Monitoring for resistance to organophosphorus and pyrethroid insecticides in Varroa mite populations

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1797-1802

  Kanga, Lambert H B ^a   Adamczyk, John ^b   Marshall, Keith ^a   Cox, Robert ^b  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; monitoring insecticide resistance; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

COUMAFOS; INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MITE; MITE INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; COUMAPHOS; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; PYRETHRINS;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 77957733121     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC10064     Document Type: Article

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