Crop Pollination Exposes Honey Bees to Pesticides Which Alters Their Susceptibility to the Gut Pathogen Nosema ceranae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Pettis, Jeffery S ^a   Lichtenberg, Elinor M ^b   Andree, Michael ^c   Stitzinger, Jennie ^b   Rose, Robyn ^d   vanEngelsdorp, Dennis ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLODIENE DERIVATIVE; FENVALERATE; FORMAMIDINE; FUNGICIDE; INSECTICIDE; NEONICOTINOID DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; OXADIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; PHOSMET; PYRETHROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL HEALTH; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOPARASITE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGICIDE APPLICATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA CERANAE; NOSEMOSIS; ORGANISM COLONY; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; POLLEN; POLLEN ANALYSIS; POLLINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84880838194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070182     Document Type: Article

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