The genetic origin of honey bee colonies used in the coloss genotype-environment interactions experiment: A comparison of methods

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 188-204

  Francis, Roy M ^a   Kryger, Per ^a   Meixner, Marina ^b   Bouga, Maria ^c   Ivanova, Evgeniya ^d   Andonov, Sreten ^e   Berg, Stefan ^f   Bienkowska, Malgorzata ^g   Büchler, Ralph ^b   Charistos, Leonidas ^h   Costa, Cecilia ⁱ   Dyrba, Winfried ^j   Hatjina, Fani ^h   Panasiuk, Beata ^g   Pechhacker, Hermann ^k   Kezić, Nikola ^l   Korpela, Seppo ^m   Le Conte, Yves ⁿ   Uzunov, Aleksandar ^e   Wilde, Jerzy ^o  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b LLH   (Germany)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^e Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food   (Macedonia)

^f Bee Division   (Germany)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURE   (Poland)

^h INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

ⁱ ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^j Bee Breeding Centre Bantin   (Germany)

^k Austrian Carnica Association   (Austria)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^m FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁿ Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

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Author keywords

Apis mellifera L.; Coloss; Discrimination methods; Genotype Environment Interactions Experiment; Honey bee genetic background; Population discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901746221     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.53.2.02     Document Type: Article

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