Prospective biological control agents of Varroa destructor n. sp., an important pest of the European honeybee, Apis mellifera

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 429-448

  Chandler, D ^a   Sunderland, K D ^a   Ball, B V ^b   Davidson, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acari; Apis mellifera; Bacillus thuringiensis; Biological control; Entomopathogens; Fungi; Nematodes; Parasitoids; Predators; Protozoa; Rickettsiae; Varroa destructor; Varroa jacobsoni; Viruses

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EUROPE; HOST; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITISM; PEST CONTROL; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ECTOPARASITE; HONEYBEE;

EID: 0034862885     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150120067472     Document Type: Review

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