Negative evidence for effects of genetic origin of bees on Nosema ceranae, positive evidence for effects of Nosema ceranae on bees

Apidologie

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 511-518

  Villa, José D ^a   Bourgeois, A Lelania ^a   Danka, Robert G ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; breeding; honey bees; Nosema ceranae; resistance; selection

Indexed keywords

BEE; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLONY STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY; QUEEN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84884225667     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-013-0201-1     Document Type: Article

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