{"id":14889,"date":"2026-09-06T17:59:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T14:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.coagri.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14889"},"modified":"2026-09-06T18:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:00:15","slug":"ph-d-defense-yasser-rifaat-khairi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.coagri.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=14889","title":{"rendered":"Ph.D. Defense \u2013 Yasser Rifaat Khairi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"line-height: 2; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: Arial;\">Yasser Rifaat Khairi from the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation entitled \u201cEffect of Mycorrhizal Inoculation, Mineral Fertilization, and Chitosan Spraying on Growth, Productivity, and Marketability of Strawberry.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 2; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: Arial;\">The dissertation aimed to investigate the effects of mycorrhizal inoculation, mineral fertilization, and chitosan foliar spraying on vegetative and flowering growth, fruit set, yield, and the quality and marketability of strawberry fruits.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 2; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: Arial;\">The researcher recommended inoculating strawberry plants with mycorrhizal fungi and applying chitosan as a foliar spray, in addition to adopting fungal biofertilizers, particularly mycorrhiza, in strawberry production and other crops.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 2; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: Arial;\">Congratulations to the researcher, with best wishes for continued success.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>_______________________________________________<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<style type=\"text\/css\">#sp-post-carousel-pro-8012 .sp-pcp-post{\n\t\t\t\tpadding-right: 5px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-bottom: 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