Vol (13) No (5) October 2026

Contents	Pages
Assessment of Al-Romaila River Pollution with Heavy Metals by Measuring their Concentrations in its Water and the Mollusk Theodoxus fluviatilis Ekbal Fadel and Samar Saleh	1-13
First Record of Daphnia obtusa Kurz, 1874 (Cladocera: Daphniidae) in the Lake of Al-Kabir Al-Shimali Dam, Syria Amina Alnesser	14-24
The Effect of Planting Date and Foliar Application of Humic Acid on some Yield Traits of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Ola Kajo and Riham Ihsan	25-37
Study on the Susceptibility of Certain Olive Cultivars to infestation by the Leopard Moth (Zeuzera pyrina L.) in Homs Governorate, Syria Bassam  Oudeh and Mohammad Al-Allan	38-47
Study of the Genetic Behavior of Some Phenological Traits of Grass Pea Hybrids Hanin Alkasser, Mohammad Jamal Hamandoush, Ahmad Shams Alden Shaaban and Abdullah Alyoussef	48-65
A Standard Analysis of the Relationship Between Agricultural Exports and Agricultural Domestic Output in Syria for the Period (1990-2023) as a Model Ramy Mahmoud, Mahmoud Alio and Georges Makhoul	66-80
Study of the Antimicrobial Activity of the Alcoholic Extract of Hyssopus officinalis Flowers Using Ultrasound-Assisted Response Surface Methodology Raeda Salah and Enaam AlSaty	81-89
Phenological and Productive Characteristics of several Walnut Genotypes (Juglans regia L.) in  Damascus Rural(Zakia) Samer Khaled and mohammad battha	90-98
Study of Some Quality Attributes of Goat Sausage Siham Abdelwhab Alamin Mohammed	99-105
Study of the Effectiveness of the Essential Oil of Peppermint and Oregano on Some Food Spoilage Agents and their Incorporation it into Cheese Food Packaging Suha Habib and Rasha Kayali	106-117
The Impact of Development Agricultural Financing for Small Agricultural Projects on Improving Farmers’ Income: A Field Study in Al-Hasakah Governorate Abdulrahim Khalif	118-132
The prevalence of brucellosis across different age groups of sheep and goats in the Rural Damascus Governorate Abdulsattar Alsayed	133-138
The role of urban green spaces in sequestering and absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) and producing oxygen (O2) in Tartous city Abeer moussa, Zuheir Shater and Basima Alcheikh	139-156
Study of the effect of not thinning of young Carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) seedlings planted in the nursery on their development of their root Osama Radwan , Amen Saleh and Azza Deeb 177-187	157-172
Measuring Monitoring and Evaluation Systems in Development Projects in the Village Qatra Al-Raihan , Al-Ghab Region, Hama Governorate Lina kharma, Ghassan Yacoub and Ghassan Baddour	173-185
The Effect of Essential Oil of Two Achillea Species on some Plant Pathogenic Fungi Manal Al-Dous, Nawras Al-Abrass, Ismaeel AlSaleh and Taher Swaf	186-196
The effect of the number of foliar spray frequency application with high – potassium fertilizer on the productivity and fruit quality of Clemantine (Citrus reticulate) Nsreen dahe mohamad	197-208
Evaluation of phenological, productivity performance, and resource-use efficiency in maize and peanut intercropping systems Ibrahim Al‑Fandi, Ahmad Al‑Ali Al‑Khalaf and Mohammad Khair Othman	209-223
Developing a pedotransfer function to predict available phosphorus in greenhouse soils based on some of their chemical properties Mohamed Baker Alabd Alwahed, Faisal Bakor and Thamer Alhenish	224-237
Response of potato plants (cultivar Agria) to fertilization with vermicompost and the EM1 biofertilizer at different levels of mineral fertilization in Homs Governorate Osama Mohammad Karazon, Osama Hosain Al-Abdallah and Mohammad Nabil Zakariya Al-Ayoubi	238-251
