Efficacy of strips coated with Metarhizium anisopliae for control of Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) in honey bee colonies in Texas and Florida

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 249-258

  Kanga, Lambert H B ^a   Jones, Walker A ^b   Gracia, Carlos ^b  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Biological control; Conidia; Metarhizium anisopliae; Strips; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COLONY; FUNGUS; HONEYBEE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MITE; PARASITE; PATHOGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DEUTEROMYCETES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEES; FLORIDA; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TEXAS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; HYMENOPTERA; HYPHOMYCETES; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 33846833491     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-006-9033-2     Document Type: Article

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