During the season of 2002, samples of olive fruit were taken (Ashrasi type)
from Ninavah horticulture’s station that belongs to the ministry of agriculture
in Iraq. The purpose of this research is to study some physical and chemical
characteristic
s during the growing period, from July until October. Those
characteristics include moisture, ash, oil content, chlorophyll A & B, protein,
pH and carbohydrate, In addition to fruit length, size, weight, radius, and
rigidity. The results showed significant increase in moisture, oil, weight, size
and length of the fruit were studied. Significant reduction was noticed in the
percentages of the protein, carbohydrate, ash and the fruit rigidity. The highest
values of chlorophyll were observed during The month of September. October
considered as the best time to harvest olive fruits for pickle purpose.
The aim of this study is to highlight some of the soil characteristics in the
area of Daher Aljabal (Sowaida), in particular, the morphological, physical,
chemical, and fertility aspects.
To achieve these objectives, five soil profiles were select
ed on a
toposequence, the profiles were described and bulk samples were systematically
collected.
The characterization of the studied soils reveals that:
-The soils area formed from the original basaltic parent materials, and the
topographical position plays a prominent role in the development and depth of
the soil profiles, and the differences in particle size distribution.
Green tomato fruits of different studied hybrids such as, Amal, Steel,
Tartila, and 2-75/96, which had been grown in a greenhouse at Abi- Jarash
Farm were picked up and stored at temperatures of 12 c and 20 c for 29 days.
The fruits, which were st
ored at 12 c had been transferred to 9 cْ, and then
stored for an additional period of two weeks. The chemical composition of the
stored fruits was evaluated, which included: acidity percentage, total soluble
solids, and the quantity of vitamine C. The ratio of fruit weight loss during
storage was studied as well.
In this work, six different samples of the Al2O3 / CdO system were prepared in a
co-precipitation method. Samples were prepared from saturated solutions for cadmium and
aluminum salts using concentrated ammonia as a precipitating agent at pH = 8 an
d after
settling and drying the sample was calcined at 400°C for two hours.
In order to studied the surface acidity by temperature programmed desorption (TPD)
method. The calcined sample was divided to two parts: The TG-DTA measurements was
carried on for the first part in order to determine the loss weight using thermal program in
the range 20-900°C and 10°C/min. The second part was impregnated in pyridine for 24h,
and dried at 120°C to remove the physical adsorbed pyridine and the TG-DTA
measurements were performed at the same conditions for the first part.
Differential curves were studied to calculate the weight loss produced by the
desorption of pyridine. The AC8 (1-1) showed the highest surface acidity value
(0.47m.mol / g), while the sample AC8 (1-0.25) gave the lowest acidity surface value
(0.11m.mol / g).
