Field trials using the fungal pathogen, metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycetes: Hyphomycetes) to control the ectoparasitic mite, varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) in honey bee, apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1091-1099

  Ble Kanga, Lambert Houssou ^a   Jones, Walker A ^a   James, Rosalind R ^b  

^a KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Application methods; Biological control; Metarhizium anisopliae; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DEUTEROMYCETES; INSECT CONTROL; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; MITES; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TICK CONTROL;

EID: 0141975762     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-96.4.1091     Document Type: Article

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