Inheritance of resistance to Acarapis woodi (Acari: Tarsonemidae) in first-generation crosses of honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1602-1605

  Danka, Robert G ^a   Villa, José D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acarapis woodi; Apis mellifera; Breeding; Genetic resistance; Heritability

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CROSS BREEDING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PARASITOLOGY;

ACARI; ANIMALS; BEES; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENOTYPE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034566547     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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