The role of pollen in chalkbrood disease in Apis mellifera: Transmission and predisposing conditions

Mycologia

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1171-1176

  Flores, J M ^a   Gutierrez I ^a   Espejo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascosphaera apis; Epidemiology; Fungal disease; Honeybee

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; HONEYBEE; POLLEN; SPORE; SPORULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; ONYGENALES; POLLEN;

ANIMALS; BEES; ONYGENALES; POLLEN; SPORES, FUNGAL;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; ASCOSPHAERA APIS; FUNGI;

EID: 33646559875     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 00275514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/mycologia.97.6.1171     Document Type: Article

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