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Seminar Announcement at the College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences - Department of Plant Protection.

Seminar entitled:

"Molecular identification with morphometric and anatomic characterization of honey bee (apis mellifera ligustica, apis mellifera carnica and apis mellifera meda) in northern Iraq"

Given by:

Dr. Dilshad Salah Ahmed

on Monday, February 26, 2024, at 11:00 AM

Objectives or Summary:

The present study was carried out in Kurdistan region-Iraq, and the samples were collected from different localities of (Duhok, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Halabcha) during period (June 2020- June 2023). This study aimed to provide conclusive evidences for discrimination of honeybee subspecies existing in Northern Iraq using recently molecular methods instead of traditional methods, in addition to studying some morphometric and anatomic characteristics of existed subspecies. The results of molecular investigations proved the existence of five subspecies; Apis mellifera ligustica, Apis mellifera carnica, Apis mellifera caucasica, Apis mellifera buckfast and Apis mellifera meda (including 1st and 2nd ecotypes) in Northern Iraq based on 16S rDNA region.

Place of the Seminar:

Seminar Hall of Plant Protection Department, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Duhok.