Breeding for resistance to Varroa destructor in North America

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-424

  Rinderer, Thomas E ^a   Harris, Jeffrey W ^a   Hunt, Gregory J ^b   De Guzman, Lilia I ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

breeding program; marker assisted selection; Russian honey bees; Varroa resistance; Varroa sensitive hygiene

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MITE; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PESTICIDE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 77953867396     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2010015     Document Type: Review

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