Multiple wolbachia strains in apis mellifera capensis from South Africa

Apidologie

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-183

  Jeyaprakash, Ayyamperumal ^a   Hoy, Marjorie A ^a   Allsopp, Michael H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHID; ASSAY; BACTERIUM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD;

APIS MELLIFERA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 67650433780     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009002     Document Type: Article

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