Alternative control of Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) with lime and diatomaceou? earth

Apidologie

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 535-548

  Buchholz, Sven ^a   Merkel, Katharina ^b   Spiewok, Sebastian ^a   Pettis, Jeff S ^c   Duncan, Michael ^d   Spooner Hart, Robert ^d   Ulrichs, Christian ^e   Ritter, Wolfgang ^f   Neumann, P ^g,h,i  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f Fachgebiet Bienen ^*  (Germany)

^g AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^h YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amorphous silica; Integrated pest management; Powdered limestone; Slaked lime; Small hive beetle

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DIATOMITE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LIME; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PUPATION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

AETHINA TUMIDA; APIS MELLIFERA; COLEOPTERA; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 70349637255     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009020     Document Type: Article

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