Nosema ceranae and RNA viruses in European and Africanized honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera) in Uruguay

Apidologie

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 224-234

  Mendoza, Yamandú ^a   Antúnez, Karina ^b   Branchiccela, Belén ^b   Anido, Matilde ^b   Santos, Estela ^c   Invernizzi, Ciro ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

bee haplotypes; Nosemosis; resistance; RNA virus

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; HONEYBEE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANTATION; RNA; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

URUGUAY;

EID: 84897670572     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-013-0241-6     Document Type: Article

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