{"id":48146,"date":"2026-04-09T15:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/science\/?p=48146"},"modified":"2026-06-15T08:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T08:26:19","slug":"head-of-the-department-of-biology-participates-in-a-phd-dissertation-defense-at-the-university-of-mosul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/science\/2026\/04\/09\/head-of-the-department-of-biology-participates-in-a-phd-dissertation-defense-at-the-university-of-mosul\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of the Department of Biology Participates in a PhD Dissertation Defense at the University of Mosul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Prof. Dr. <strong>Amjad Abdulhadi Mohammed<\/strong>, Head of the Department of Biology at the College of Science, University of Mosul, participated as a member of the examination committee for a PhD dissertation defense held at the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Mosul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The defense took place on <strong>Wednesday, 8 April 2026<\/strong>, for the dissertation submitted by the student <strong>Amina Amin Ahmed<\/strong>, entitled:<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>\u201cProduction of Seed Tubers from Potato Minitubers (<\/strong><em><strong>Solanum tuberosum<\/strong><\/em><strong> L., cv. Arizona) Under Ex Vitro Conditions.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The dissertation aimed to investigate shoot proliferation in the potato cultivar <em>Arizona<\/em> of the Elite and A classes through cultivation on nutrient media containing different concentrations of <strong>BA (Benzyladenine)<\/strong> and <strong>Zeatin<\/strong>, as well as to evaluate the role of <strong>Glutamine<\/strong> and <strong>Methionine<\/strong> in enhancing shoot multiplication. The study also examined shoot rooting using various concentrations of <strong>IBA (Indole-3-Butyric Acid)<\/strong> for both classes and assessed the effect of <strong>Arginine<\/strong> on the rooting process. In addition, a comparison was conducted between the minitubers produced from the Elite and A classes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The dissertation further addressed the production of <strong>seed tubers<\/strong> through the cultivation of minitubers derived from plantlets grown under protected-house conditions, contributing to improved efficiency in potato seed production.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The examination committee was chaired by <strong>Prof. Emeritus Dr. Ammar Omar Al-Atraqchi<\/strong> and included <strong>Prof. Dr. Alaa Hashim Younis<\/strong>, <strong>Prof. Dr. Amjad Abdulhadi Mohammed<\/strong>, <strong>Prof. Dr. Sumood Hussein Ali<\/strong>, and <strong>Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Mohammed Nouri<\/strong>. The dissertation was supervised by <strong>Prof. Emeritus Dr. Bashar Zaki Amin<\/strong> and <strong>Prof. Emeritus Dr. Hussein Jawad Muharram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">We extend our best wishes to our faculty members for continued success, excellence, and distinguished academic contributions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>Media and Government Communication Division<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, 9 April 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/1-2-9-400x267-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-48148\" src=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/1-2-9-400x267-1-300x200.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/1-2-9-400x267-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" 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Landscape Engineering, College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Mosul. The defense took place on Wednesday, 8 April 2026, for the dissertation submitted by the student Amina Amin Ahmed, entitled: \u201cProduction of Seed Tubers from Potato Minitubers (Solanum tuberosum L., cv. Arizona) Under Ex Vitro Conditions.\u201d The dissertation aimed to investigate shoot proliferation in the potato cultivar Arizona of the Elite and <a href=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/science\/2026\/04\/09\/head-of-the-department-of-biology-participates-in-a-phd-dissertation-defense-at-the-university-of-mosul\/\"> [Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":48147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48153,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48146\/revisions\/48153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}