Efficacy of Orange peel extract, Colistin, Azithromycin, Gentamicin, and Doxycycline against Escherichia coli isolated from broiler chickens Alaa Afif, Ali Nisafi and Abdel Nasser Al Omar	252-263
Modeling the determinants affecting the severity of production problem in small-scale agricultural enterprises using Ordinal Logistic Regression ALmouthana Aziz Hasan, Salam Ibrahim and Lama Kaddaha	264-279
Effect of some fungi and plant extracts on nymphs of the whitefly insect Bemisia tabaci Hayat Mohammed Ridhe Mehdi, Shadha Fadhul Abddul Sayed and Enaam Mohammad Hussein	280-290
Effect of sex on the characteristics and composition of carcass of Desert goat kids Hasseeb Adam Elbukhary, Ahmed Osman Idris and Salih Ahmed Babiker	291-301
Genetic behavior of biomass, seed yield, and harvest index of grass pea hybrids Hanin Alkasser, Mohammad Jamal Hamandoush, Ahmad Shams Alden Shaaban and Abdullah Alyoussef	302-321
Using a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model to study the economic and technical efficiency of producing the potato variety ‘Spunta’ by comparing the spring and autumn seasons in Homs Governorate Ruba Al Qasem and Abdul Ghani Abdul Latif	322-337
Effect of planting dates on the productivity of three lentil (Lens Culinaris Medik.) varieties under the conditions of Sewida governorate Sewar Almimasani, Rajaa Kanaan and Bassam Al Atalah	338-348
Impact of polyethylene packaging on the storability of two apple cultivars (Grany Smith and Rome Beauty) under the conditions of As-Suwayda governorate Ola Al-Halabi, Bayan Muzher, Samer Abohamdan, Basma Alatrach and Nesreen Naim	349-360
The effect of organic fertilizer with cow manur on soil properties and eggplant (Solanum melongena) productivity in homs region Eissa Nofal, khaled Ismaill and Wafaa AlAboud	361-371
Effect of planting date on some qualitative and productive traits of sesame genotypes under the conditions of Lattakia Governorate Fatima Kiwan Kiwan, Reem Saleem Ali, Ahmad Shams Aldien Shaaban, Hayat Suliman Yaseen, Ghorood ALasood and Reem Aleed	372-383
Production of Spirulina-enriched fermented yogurt and evaluation of its chemical, physical, microbiological, and sensory properties Roula Bayerli and Nour AL Qabbani	384-396
Structure and diversity of benthic fish assemblages off the Latakia coast (eastern Mediterranean Sea): a pilot bottom trawl study Lana Khrema, Amina Alnesser, Hasan Alkusairy and Ali Othman	397-403
Studying the complementary effect of biochar and mineral fertilizer on growth and productivity indicators of wheat plants under the conditions of the Syrian coast Mohammad Ibraheem and Rasha Kheder	404-413
Pathogenicity of Rhizoctonia bataticola isolates prevalent in chickpea fields in Syria in 2024 Batoul Haytham Nayef, Mohammad Kassem, Nader Assad and Naem Al-Houssien	414-426
Study of some biological activity indicators of soils exposed salinity stress and cultivated with cotton under in the Lower Euphrates basin in Syria Mahmoud AlMarei and Abdulla Al-Issa	427-442
Evaluation of vegetation cover and land cover changes in the Mazyneh dam basin in Homs using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Geographic Information Systems, and Remote Sensing Mayar Rateb Ibrahim, Muna Barakat, Mohammed Al-Abd and Ali Jawahra	443-460
Effect of foliar spraying with wood vinegar on some physiological and productive traits of cowpea plant (Vingna unguiculata L) under the conditions of Deir Ezzor governorate Nadia AlKhalaf	461-473
Effect of nitrogen fertilization and potassium humate on flag leaf area and yield of grain and straw (Sham 10) under coastal conditions Alaa Sulieman Al-Hafe and Samer Mihoub	474-487