Acute contact toxicity of oxalic acid to Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) and their Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) hosts in laboratory bioassays

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1579-1582

  Aliano, Nicholas P ^a   Ellis, Marion D ^a   Siegfried, Blair D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Bioassay; LD50; Oxalic acid; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 33845246360     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/99.5.1579     Document Type: Article

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