Publication

Articles

1- FAIAD, S.A. and Ali F. Almehemdi.2003. Effect of aquous vegetative extract of coontail germination and growth of four cultivars of wheat. Alanbar Journal of Agriculture Science.1(1):12-24.

2- Al-mohammedi, Aqeel N. and Ali F.Almehemdi.2004. Effect of different levels of nitrogen fertilizer on growth and yield of okra. Tikrit Journal of Agriculture Science. 4(2): 15-25.

3- Mnaged, M.H. Basam A.Akhatib and Ali. F.Almehemdi.2004. Effect of nitrogen levels and application methods on growth and yield of black cumin. Alanbar Journal of Agriculture Science.2(2): 26-36.

4- Almehemdi. Ali.F.2005. Potentallity of allelopathic interaction between terrestrial and aquous ecosystem: coontail allelopathic effects on two medicinal plants and alfalfa. Alanbar Journal of Agriculture Science.3(1): 17-29.

5- Elsahookie, M.M. and A F Almehemdi.2008. PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS TO TEST STABILITY OF CULTIVARS ACROSS ENVIRONMENTS:-A TUTORIAL REVIEWED ARTICLE. the Iraqi journal of agricultural sciences.39(1): 102-115.

6- Elsahookie, MM., AO Alfalahi and A F Almehemdi.2009. Crop and soil management and breeding for drought toleranceThe Iraqi J. Agric. Sci.40(2):1-28.

7- Salih, T. A. , A. K. Al-Rawi , W. M. Al-Juboori and A. F. Almehemdi.2009. Effect of Turnsoles Chrozophora tinctoria L. Extracts on Some Pathological Bacteria Types. Anbar journal of agricultural sciences.7( 1) 369-378.

8- Alhilfy, Intesar H., Adel Y. Nasralla  and A F Almehemdi.2010. Study of Boron Effect on six peanut cultivars using GGE biplot‏.AL-ANBAR JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES 8 (2), 124-132.

9- Edan, M.H., Ali .F. Almehemdi,Waqqas M. Aljuboori2010.IMPROVEMENT OF WATER-STRESSED MAIZE GROWTH AND YIELD BY PARTITIONING OF PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZER‏IRAQI JOURNAL OF DESERT STUDIES 2 (2), 99-104‏.

10- Almehemdi, AF,  AY Nasralla and A Stolarska.2011. EFFECT OF LICORICE, FENUGREEK EXTRACTS AND GA3 ON YIELD OF CARAWAY Carum carvi L. Iraqi Journal of Desert Studies 3 (1)‏:

11- Almehemdi, Ali F., AY Nasralla, A Stolarska .2011. EFFECT OF SOWING DATE ON YIELD AND ITS COMPONENTS OF CARAWAY.IRAQI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE. 42(1):31-40.

12- Ali F. A. Almehemdi, Anna Stolarska, Adel Y.Nasralla.2011. EFFECT OF SOWING DATES ON VOLATILE OIL %, ITS YIELD AND COMPONENTS OF CARAWAY. IRAQI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE. 42(2):31-40.

13- Abbas, J.M., A.F.A Almehemdi and H.N. Abdullah.2012. ANALYSIS OF GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION AND CULTIVAR X TRAIT DATA FOR SOYBEAN‏. The Iraqi Journal Of Agricultural Sciences. 43: 35-44.

14- Al-Mehemdi ,Ali F., Saddam H. Fadhil and Basma A. Al-ani.2012. DETERMINATION OF SOME HEAVY METALS IN CITRUS FRUITS GROWN IN RAMADI, IRAQ. IRAQI JOURNAL OF DESERT STUDIES. 4(2):14-20.

15- Najda, A., A.F Almehemdi and A.F Zabar.2013. Chemical composition and nutritional value of jatropha Jatropha curcas L. leaves‏. J. Genet. Environ. Resour. Conserv 1 (1), 221–226.

16- FADHIL, SADDAM H. , KHALID F. ABED AL-KAFOUR  and ALI F. ALMEHEMDI.2013. DETERMINATION THE CONCENTRATIONS OF SOME HEAVY METALS AND STUDYING THE BLOOD VARIABLES FOR THE DIESEL GENERATORS WORKERS BLOOD IN RAMADI CITY. Journal of university of Anbar for Pure science.7(1):185-193.

17- Mohamed, H.I., F.M Al-Dabbagh, A.F. Almehemdi.2013. influence of succharides on metabolites production from leaves induced callus of Jatropha curcas in vitro‏. Kufa journal for agricultural sciences 5 (2), 1-18.

