journal of kerbala university

The research aimed to determine the application level of eggplant growers of scientific recommendations related to the crop .Also ,to prioritize application level of eggplant growers concerning the scientific recommendations related to the crop .Another objective is to determine the relationship between the application level and some independent factors such as (age, education level, years of experience , annual income and information exposure).
A questionnaire designed to collect data consisted of two parts ; first : part included the independent factors mentioned above. Second a scale of (44) items to measure the growers application level .These items distributed on (8) axes : Soil preparation , crop cultivation , patching , fertilization, irrigation , grubbing , pest control and crop handling .
Data collected from a stratified random sample (12%) of the eggplant growers (500) to be (60) growers .