Essential oils toxicity related to Varroa destructor and Apis mellifera under laboratory conditions

Zootecnia Tropical

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Ruffinengo, Sergio ^a   Maggi, Matias ^a   Faverin, Claudia ^a   García De La Rosa, Susana B ^a   Bailac, Predo ^b   Principal, Judith ^c   Eguaras, Martin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Essential oils; Eucalyptol; Heterotheca latifolia; Tagetes minuta; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; EUCALYPTUS; HETEROTHECA SUBAXILLARIS; TAGETES MINUTA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 35148823652     PISSN: 07987269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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