Comparing data on the reproduction of Varroa destructor

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Corrêa Marques, Maria H ^a   Medina, Luis Medina ^b   Martin, Stephen J ^c   De Jong, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africanized; Apis mellifera; Effective reproduction; Fertility; Reproduction; Varroa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HONEYBEE; INFESTATION; METHODOLOGY; MITE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; BRAZIL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MEXICO; MITES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION;

ACARI; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 0346243600     PISSN: 16765680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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