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THE DEMAND FOR EGYPTIAN CITRUS IN THE GLOBAL MARKETS
2020
Omnia M. Shahin*
The trend currently in most countries of theworld, whether developed or developing, is how toobtain the largest possible amount of gains in lightof the state's available resources and the methodsof production used and how to manage those resources in light of an investment climate consistentwith those variables, and no country can live Isolated from all other countries in the world, whetherthat country is rich in resources and has a surplusin production and wants to spend it or it needs othercountries to obtain a sufficient amount of a commodity that is sufficient for the needs of its population.In spite of the great export importance of Egyptian citrus crop and its occupation is the first in thelist of Egyptian agricultural exports, and Egyptranked third globally in its export, but its exportshave been characterized by fluctuation and instability during the period (2018-2001), which leads tofluctuating returns from these masts, Which requires the necessity of identifying the determinantsof external demand for these exports in variousglobal markets to provide the necessary means fordeveloping these exports and promoting them andmaintaining their current markets and opening newmarkets for them and in light of the study problemand in an attempt to identify the most importantvariables Local and international influencing the demand for Egyptian citrus, and the study used a simultaneous multi-equation model, where he explained that the most influencing factors on the average Saudi per capita share of Egyptian citrus exports is the export price to Syria, and the exportprice to Jordan, as the value of "F" indicates the significance The statistically estimated equation is atthe level of 0.05, and the adjusted coefficient of determination indicates that about 95% of the changesin the average per capita share of Egyptian exportsare due to the above-mentioned independent variables. The results of the statistical analysis alsoshowed that the most influencing factors on the average Russian per capita share The Egyptian citrusDorat is the export price of Turkey citrus, and theaverage Russian per capita national income, as thevalue of "F" indicates the significance of the statistically equivalent equation at the level of 0.05, andthe value of the adjusted coefficient of determinationindicates that about 84% of the changes in the average per capita of exports The Egyptian citrus fruitof Russia is attributed to the aforementioned independent variables.
Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION IN THE CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES UNDER GREENHOUSES IN EL- BUSTAN AREA, BEHIRA GOVERNORATE
2020
Olfat S.H. Abou shahin
The main objective of this study to identify the current and prospective role of agricultural extension in the field of vegetable cultivation under greenhouse in Al-Noubaria area of Beheira Governorate. Questionnaire through personal interviews was used to collect data from 196 farmers representing research samples. Percentages, arithmetic mean, the frequency tables, standard deviation, simple correlation coefficient (person) and the regression coefficient were used to analyze data. The research results showed that: The most of farmers 81.6% had low and medium level of knowledge related to the main practices of agriculture in Greenhouse 94.9% of farmers had low and medium levels of implementation of the main practices under greenhouse. 74% of farmers were of low and medium awareness of the role of agriculture extension. There is a significant correlation between the knowledge level of the respondents to cultivating vegetables under greenhouses as a dependent variable, and between the educational level, the degree of trend towards export of greenhouse products, the degree of participation in community organizations, the degree of satisfaction with work in greenhouse, the degree of exposure to sources of information on vegetable cultivation under Greenhouse, the degree of openness to the outside world and the role of agricultural extension, respectively as independent variables. There is a significant correlation between the degree of the executive level of the respondents by planting vegetables under greenhouse as a dependent variable and between the educational level of the respondents and the degree of exposure to sources of information on growing vegetables under greenhouse, the trend towards export and the role of agricultural extension provided to the respondents as independent variables. The educational level, the trend towards export, the degree of openness to the outside world, the degree of participation in various societal organizations, the degree of satisfaction with work under greenhouse, the degree of exposure to sources of information on growing vegetables under greenhouse, and the role provided by the agricultural extension to farmers under greenhouse as Variables responsible for the interpretation of 30,2% in the overall variance of the general knowledge level of the respondents cultivating vegetables under greenhouse. The educational level, the trend towards export, the degree of exposure to sources of information about growing vegetables under greenhouse, and the role provided by agricultural extension to vegetable farmers under greenhouse, variables responsible for the interpretation of 26.7% in the overall variation of the executive level of respondents to the practices of growing vegetables under greenhouse. The most important problems faced by farmers investigated in greenhouse cultivation were the high costs of greenhouse construction, the high incidence of fungal diseases, and the difficulty of conducting integrated pest control in greenhouse. The prospective role of the agricultural extension in the field of vegetable cultivation under greenhouse from the viewpoint of the respondents, the presence of adequate and technical support for the agricultural extension in the field of growing vegetables under greenhouse and how to manage greenhouse.
Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]USING THE POLICY ANALYSIS MATRIX TO EVALUATE THE ECONOMIC POLICY OF TOMATO AND POTATO CROPS IN EGYPT
2020
Mohammed* O.A
Agricultural policy in Egypt has tended in recentyears to make some structural changes in order tomaximize the economic return in light of the technical possibilities and local and international economics of agricultural production determinants.some Food crops, industrial and export important inEgypt, and is a source of agricultural income, In order to determine the features of agricultural pricepolicy for most important vegetable crops in Egypt,it was possible to calculate the matrix of agriculturalpolicy analysis, to clarify the extent of deviationof lacal market prices for tomato and potato cropsand world prices to identify the levels of distortionsin the commodity markets and the degree of nonemployment of resources, as well as the calculationof the nominal and effective protection factors. Toidentify the price policies adopted by the state,whether the policy of subsidies or taxation ofproducers of agricultural crops, as well as thecalculation of the cost factor of the local resource todetermine the comparative advantage. We conclude from the above and based on the results ofthe Matrix of Agricultural Policy Analysis for Tomatoand Potato Crops in Egypt during the averageperiod (2011-2017) that the country’s productivepolicy during the study period had any affection cropproducers represented in tax rate 14.742, 12.489pounds. Which do not compare with the supportprovided to them, which averaged about 93,189pounds per acre, respectively. Tomato and potatocrops have an advantage that can be used to increase their exports in the global markets, which require integration between the state and the privatesector to activate the ability of crop producers to export. And Egyptian potatoes, and on this the studyrecommends the necessity of improving the pricesof production requirements for the crops understudy in a manner commensurate with the continuous increase in production costs in order to work onincreasing farm income and addressing negativesarising from C Tax of SAT in high production costsand made available at affordable prices.
Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]Taxonomic Revision and Numerical Analysis of Hibiscus L. in Egypt
2020
Amany Mostafa
The development of agriculture over the last decades has resulted in a continuous change of the natural vegetation of Egypt. Several species widely cultivated as economic crops or ornamentals. Numbers of species which escaped from cultivation and naturalized in naturals habitats are increasing. It is necessary to study the changes in the natural vegetation and traces the new species. The present study undertakes a survey, taxonomical revision and numerical analysis of the genus Hibiscus L. in Egypt including wild and cultivated species. The taxonomic treatment based on collecting of fresh materials from the studied species, in addition to the investigation of the herbarium specimens as well as information from the literatures. Eleven species of Hibiscus were reported in this study, from which there are 5 wild species (H. diversifolius Jacq., H. micranthus L. f., H. vitifolius L., H. sabdariffa L. and H. trionum L.) and there are 6 cultivated species (H. cannabinus L., H. mutabilis L., H. rosa-sinensis L., H. schizopetalus (Mast.) Hook. f. in Curtis, H. syriacus L. and H. tiliaceus L.). An identification key to the species of Hibiscus is provided. Valid names and synonyms are updated from online sources. Scientific descriptions provided the characters of leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds based on the herbarium specimens and completed from fresh materials and literatures are given. Distribution of wild species in their phytogeographical regions are provided. Type specimen, habitat, selected specimens and economic importance are provided for each species. The numerical analysis based on thirty six morphological characters including vegetative, flowers and fruits parts of the studied species. SPSS Statistics version 22 used to get morphometric analysis. The numerical analysis revealed two main clusters. The first cluster included 3 species, viz. H. micranthus L. f., H. vitifolius L. and H. trionum L. The second cluster included two groups: group (a) viz. H. diversifolius Jacq., H. syriacus L., and H. tiliaceus L., and group (b) viz. Hibiscus cannabinus L., H. mutabilis L., H. rosa-sinensis L., H. sabdariffa L. and H. schizopetalus (Mast.) Hook. f. in Curtis.
Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]Effect of Gamma Radiation on Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine in Callus and Suspension Cultures of Ephedra alata
2023
Naglaa Abdelsalam | mona Abd El-Aal | mohamed Aboul Fotouh | mohamed Reda | Ibrahim Safe
Ephedra is the most widely and largest widespread genus in the Gnetopsida, a subgroup of the gymnosperms. This research was done to find out how gamma radiation affected the in vitro growth of callus and suspension cultures. In addition, the effect of gamma rays (γ-rays) on the ephedrine and pseudoephedrine concentrations was evaluated through HPLC analysis. The cell suspension and callus cultures were formed on Murashige and Skoog's basal medium (MS) supplemented with 0.5 mg/l kinetin (Kn), and 3 mg/l of 2, 4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D) and exposed to variable gamma radiation doses (0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 Gray). Highly significant differences in both fresh and dry callus weights were recorded due to the effect of gamma rays (γ-rays). The findings demonstrated that in the cell suspension and callus cultures, 15 Gray achieved the highest fresh and dry weights when compared to the control. Similarly, the highest concentrations of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine were found in suspension and callus cultures compared to control at 15 Gray.
Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]Effect of Foliar Spraying with Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotrophic Bacteria on the Growth and Productivity of Strawberry
2023
shadia Ismail | Fafy Mohammed
Pink-pigmented facultative methylotrophic bacteria (PPFM) isolated from cotton leaves was identified based on phenotypic and genotypic characteristics as Methylobacterium rodiotolerance. Two field experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of PPFM, methanol (10 and 30%) and a combination of bacteria and methanol on the growth, fruit quality, and yield of two strawberry cultivars (Florida and Festival). The main differences between the two cultivars are greater foliage fresh weight and early yield in cv. Florida while Festival cv. had a higher total yield per plant and greater anthocyanins and ascorbic acid contents. The greatest vegetative growth, dry matter percentage, potassium content, and carbohydrate content besides the earliest yield per plant were observed following spraying with PPFM or PPFM mixed with 10% methanol. Spraying with PPFM resulted in the highest total yield per plant, highest yield per feddan, and fruit quality. Spraying cv. Florida with PPFM resulted in the best early yield while spraying cv. Festival with PPFM resulted in the highest total yield and fruit quality. Spraying with PPFM appears to be the most efficient treatment for enhancing the total yield of Festival cv. by an average of 23.02 and 24.06 tons per feddan in the first and second seasons, respectively.
Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]Molecular Identification of Some Rhizobium and Serratia Isolates as Potential Producers of Indole-3-Acetic Acid
2023
Shaimaa Sello | Ashraf Abdel Razik | Samir Ibrahim | Sawsan Elateek
In order to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers, the use of biological inoculants has been increased. Beneficial microorganisms are used to increase crop yields by stimulating plant growth through the production of phytohormones. In the present study, Indole Acetic Acid (IAA) production was analyzed in 18 bacterial isolates with Plant Growth-Promoting (PGP) capabilities; 15 of these isolates were Rhizobium, and three were Serratia. All isolates have been characterized morphologically and biochemically, and their IAA production in the presence of tryptophan, a precursor for IAA biosynthesis, has been evaluated. IAA production was detected using the Salkowski reagent with CT-2200 spectrophotometer at 530 nm. The levels of IAA production varied between the different isolates. The top two IAA producers were selected for genetic identification using 16SrRNA primers (27F and 1492R). One of the Rhizobium isolates (NRC-R2) shared 95% sequence similarity with Rhizobium sp., according to a Blastn search in GenBank and Rhizobium leguminosarum, whereas the Serratia isolate (Ain Shams Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ACGEB)-S2 was 99.5% similar to Serratia sp. Accordingly, these two isolates could serve as biological sources for IAA.
Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]Predicting and Optimizing Tillage Draft Using Artificial Network Technique
2023
Yasmin Shehta | Nabil Awady | Abdel-Fadil Kabany | Mohammed Abd-Elwahed | Waleed Elhelew
Tillage as one of the agricultural practices consumes the largest amount of energy, which reflects on the total production cost. The artificial neural network (ANN) technique was utilized in the current study to opti-mize the performance of the tillage process. The ANN-modeled multilayer perceptron network with a backpropagation learning algorithm and momen-tum term was used by the PYTHON program. The ANN inputs were: the implement type, soil texture, moisture, bulk density, width, speed, and depth. The draught was the output (kN). Five layers composed the ANN model's optimal configuration (13-64-16-4-1). The linear and rectified linear units (ReLU) functions were utilized with hidden layers and the output layer, re-spectively. Momentum term and learning rate were 0.00003 and 0.9 respec-tively. The iteration number was 1000 epochs and stopped at 290 epochs. The coefficient of determination in the test datasets was high (0.92) while the difference between actual and predicted output was low (2.08). Bulk den-sity and depth were the main determinants of the draft. The evaluation of the developed model for chisel, moldboard, and disk plow gave satisfactory re-sults of 0.985, 0.924, and 0.917. In comparison to the ANNs, the regression model's correlation coefficient for predicting draught force was the lowest (0.373).
Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]Description of Leafhopper, Hebata (Alboneurasca) decipiens (Paoli, 1930) and Its Transmitting Phytoplasma Infesting Sugar Beet Plants
2023
Heba Ibrahim | Azza Abdelrahman Emam | Ahmed Bondok | Magdy Ahmed | Amro Abd-Elraheem
Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) is the second sugar crop for sugar production after sugar cane worldwide. This plant is subjected to the infestation of several insect pests that cause considerable damage, especially leafhoppers, that can transmit phytopathogens (e.g., phytoplasma). In this work, we identified and described the leafhopper, Hebata (Alboneurasca) decipiens, in addition to the detection and molecular identification of Candidatus Phytoplasma that was transmitted by this leafhopper on sugar beet plants from naturally infected sugar beet plants to an uninfected one. The 16S rDNA gene from phytoplasma was amplified by a nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay and directly sequenced using specific primer pairs DNA fragments. The resulting sequences were analyzed and compared with another phytoplasma sequence available at GenBank sequences performing BLAST using DNAMAN.
Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]Partial Gap-Filling of the Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Draft Genome
2023
Hala Zoghly | Mohamed Rashed | Mahmoud Magdy
Nile tilapia is a freshwater fish of African origin, with productive and economic characteristics affecting global fish markets. The Oreochromis niloticus reference genome has a diploid set of 22 linkage groups (LGs) in addition to ungrouped sequences. A total of 42,622 genes have been identified, but 550 genomic gaps may include more. Our study focused on some of these genomic gaps, where appropriate primers were designed and then multiplied through the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique. From local samples, DNA was extracted and amplified with the new primers. Successful amplicons were sequenced and annotated using available bioinformatics tools. Five assessed sequences were annotated, of which three were newly predicted in O. niloticus, as mucin 1-like, and KLR genes, and SATB region. The other two sequences belonged to grid2 and trpm7 which were previously predicted. Although individual attempts to identify genomic gaps are not feasible in filling the large lack of information on the Nile tilapia genome, a good number and valuable new information has been reached. However, the following plan showed many technical problems, more time, effort and cost that could be avoided by suggesting the application of another technique, such as whole-genome sequencing, mapping, and assembly.
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