led the farmers ’abstention from agricultural work in Al-Zawiya sub-district in Baiji Governorate / Salah Al-Din Governorate in general. Then, find out the reasons Which led to farmers' ’abstention to work in every field of study. As well as determining the correlation relationship between the reasons for farmers ’ ’abstention and each of the following independent variables (age, educational level, years of work in agriculture, working in other occupations, attitude towards agricultural work, communication with sources of information). There for, the research community included (201) farmers reluctant to practice agricultural work. Thus, we chose a random sample of farmers at a rate of (40%), so that the number of respondents who were subjected to the research reached (80) farmers who are not ready to work in agriculture. The results showed an increase in the abstention of farmers to farm work. We can conclude from this that there are real reasons that led to these results in an area, in spite fertile land for agriculture. The results also showed the existence of a significant correlation between the reasons for farmers' abstention from agricultural work and a set of independent variables. The researchers conclude the importance of these factors and the depth of their influence in increasing or decreasing causes of abstinence. We recommended the authorities, especially the Ministry of Agriculture, to develop solutions to the obstacles that make farmers stop agricultural work.
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TL;DR: This research presents a novel and scalable approach called “Smart City” that aims to provide real-time information about smart grids and their applications in the rapidly changing and dynamic environment.
Abstract: Article information Article history: Received 31/10/2020 Accepted 6/6/2021 Available 31/7/2021
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TL;DR: This research presents a novel and scalable approach called “Smart City” that aims to provide real-time information about smart grids and their applications in the rapidly changing and dynamic environment.
Abstract: Article information Article history: Received 14/6/2021 Accepted 6/6/2021 Available 31/7/2021
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TL;DR: In this article, the salicylic acid (SA) was used to mitigate the effect of salt stress and improve the growth and development of green onions in the field of agriculture.
Abstract: Correspondence Email: noura.kka@su.edu.krd Soil salinity negatively affects crop production and leads to loss of agricultural lands worldwide. In Iraq, poor agricultural practices, such as inadequate drainage facilities and low water quality, are known to be caused soil salinization. Onion (Allium cepa L.) is an economic crop that is consumed heavily as green or dry bulb onion. The cultivated area of green onion was statistically decreased in the Kurdistan region, Iraq, lately. Therefore, this study was conducted in the Directorate of Agriculture, Ankawa, Erbil, to examine whether salicylic acid (SA) mitigate the effect of salt stress and improve the growth and development of green onions. Two different concentrations of NaCl (20 and 40 mM) were injected around the base of each plant and after 24h, SA (0.5 and 1mM) was sprayed to the vegetative parts of each plant, evenly. The results showed that the short-term application of SA was reduced the impact of NaCl. The number of green leaves, leaf area, plant height, root growth, bulb diameter, plant weight and total yield (t. ha-1) was improved by the application of SA. It has been suggested the application of a commercial or SA analogue to the agricultural saline land may alleviate the salt stress and improve the product. College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Mosul. This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://magrj.mosuljournals.com/ ).
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TL;DR: Article information Article history: Received 18/5/2021 Accepted 1-6-2021 Available 31/7/202021
Abstract: Article information Article history: Received 18/5/2021 Accepted 1/6/2021 Available 31/7/2021
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TL;DR: Results have shown that pruning training Lantana plants on six branches gave the highest average for plant height, stem diameter, leaves number, chlorophyll content and flowering date, as well as growing medium 1:1 soil: peat moss.
Abstract: An experiment was in the green net canopy Department of Horticulture and Landscape College of Agriculture and Forestry / University of Mosul from May 2019 to October 2019, to investigate the effect of Trichoderma harzianum T-22 application and three growing media (soil, 1:3 soil: peatmoss, 1:1 soil: peatmoss) and three pruning training method (1, 4, 6 branches) and their interaction on the vegetative and flowering growth of Lantana camara. Results showed that T. harzianum application, the growing medium, pruning training method and their interaction had significant effects on the vegetative and flowering growth of plant. The highest average of plant height, stem diameter, leaves number, chlorophyll content and flowering date gives in T. harzianum which increases plant height which was 52.31 cm, stem diameter 8.06 cm, leaves number 164.65, chlorophyll content 25.98 SPAD and flowering date 85.84 day. Results have shown that pruning training Lantana plants on six branches gave the highest average for plant height 52.29 cm, chlorophyll content 38.69 SPAD and flowering date 79.25 day. Growing medium 1:1 soil: peat moss gives the highest average for plant height 51.97 cm, stem diameter 8.28 cm, chlorophyll content 26.29 SPAD and flowering date 93.33 day.
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TL;DR: An evaluation of genetic variability between three lines of chickens based onAPD-PCR and 18S rRNA GENE SEQUENCING in Kurdistan Region, Iraq finds that the former is more predictive of disease than the latter.
