The study was carried out during the period from April to June 2016 and 2017 in an orchard in the district of Jaba, Quneitra governorate (Syria), infested with the soft scale Sphorelecanic prunastri (Fonscolombe) (Hemiptera: Coccidae), that attack almond Prunus amygdalus (Dulcis). Infested branches ...

A laboratory experiment was conducted at Plant Pathology Lab. in Directorate of Diyala Agriculture during November 2017, to study the effect of the Aqueous extracts of Zizyphus vulgaris and Nerium oleander leaves at four concentrations to each extraction 10, 20, 30 and 40% against Aspergillus...

The Eucalyptus gall wasp, Ophelimus maskelli (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) was detected and recorded for the first time in Iraq infesting Eucalyptus camaldulensis in Husseiniya area, Kerbala province during the months February, September, October and November, 2016. The collected wasps were...

Water samples are collected from fifteen wells in Zubair, Berjesia and Safwan regions Basrah Province Iraq during season 2014. Water samples properties are determined and classified to three categories for salinity (1-4, 4-8, and 8-12 dSm^-1) and three categories for boron toxicity (<0.7,...

This study was carried out to evaluate the preparation of five-layer microlaminates that were introduced by Layer By Layer (LBL) technique by the use of two solutions, namely, the sodium alginate, and the other antimicrobial agent is the cinnamon extract. The halo diameter was estimated on a petri...

Characterized by their availability in the local environment, low cost and being friendly to the environment, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of Eucalyptus spp. and Thuja orientalis L. alcoholic extracts on the control of potato tuber moth (Phthorimaea operculella Zeller.) under laboratory...

This work was conducted in Al-Ehwaish Area, Samarra District, Salahaddin Governorate during autumn of 2017-2018 growing season. The study aimed at diagnosing the local CMV isolate (Cucumber mosaic virus, genus Cucumovirus, family Bromoviridae) and evaluating the effect of the disease on three...

Caraway (Carum carvi L.) was an important medicinal plant, which contains a lot of secondary metabolites with wide bioactivity. The dried seeds plant was extracted overnight with four solvents separately: 70% methanol, 70% ethanol, 70% n-hexane and water by continuous hot extraction using Soxhlet...

This study was conducted in Diyala province for the period from 1/10/2014 to 1/04/2015 as it collected 50 samples using sterile cotton swabs from people who suffer from gum inflammation disease in specialized centers of the teeth in the city of Baquba, and then the samples were transferred to...

Distributed 90 fish carp common Cyprinus carpio L (25-40 g fish^-1) randomly on nine experimental treatment of two replicates for each group, each replicate included 5 fishes. The experiment was carried out for 60 days in 18-glass aquarium (6o cm × 30 cm × 30 cm 60 L^-1). The fish were fed on nine...