Resistance to Chalkbrood Disease in Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colonies with Different Hygienic Behaviour

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-34

  Invernizzi, C ^a   Rivas, F ^b   Bettucci, L ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

^c Institutos de Física   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Ascosphaera apis; Honey bee; Larva; Selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEE; HYGIENE; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MYCOSIS; ONYGENALES;

ANIMALS; BEES; CONSUMMATORY BEHAVIOR; HYGIENE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MYCOSES; ONYGENALES;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; ASCOSPHAERA APIS; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 79952939086     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2011000100004     Document Type: Article

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