Mahmood B. Shanta

University of Tripoli | UOT · Faculty of Agriculture

This study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the state of the Jadda'im forest by tracking the change in the tree density in the forest during the period of 2003 - 2022. The available satellite images of the forest were collected for the specified period of the study, where the satellite images were subjected to Unsupervised Classification. T...

This book addresses the environmental challenges that Libya and similar countries in the regions are currently facing. Each chapter of this book provides a methodology using remote sensing (RS) and geographical information systems (GIS) dealing with one of these environmental challenges such as monitoring and mapping soil salinity and prediction of...

Rapid urbanization development in Libya increases decision-makers’ concerns regarding issues related to natural resources, such as converting plantation forests, natural vegetation, and agricultural lands into urban development. Assessment of land cover is fundamental to understand and cope with these concerns. The objectives of this study are to:...

A floristic survey of Sedrores Al-Qawasim mountains in Gharyan district-Libya was conducted in two consecutive growing seasons from 01/04/2018 to 01/6/2019. In this study area, a total number of 320 plant species belonging to 214 genera were collected representing 44 families, of which 39 families and 276 species belonging to dicotyledons, and 5 fa...

Drought is one of the major environmental stresses that greatly limit plant growth, abundance and distribution. In this study, the effect of drought stress on some growth characteristics of Acacia mellifera seedlings (seedling height, seedling diameter, number of leaflets, shoot and root dry mass and root to shoot ratio) was investigated. Some of i...

‬Cultivation of calcareous soil is a major challenge as results to its properties including low moisture content, high filtration rate, weak soil structure, low soil content of organic matter and loss of nitrogen fertilizers. This study was conducted in research station at agriculture faculty in 2015/2016;0 calcareous soils to study the effect of c...

Hardening is a seed technique that has been successfully used for enhancing seed vigor for many crops. However, there is dearth information on the influence of hardening treatments on tree and shrub seeds. Thus, this experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of salt-hardening treatments on germination and seed vigor of Acacia cyanophylla...

Using electric heating cables, the effect of temperature elevation by 3 ºC throughout the year on 19 grassland species was examined in an outdoor pot experiment in northern England. Overall, no significant treatment effect on growth was detected. Species' response to 3 ºC elevation was also unrelated to a temperature preference index reflecting the...

Priming is a technique through which germination properties and early growth of many crops can be improved. However, information on the response of tree and shrub seeds to priming is limited. Therefore, this study was carried out to evaluate the effects of different priming treatments; untreated seeds (control), hydropriming (soaked in distilled wa...