Impact of two treatments of a formulation of Beauveria bassiana (Deuteromycota: Hyphomycetes) conidia on Varroa mites (Acari: Varroidae) and on honeybee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colony health

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 46, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 105-117

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

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c ADAPRO LR CRALR   (France)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CARNAUBA WAX; WAX;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COLONY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; HONEYBEE; MITE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BEE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGUS SPORE; HONEY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFESTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; BEES; HONEY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SPORES, FUNGAL; WAXES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACARI; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; EUPHORBIA ANTISYPHILITICA; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; HYMENOPTERA; HYPHOMYCETES; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 57349169546     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-008-9160-z     Document Type: Article

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