A real-time PCR based survey on acute bee paralysis virus in German bee colonies

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 650-661

  Siede, Reinhold ^a   König, Matthias ^a   Büchler, Ralph ^b   Failing, Klaus ^a   Thiel, Heinz Jürgen ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Bieneninstitut Kirchhain ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute bee paralysis virus; Apis mellifera; Real time PCR; Relevance; Varroa destructor; Viral load; Winter mortality

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; VIRUS; WINTER;

ACUTE BEE PARALYSIS VIRUS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 58149109076     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008044     Document Type: Article

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