The reproductive program of female Varroa destructor mites is triggered by its host, Apis mellifera

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 269-273

  Garrido, Claudia ^a   Rosenkranz, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Host trigger; Reproduction; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MITES; REPRODUCTION;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 1842431568     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000010386.10686.9f     Document Type: Article

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