Inheritance of resistance to acarapis woodi (Acari: Tarsonemidae) in crosses between selected Resistant Russian and selected susceptible U.S. honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1756-1759

  Villa, José D ^a   Rinderer, Thomas E ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acarapis woodi; Apis mellifera; Genetic resistance; Honey bees; Tracheal mites

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOASSAY; BREEDING; CROSS BREEDING; DOMINANT GENE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METHODOLOGY; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BREEDING; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MITES; POPULATION DENSITY; RUSSIA; UNITED STATES;

ACARAPIS WOODI; ACARI; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; TARSONEMIDAE;

EID: 57849155402     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-101.6.1756     Document Type: Article

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