Gamma irradiation of pollen and eradication of Israeli acute paralysis virus

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 74-77

  Meeus, Ivan ^a   Mosallanejad, Hadi ^a   Niu, Jinzhi ^a   de Graaf, Dirk C ^a   Wäckers, Felix ^b   Smagghe, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Biobest Belgium NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bumblebee rearing; Dicistroviridae; Gamma irradiation; Israeli acute paralysis virus; Pollen; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEE; DICISTROVIRIDAE; FOOD IRRADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GERMFREE ANIMAL; POLLEN; RADIATION RESPONSE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; DICISTROVIRIDAE; FOOD IRRADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; POLLEN; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 84906695257     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2014.06.012     Document Type: Article

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