Abstract: EVALUATION OF GENETIC VARIABILITY BETWEEN THREE LINES OF CHICKENS BASED ON RAPD-PCR AND 18S rRNA GENE SEQUENCING IN ERBIL (IRAQI KURDISTAN REGION) Hemin H. Omarbly1, Dilger M. Khdr, Rozhgar A. Khailany, Aram M. Ahmed, Shirkoo A. Salai 1,2 Department of Animal Resources, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, Salahaddin UniversityErbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. 3 Department of Biology, College of Science, Salahaddin UniversityErbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. 4 Department of Animal Science & 5Department of Plant Protection, Directorate of Agricultural ResearchErbil, 5 Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
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TL;DR: The study suggests that the deferral injection has a pro-oxidant capacity on rats' model at dose of 100 mg/kg, and the oxidative stress plays an important role during pregnancy especially on prenatal development as well as persist up to postnatal life.
Abstract: The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of induced oxidative stress by the deferoxamine (desferal) during the pregnancy on pre and post-natal developmen. One hundred twenty adult female albino rats, 3 months old, with an average weight of 175-200 g, were randomly distributed into two main groups (60 rats/group). The 1st (control group) was injected with 0.3 ml physiological salt solution / animal, and the 2nd group was injected with 100 mg deferral/kg B.W. which was given intraperitoneal once daily for three consecutive weeks (during the pregnancy period). At the end of the treatment, each group in turn was divided into two parts, each section comprising 10 animals, blood samples were collected for biochemical analysis, then uterine and fetal tissues collected to observation the studied parameters. Results showed decrease in the numbers of implantation and blastocysts. The number of alive embryos were significantly reduced with an increasing number of dead and reabsorbed embryos, malformation of fetus increase in uterine of the stressed female group compared with control group. Postnatal observations showed significant variations in postnatal development parameters. Our study suggests that the deferral injection has a pro-oxidant capacity on rats' model at dose of 100 mg/kg, and the oxidative stress plays an important role during pregnancy especially on prenatal development as well as persist up to postnatal life.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a proposal for a taxonomy of taxonomic categories for the first time: Received 10/10/2020 Accepted 23/5/2021 Available 31/7/2020
Abstract: Article information Article history: Received 10/10/2020 Accepted 23/5/2021 Available 31/7/2021
TL;DR: A field experiment was carried out during the winter agricultural season 2019-2020 at two location (Al-Hamdaniya, Talkef) to study the effect of nitrogen fertilizer, its application dates, and polymer gel on the growth traits of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L), cultivar Talafar (3), and the RCBD was used as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: A field experiment was carried out during the winter agricultural season 2019-2020 at two location (Al-Hamdaniya, Talkef) to study the effect of nitrogen fertilizer, its application dates, and polymer gel on the growth traits of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L), cultivar Talafar (3), and the RCBD was used. According to the split plots system and with three replications, the experiment included two factors, the first factor, levels of nitrogen fertilizer and its addition times, which are five levels :{ (zero as control treatment), (40 kg N /h: 1/2 when planting +1/2 beginning of Tillars), (40 kg N /h: 1/3 when planting +2/3 beginning of Tillars), (80 kgN /h: 1/2 when planting +1/2 beginning of Tillars) , (80 kg N /h : 1/3 when planting +2/3 beginning of Tillars)} and the second factor polymer gel in four levels (0, 80, 160 and 240 kg /h) occupied coefficients The nitrogen fertilizer and the application of the main plots in the main plots experiment. The polymer gel levels occupied the sub plots. The results indicate that the levels of nitrogen fertilizer and the dates of its addition achieved a significant increase in most of the growth traits and for both locations, and the levels of polymer gel led to a significant increase in most of the growth traits, two study location, and The significant interaction response got all the growth traits except for the number of days until the beginning of flowering for the AL-Hamdaniya location and C.G.R for the Talkef location.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the influence of natural antioxidants extracted from tomato peel extract (TPE) and sumac (Rhus coriaria) extract (SE) on the quality of lamb meat stored for (6) months at freezestorage.
Abstract: The study was conducted to investigate the influence of natural antioxidants extracted from tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) peel extract (TPE) and sumac (Rhus coriaria) extract (SE) on the quality of lamb meat stored for (6) months at freezestorage (– 18 °C). Treated samples (TS) with these extracts showed a significant values (p<0.05) of drip loss and water holding capacity (WHC) compared to untreated samples (UTS). The UTS demonstrated a significant increase (p≤0.05) of cooking loss values compared to TS. Peroxide values (POVs) have been decreased steadily with TS until 2 months of storage, unlike the POVs of UTS were ongoing increase until the end of storage, however no POV significant differences were obtained through the storage period. TS with TPE and SE have continuously showed less volatile base nitrogen values (VBNs) (p≤0.05) compared to UTS. Free fatty acid values (FFAs) showed little differences within the first 3 months of storage for UTS and TS, however, after the 3 months of storage, FA of UTS were significantly increased (p≤0.05) by the end of storage period.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a method to improve the quality of the data collected by the data collection system of the National Archives of Ireland.Article information Article history: Received: 4/8/2021 Accepted: 15/8 /2021 Available: 12/9/20 21
Abstract: Article information Article history: Received: 4/8/2021 Accepted:15/8/2021 Available: 12/9/2021