Incidence of the Korean haplotype of Varroa destructor in southwest Nigeria

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 369-370

  Akinwande, Kayode L ^a   Badejo, Mosadoluwa A ^b   Ogbogu, Sylvester S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Apiary; Characters; Colony; Haplotype; Infestation; Mite load; Morphometric; Nigeria; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867756460     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.51.4.15     Document Type: Short Survey

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