Temperature and chalkbrood development in the alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile rotundata

Apidologie

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-23

  James, Rosalind R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa leafcutting bee; Ascosphaera aggregata; Chalkbrood; Megachile rotundata; Temperature stress

Indexed keywords

BEE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE;

AGGREGATA; APOIDEA; ASCOSPHAERA AGGREGATA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; INSECTA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE LATIMANUS; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA;

EID: 17644394970     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004065     Document Type: Article

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