18- ALmohammedi, N. Akeel, ALI F.ALMEHEMDI, AHMED F.ALOBEIDI and ADIL Y.NASRALLA.2013. Response Of Caraway To Spray The Extracts Of Roselle And Senna And Vitamin Complex And Effect In Volatil Oil And Active Ingreadint. University of tikrit j. Agric Sci. 13(2):237-250.

19- Al-Zubaidy, H. K., K. O. Al-Omairy, M. B. Mohammed and A. F.Almehemdi.2013. EFFECT OF EXTRACTS OF CARAWAY FRUITS IN SOME BIOTIC ASPECTS OF POTATO TUBER MOTH. The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Sciences – 44(6): 738-744.

20- ALMOHAMMEDI, AQEEL N., ALI F.ALMEHEMDI, and RAFAT K. AL AJEELEE.2014. Impact of Bat Guano Otonycteris hemprichii Camd and Seaweed Extract on Some Growth and Yield Traits of Barakaseed Nigella Sativa L. Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare.4(1):57-65.

21- Al-mohammedi, A. N., A. F.Al-mehemdi and  O. H.Al-mehemdi.2014. SOME PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ESSENTIAL OIL OF BARAKASEED NIGELLA SATIVA L. IMPACTED BY BAT GUANO Otonycteris hemprichii Camd AND SEAWEED EXTRACT The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 74(4):1124-1131.

22- Almehemdi, A. F. 2016. EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE FOR CARAWAY (Carum carvi L.) CULTIVARS OVER IRAQI ENVIRONMENTS. The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Sciences – 47(5):1211-1217. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36103/ijas.v47i5.498.

23- Almehemdi, Ali F. Samir S.Elrawi and Hassan B Aswed.2016. NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF BREAD WHEAT LEAVES VIA APPLICATION OF BATGUANO. IRAQI JOURNAL OF DESERT STUDIES. 6( 1): 40-47.

24 Al – isawi, Y. J. and A. F. Al – mehemdi.2016. EFFECT OF BAT GUANO ON SOME GROWTH ASPECTS OF WHEAT) Triticum aestivum L. The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Sciences – 47(1): 216-222.

25- Al-Mehemdi A. F. and  A. Z. A. Abed.2016. DECISION MAKING OF SELECTION USING GGE BIPLOT. The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Sciences – 47(1): 208-215.

26- Almehemdi,Ali F., Zeyad M.Abdulrazaq and Yasir S.Sekhi. 2017. EVALUATION OF SOME CARAWAY CULTIVARS PERFORMANCE USING TERNARY PLOT AND AMMI BIPLOT TECHNIQUE. Iraqi .J.Desert.Study 7 (1):84-91.

27- Neamah, S.I. and A.F Almehemdi.2017. EXTRACTION OF NATURAL COMPOUNDS FROM CALLUS INDUCTED OF COMMON SAGE PLANT Salvia officinalis L. AND THEIR EVALUTION OF ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY. the iraqi journal of agricultural sciences 48 (6), 1541-1548‏.

28- Almehemdi, A.F., UH Mheidi, and AA Almarie.2017. ESTIMATION LEAF AREA MODEL AND GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF BUCKWHEAT UNDER IRAQI ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS. journal of Animal & plant Sciences 27 (5), 1665-1670.

29- ALFahdawi, H.M and A.F. Almehemdi‏.2017. EFFECT OF DAP APPLICATION ON GROWTH AND YIELD CHARACTERISTICS OF BREAD AND DURUM WHEAT GENOTYPES GROWN UNDER DESERT ENVIRONMENT. IRAQI JOURNAL OF DESERT STUDIES 7 (1), 43-49.

30- Khazael, Hala, F. Ali F.Almehemdi  and Hussein J. Al-Hadithy.2018. EFFECT OF IAA AND BAT GUANO ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF MEDICINAL PUMPKIN Cucurbita pepo var.styriaca. Iraqi Journal of Desert Studies 8 (1), 64-72.

‏31-  Al –Rawi, O.H., M.D.Y. El-Jubouri,S. H. Cheyed and A.F. Almehemdi. 2018. ASSESSMENT OF MULTI-CULTIVARS OF CARAWAY USING TERNARY PLOT UNDER ARID ZONE CIRCUMSTANCES. Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Sciences .49(5):731- 739. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36103/ijas.v49i5.25.

