Decreased flight performance and sperm production in drones of the honeybee (Apis mellifera) slightly infested by Varroa destructor mites during pupaldevelopment

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-232

  Duay, Pedro ^a,b   De Jong, David ^b   Engels, Wolf ^a  

^a Zoologisches Institut   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Drone flying power; Pupal infestation; Sperm production; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLYING; HONEYBEE; INFESTATION; MALE; MITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PERFORMANCE; PUPATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BEE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; METAMORPHOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

INSECTICIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; VARROATIN;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PUPA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0346199287     PISSN: 16765680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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