A scientific note on the fungus Beauveria bassiana infecting Varroa destructor in worker brood cells in honey bee hives

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-128

  Steenberg, Tove ^a   Kryger, Per ^a   Holst, Niels ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Beauveria bassiana; Entomopathogenic fungi; Natural occurrence; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGAL DISEASE; HONEYBEE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WORKER CASTE;

APIS MELLIFERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 73449085163     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009057     Document Type: Short Survey

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