32- Ziydan, Basim A., Ahmed F.Muslih and Ali F. Almehemdi.2018. EFFECT OF TILLAGE SYSTEMS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF FIVE CULTIVARS OF BREAD WHEAT. Iraqi Journal of Desert Studies 8 (1), 10-15‏.

33- Neama, Shamil E. and Ali F.A.Almehemdi.2018. SOME ASPECTS OF BREEDING OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS. IRAQI JOURNAL OF DESERT STUDIES. 8 ( 2) 110-132.

34- Almarie, Ahmed A., A.A.Al-Salmani Sinan and Ali F.Almohammedi .2019. Response of caraway (Carum carvi L.) plants to organic manures in replacement of chemical fertilization. Research Journal of Biotechnology. 14(1):283-288.

35- Al-Enzy, Ahmed FM, Basim A Ziydan and Ali F Almehemdi.2019. EFFECT OF ADDING TWO TYPES OF ORGANIC FERTILIZERS IN SOME GROWTHAND YIELD INDICATORS FOR TWO CULTIVARS OF Anise (FOENICULUM VULGARE MILL.) Plant Archives. 19 (2):4143-4148.

Almehemdi, A.F. and Ahmed A. Alsatoori.2019. ALLELOPATHIC EFFECT OF CARAWAY ESSENTIAL OIL AND ITS ALCOHOL EXTRACT ON THE GROWTH OF THE FIELD DODDER GROWTH ON THE LUCERNE. Plant Archives. 19(2): 657-663.

36- Alazzam, S.A, M.M. Sharqi and A.F. AlMehemdi.2020. Phytochemical Analysis, Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Potential of Rumex Vesicarius Extracts‏. Medico Legal Update 20 (2), 449-454.

37- Al-Mehemdi, Ali F., Medhat M. Elsahookie, Mohammed H Al-Issawi. Analysis of genotype-environment interaction in fennel using Sudoku design. Asian J Agric & Biol. 2020;8(1):61-68. DOI: 10.35495/ajab.2019.07.314.

38- Mohammed, A.M., Zeyad M.Abdulrazzaq and Ali F.Almehemdi.2020. active compounds analysis in five roselle varieties using GC/MS. Int.J.Agricult.Stat.Sci. 16(1):1-9.

39- Mohammed, A. M. and Ali F. Almehemdi. 2020. Impact of benzyladenine, brassinolide and IBA on the proliferation of shoots and initiation of roots in stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. Indian J. Ecology. 47(10):1-9.

40- Alani, Mukhalad H., Mohammed K. Hameed, Ahmed F.Al-Dulaimy and Ali F.Almehemdi. 2020. Effect of cutting type and humic acid on growth and root traits of fig Ficus carica L. wazeri cv saplings. Indian j. Ecology. 47(12): 75-78.

Lectures

No.	Subjects	Lectures	Stage	File	Video
1	Medicinal plants biotechnology	1-History and Importance of Medicinal Plants	Second
2	Medicinal plants biotechnology	2-Traditional Systems of Medicine	Second
3	Medicinal plants biotechnology	3-Medicinal Plant Classification and Taxonomy	Second
4	Medicinal plants biotechnology	4-Phytochemistry of Medicinal Plants	Second
5	Medicinal plants biotechnology	5-Ethnopharmacology and Traditional Knowledge Systems	Second
6	Medicinal plants biotechnology	6-Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants	Second
7	Medicinal plants biotechnology	7-Plant Tissue Culture Techniques for Medicinal Plants	Second

Academic certificates

Academic Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences (Field Crops) – University of Anbar, College of Agriculture, 1998.

• M.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences (Allelopathy – Biochemical Inhibition) – University of Baghdad, College of Agriculture, 2000.

  • Thesis title: Response of dodder (Cuscuta spp.) grown on alfalfa to some plant extracts, additives, and their interactions.

• Ph.D. in Medicinal Plants and Biostatistics – University of Baghdad, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, 2011.

  • Dissertation title: Effect of planting dates, gibberellin, plant extracts, and vitamins on the growth and yield of two caraway (Carum carvi L.) cultivars.

Supervision

Supervision of Graduate Theses and Dissertations

• M.Sc. Thesis (2024) – Safa Jassam Khalaf, Estimation of herbicide residues in some aquatic plants of the Euphrates River in the Al-Saqlawiyah region, College of Education for Women, Department of Biology.

• M.Sc. Thesis (2025) – Haneen Salem Assaf, Morphological, anatomical, and molecular study of two invasive Ranunculus species in western Iraq, College of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops.

