Breeding for resistance to Varroa destructor in Europe

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-408

  Büchler, Ralph ^a   Berg, Stefan ^a   Le Conte, Yves ^b  

^a Bieneninstitut ^*  (Germany)

^b Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

Author keywords

breeding program; natural selection; tolerance character; Varroa resistance; vitality

Indexed keywords

APICULTURE; ECOTYPE; GENETIC RESOURCE; HONEYBEE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MITE; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITE RESISTANCE; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SUBSPECIES; SURVIVAL;

EUROPE;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 77953848018     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2010011     Document Type: Review

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