Hakima Bahri

Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture de Meknès | ENA

Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) crop can be a lever for the development of oilseed sector in Morocco due to its adaptation to local conditions and its major economic and food importance. Genetic diversity and selection of valuable crossing parents are the key to successful breeding and improvement of this crop. In this regard, genetic variation within...

Crops grown under organic systems may suffer from insufficient nitrogen (N) due to the mismatch between the N bio-availability and its demand dynamics by the plant. This work investigates the response of three potato cultivars to a combination of organic fertilizers (compost and fish meal (fish powder). Field trials were conducted during two croppi...

Rapeseed ( Brassica napus L.) crop can be a lever for the development of oilseed sector in Morocco due to its adaptation to local conditions and its major economic and food importance. Breeding is the key to the success of this crop and judicious choice of crossing parents is a prerequisite to the success of the selection program and the developmen...

This study aims to investigate the antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of two ecotypes of Anacyclus pyrethrum, an indigenous medicinal plant prized for its roots for various medicinal virtues. Plant samples were collected from the Central Mid-Atlas Mountains of Morocco and root extracts were prepared. Total polyphenols and total flavonoids content...

Antioxidants are tremendously important substances that possess the ability to protect the body from damage caused by free radicals induced oxidative stress. This study aims to investigate the antioxidant effect of hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) from the Mid-Atlas Mountains of Morocco as a potential source of new bioactive natural compounds. Hawthor...

Rapeseed ( Brassica napus L.) crop has a high yield potential in Morocco, particularly in the Gharb region. However, this area is subjected to relatively frequent water floods usually accompanied with soil waterlogging, which is harmful for the crop. This study aimed to assess the behavior and productivity of four Moroccan varieties under waterlogg...

The objective of this study is to provide a phytochemical screening of the fruit of the medicinal and food plant Opuntia ficus indica harvested from the Zerhoun area located in the North Western part of Morocco in Meknes region. This work targeted particularly the extraction and quantification of polyphenols and the evaluation of the effect of the...

L'étude ethnobotanique menée dans la région de Zerhoun a pour objectif de réaliser des enquêtes floristiques des plantes médicinales et alimentaires, et la collecté le maximum d'informations sur les usages alimentaires et thérapeutiques pratiqués dans ladite région. Ces recherches, nous ont permis de faire connaissance de trois espèces largement ré...

Morocco, like many other Mediterranean countries is facing water resources scarcity due to its arid to semi-arid conditions, affected by the recent climatic changes, mainly recurrent drought events observed during the last five decades. Stream flows, the main feeding source of the major reservoirs used for irrigation, drinking water, and hydro-powe...

In a study to develop salt tolerant peppermint (Mentha × piperita L.) for growth in arid regions where intensive irrigation has led to salinized soils, the variability in growth and essential oil of accessions was evaluated as a preliminary selection method for peppermint types that could be expected to produce high levels of essential oil rich in...

Advanced backcross QTL (AB-QTL) analysis was deployed to identify allelic variation in wild barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneum) of value in the improvement of grain yield and other agronomically important traits in barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare) grown under conditions of water deficit in Mediterranean countries. A population of 123 doub...

A review is presented of genetic strategies deployed in a 3-yr project on drought tolerance in barley. Data were collected on genetic, physiological and agronomic traits in non-irrigated and irrigated field trials in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. A wide range of barley germplasm (developed from African and European cultivars, adapted landraces and wi...

A quantitative genetics approach was developed to identify the genomic regions that control relative water content (RWC) in field-grown barley. The trait was previously demonstrated to be a relevant screening tool of drought-tolerance in cereals, as well as a good indicator of plant water-status. The trait was measured at the heading stage on flag...

This article represents some current thinking and objectives in the use of molecular markers to abiotic stress tolerance. Barley has been chosen for study as it is an important crop species, as well as a model for genetic and physiological studies. It is an important crop and, because of its well-studied genetics and physiology, is an excellent can...

Molecular genetic markers and other enabling technologies are now sufficiently developed for exploitation in breeding programmes. They allow the possibility of accelerating, and improving the efficiency, of breeding for abiotic and biotic stress tolerances. Barley is a good model species in which to demonstrate this. Barley is a diploid species in...