• Ph.D. Dissertation(2023)– Marwa Shakeeb Thanoon, Taxonomic study of some species of the family Mimosaceae in Iraq, College of Science, Department of Biology.

• Ph.D. Dissertation(2022) – Waleed Khalid Al-Rawi, Effect of wild Solanum and water hyacinth extracts on the growth and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) and sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), College of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops.

• M.Sc. Thesis (2021) – Abeer Hazem, Analysis of bioactive compounds of some wild medicinal plants and evaluation of their antioxidant activity, College of Education for Pure Sciences, Department of Biology.

• M.Sc. Thesis (2020) – Azhar Jamal Al-Alwani, Evaluation of the inhibitory activity of two Rumex species against some pathogenic bacteria, College of Education for Pure Sciences, Department of Biology.

• M.Sc. Thesis (2019) – Sabrin Adel Al-Azzam, Chemical analysis, antioxidant capacity, and cytotoxicity of Rumex and Haloxylon plant extracts, College of Science, Department of Biology.

• M.Sc. Thesis (2018) – Ahmed Abdul Kareem Al-Sattouri, Response of dodder (Cuscuta spp.) grown on alfalfa to the alcoholic extract and essential oil of caraway, College of Education for Pure Sciences, Department of Biology.

• M.Sc. Thesis (2017) – Hala Faisal Khazaal, Effect of IAA and bat manure on the growth and yield of medicinal pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.), College of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture.

Other

Conferences, Symposia, and Scientific Courses

• Allelopathy Applications in Agriculture, India, 2004 – Research paper
• Towards Sustainable Agriculture in the Arab World, Jordan, 2005 – Research paper
• First Scientific Conference, Desert Studies Center, Iraq, 2009 – Research paper
• Chromatographic Separation Methods, Natural Products, and Medicinal Plants, Poland, 2010 – Research paper
• Second Scientific Conference, Desert Studies Center, Iraq, 2013 – Research paper
• Fourth Scientific Conference – First International, University of Karbala, Iraq, 2017 – Research paper
• All Desert Studies Center Symposia, Iraq – Attendance
• Symposium on Palm Cultivation through Tissue Culture, University of Kirkuk, Iraq, 2016 – Invited speaker
• Training Course on Alternative Medicine and Herbal Use, University of Anbar, Desert Studies Center, Iraq, 2018 – Trainer
• Training Course on Linguistic Editing in Official Correspondence, University of Anbar, Center for Teaching Methods, Iraq, 2018 – Trainer

Other Academic and Administrative Activities

Inside the Desert Studies Center

• Provided scientific consultations.
• Head, Department of Desertification Control, 2017–2019.
• Managed the Center’s scientific journal and committees.
• Head, Department of Conservation Agriculture, 2020–present.
• Co-registered two plant species with NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) in collaboration with Prof. Ayoub Ubaid Al-Falahi and Ms. Marwa Shakeeb Al-Rawi:
  • Launaea mucronata
  • Launaea nudicaulis
    Their genetic sequences are available in the NCBI international database.

Outside the Center

• Participation in scientific thesis and dissertation defenses.
• Peer-reviewing scientific research papers.
• Delivering lectures at the College of Agriculture.

Membership in Scientific and Academic Bodies

• Member of local and international scientific associations.
• Member of scientific and administrative committees at the Desert Studies Center.
• Managing Editor, Iraqi Journal of Desert Studies.
• Member, Comprehensive Examination Committee, Department of Field Crops.
• Editorial Board, HJAFSR (African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development).
• Member, National Committee on Medicinal Plants, Iraq.

Awards, Honors, and Certificates

• Certificate of Appreciation and First-Rank Student Award, Presidency of the Republic of Iraq, 1998.
• Appreciation Letter, College of Pharmacy, University of Baghdad, 2002.
• Appreciation Letter, University of Anbar Presidency, 2005.
• Appreciation Letter, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, 2011.
• Certificate of Appreciation, University of Anbar – Desert Studies Center, 2012.
• Certificate of Appreciation, Al-Mustansiriyah University, 2012.
• Certificate of Appreciation, National Research Center, Egypt, 2013.
• Certificate of Appreciation, Date Palm Tissue Culture Center, UAE, 2013.
• Appreciation Letter, Dean, College of Agriculture, University of Anbar, 2017.
• Appreciation Letters, President of the University of Anbar, 2018 (two occasions).
• Appreciation Letter, College of Agriculture, University of Diyala, 2020.

Courses Taught