Advances in the apiary control of the honeybee american foulbrood with cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) essential oil

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-97

  Gende, Liesel Brenda ^a   Maggi, Matías Daniel ^a   Damiani, Natalia ^a   Fritz, Rosalia ^a   Eguaras, Martin Javier ^a   Floris, Ignazio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

American foulbrood control; Antimicrobial activity; Apiary trial; Cinnamon oil; Oxytetracycline

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 77952017474     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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