Viruses of commercialized insect pollinators

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 147, Issue , 2017, Pages 51-59

  Gisder, Sebastian ^a   Genersch, Elke ^a,b  

^a Institute for Bee Research   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Honey bee; Honey bee viruses; Mason bee; Stingless bee

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; DICISTROVIRIDAE; INSECT VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RNA VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; DICISTROVIRIDAE; INSECT VIRUSES; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 84994099377     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2016.07.010     Document Type: Review

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