Laboratory bioassays to assess the pathogenicity of mitosporic fungi to Varroa destructor (Acari: Mesostigmata), an ectoparasitic mite of the honeybee, Apis mellifera

Biological Control

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 266-276

  Shaw, Katie E ^a   Davidson, Gillian ^b   Clark, Suzanne J ^a   Ball, Brenda V ^a   Pell, Judith K ^a   Chandler, David ^b   Sunderland, Keith D ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Beauveria bassiana; Entomopathogenic fungus; Hirsutella spp; Metarhizium spp; Microbial control; Paecilomyces spp; Pathogenicity; Tolypocladium spp; Varroa destructor; Verticillium lecanii

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; HIRSUTELLA; MESOSTIGMATA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PAECILOMYCES; TOLYPOCLADIUM; TORRUBIELLA CONFRAGOSA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0036313683     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(02)00029-4     Document Type: Article

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