Within the scientific activities of our faculty members, Prof. Dr. Iyad Hani Al-Allaf (a lecturer in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering) participated in a master’s thesis discussion committee for a student (Zaman Saleh Noman) in the Aqrah Technical College of Duhok Technical University. The thesis title was “Effect of cultivars, autumn budding dates and balanced fertilizer on bud take and growth characteristics of apple (Malus Domestica Borkh).”