Entomopathogenic fungi as potential biocontrol agents of the ecto-parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, and their effect on the immune response of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 237-243

  Hamiduzzaman, Mollah Md ^a   Sinia, Alice ^a   Guzman Novoa, Ernesto ^a   Goodwin, Paul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Hymenoptaecin; Immune related gene expression; Induced resistance; Metarhizium anisopliae; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BEE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOCREALES; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VARROIDAE;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; BEES; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HYPOCREALES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; METARHIZIUM; VARROIDAE;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIONECTRIA OCHROLEUCA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 84867641155     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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