https://iphopen.org/index.php/aes <p><strong>IPHO-Journal of Advance Research in Agriculture and Environmental Science.<a href="https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/3050-8843">(e- ISSN 3050-8843, p-ISSN 3050-9297)</a></strong> <em>It is impossible for one to sustain his life without agriculture as it gives the most usable products of human life such as food, fruits, oil, etc. As we all know that food is the most important thing for the survival but most importantly agriculture not only provides food and raw materials but also employment opportunities to a large proportion of the population. Counting papers in food science, agriculture, pesticides, disease control in agriculture, diversification in agriculture, organic farming, power and energy in farming, irrigation, environmental science, geological studies, oceans pollution and various latest contemporary agricultural challenges.</em></p> IPHO Journal en-US IPHO-Journal of Advance Research in Agriculture and Environmental Science 3050-9297 <p>Author(s) and co-author(s) jointly and severally represent and warrant that the Article is original with the author(s) and does not infringe any copyright or violate any other right of any third parties and that the Article has not been published elsewhere. Author(s) agree to the terms that the <strong>IPHO Journal</strong> will have the full right to remove the published article on any misconduct found in the published article.</p> https://iphopen.org/index.php/aes/article/view/420 <p>This experiment was conducted at the Agricultural Research and Experiment Station from December 22, 2025, to January 26, 2026. The aim was to study the effect of aqueous and alcoholic extracts of hibiscus powder on the productive performance of broiler. 450 one-day-old Ross 308 broiler chicks, weighing an average of 38.52 gm, were used. The chicks were divided into five treatments: control, aqueous extract of hibiscus powder at concentrations of 2 and 4 ml/L of drinking water, and alcoholic extract at concentrations of 2 and 4 ml/L of drinking water. The chicks were divided into three age groups (7-35 days, 14-35 days, and 21-35 days). The results indicated that adding the alcoholic extract of hibiscus powder at a concentration of 4 ml/L of drinking water improved the productive performance of the broiler chickens aged 7-35 days compared to the other treatments.</p> SAMA HUSSEIN ALI Copyright (c) 2026 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2026-03-26 2026-03-26 4 3 01 06 https://iphopen.org/index.php/aes/article/view/433 <p><strong>The experiment was conducted during 2023–2024 growing season in a plastic house at the research station in Al-Bandar, affiliated with the College of Agriculture, University of Al-Muthanna, on cucumber plants (<em>Cucumis sativus</em> L., cv. Sahara). The study aimed to investigate the effect of Mycorrhizal fungi and foliar spraying with licorice extract combined with yeast at concentrations of 0, 5, and 10 g L?¹ on the growth and yield of cucumber cultivated under greenhouse conditions. Three foliar sprays were applied during the growing season. A randomized completely block design (RCBD) with three replications was used, and means were compared using the least significant difference (LSD) test at the 0.05 probability level. The main results can be summarized as follows:</strong></p> <p><strong>&nbsp;Plants treated with mycorrhizal fungi showed significant superiority in all studied traits. The concentration of 10 g L?¹ licorice extract combined with yeast was superior comparing with other treatments in terms of vegetative growth and yield parameters. Furthermore, the interaction between mycorrhizal fungi and 10 g L?¹ concentration of licorice extract combined with yeast recorded the highest values for plant height, number of leaves, leaf area, dry weight of vegetative growth, number of fruits, and total yield per plant, reaching 221.93 cm, 36.12 leaves, 40.72 dm², 117.49 g, 34.26 fruits, and 4.44 kg plant?¹, respectively .</strong></p> MOHANAD TURKI MEFTEN SARA READ KHALAF AL-KHAZALI MOHAMMED HADI OBAID FALAH HASAN ISSA Copyright (c) 2026 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2026-03-01 2026-03-01 4 3 07 12 10.5281/zenodo.19448740