Wolbachia is present in apis mellifera capensis, A. m. scutellata, and their hybrid in Southern Africa

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-60

  Hoy, Marjorie A ^a   Jeyaprakash, Ayyamperumal ^a   Alvarez, Juan M ^a,b   Allsopp, Michael H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera capensis; Apis mellifera scutellata; Long PCR; Thelytoky; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BEE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

ALEYRODIDAE; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEMISIA; BEMISIA TABACI; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; DIAPHORINA CITRI; HYMENOPTERA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0037281677     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2002048     Document Type: Article

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