Impact of a treatment of Beauveria bassiana (Deuteromycota: Hyphomycetes) on honeybee (Apis mellifera) colony health and on Varroa destructor mites (Acari: Varroidae)

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-259

  Meikle, William G ^a   Mercadier, Guy ^a   Holst, Niels ^b   Nansen, Christian ^c   Girod, Vincent ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ADAPRO LR CRALR   (France)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Beauveria bassiana; Biopesticide; Formulation; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

BIOPESTICIDE; DISEASE TREATMENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGAL DISEASE; HONEYBEE; MITE;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; HYPHOMYCETES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 42149088284     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2007057     Document Type: Article

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