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Open AccessPublished: 10 January 2024

A Mobile and Height-adjustable Smoker for Calming Giant Honeybees (Apis dorsata)

K.M.N.M. Jayasena, P.D. Kahandage, E.J. Kosgollegedara, U.G.A.I. Sirisena, N.D.S.L. Senevirathne

New Countryside · 8-16 · 10.55121/nc.v3i1.126

The giant honeybees (Apis dorsata) plays an important role as pollinators, which are vital in plant reproduction. They help the forest and perennial crops by mediating speciation, promoting genetic diversity, and contributing to ecosystem stability. They live in large colonies with vertical comb and commonly make nests in natura

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Open AccessPublished: 4 July 2023

Varietal purity evaluation in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) seeds by means of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers in Venezuela

Edickson Frances, Hernán Laurentin

New Countryside · 1-9 · 10.55121/nc.v2i2.39

BACKGROUND: Sesame is an important crop due to the excellent quality oil derived from its grains. With as any other crop, the seed used as initial input in the agricultural process, is the first warranty of success that a farmer has. The quality seed must be evaluated during the multiplication process, to be sure that varietal p

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Open AccessPublished: 27 July 2022

Management of Globisporangium ultimum Infecting Groundnut and Bambara Groundnut Pods Using Diverse Methods

Ndifon Elias Mjaika

New Countryside · 13-20 · 10.55121/nc.v1i1.27

Bambara groundnut and groundnut are leguminous crops of immense importance globally. However, these crops are exceedingly susceptible to Globisporangium ultimum groundnut pod rot disease which constitute foremost constraints to their production. The objective of proffering solutions to this pod rot disease was set and achieved u

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