Occurrence, detection, and quantification of economically important viruses in healthy and unhealthy honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies in Canada

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 22-35

  Desai, Suresh D ^a   Kumar, Santosh ^a,b   Currie, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b BRANDON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BEE PARALYSIS VIRUS; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BLACK QUEEN CELL VIRUS; CHRONIC BEE PARALYSIS VIRUS; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; DICISTROVIRIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; KASHMIR BEE VIRUS; SACBROOD VIRUS;

EID: 84955184184     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2015.23     Document Type: Article

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