Dr. Rashad Adel Omran, a faculty member at the College of Agriculture, University of Basra, participated as a member of the doctoral dissertation committee for researcher Dalia Mohammed Abdullah at the College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Baghdad. Her dissertation was titled "The Effect of Granular and Non-Granular Organic Fertilizers on the Availability of Some Nutrients and Potato Yield."

The dissertation aimed to study the effect of fertilizer application on the availability and uptake of nutrients by plants at different growth stages.

The study recommended incorporating organic fertilization using bone meal, dried blood, and date palm residues, combined with a low dose of mineral fertilizer, into integrated fertilization programs, as this approach demonstrated a significant improvement in most plant characteristics and tuber yield.

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