Toxicity of Seven Monoterpenoids to Tracheal Mites (Acari: Tarsonemidae) and Their Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Hosts When Applied as Fumigants

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1087-1091

  Ellis, Marion D ^a   Baxendale, Frederick P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acarapis woodi; Apis mellifera; Essential oils; Monoterpenoids

Indexed keywords

ACARAPIS; ACARAPIS WOODI; ACARI; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; TARSONEMIDAE;

EID: 0001568631     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.5.1087     Document Type: Article

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