Molecular detection of nosema apis and N. ceranae from southwestern and South Central USA Feral africanized and european honey bees, apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 585-589

  Szalanski, Allen L ^a   Tripodi, Amber D ^a   Trammel, Clinton E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

honey bee; molecular diagnostics; Nosema

Indexed keywords

BEE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904127723     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.097.0233     Document Type: Article

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