An investigation on some diseases and parasites of bumblebee queens (Bombus terrestris L.) in Turkey

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1282-1286

  Çankaya, Necda Eldeniz ^a   Kaftanoglu, Osman ^b  

^a BLACK SEA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apicystis bombi; External parasite; Internal parasite; Nosema bombi

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APICYSTIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA BOMBI; FUNGI; LOCUSTACARUS BUCHNERI; NOSEMA; NOSEMA BOMBI; PARASITUS; SCUTACARUS;

EID: 33745802180     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.1282.1286     Document Type: Article

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