Combined effect of pollen quality and thiamethoxam on hypopharyngeal gland development and protein content in Apis mellifera

Apidologie

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 779-788

  Renzi, Maria Teresa ^a   Rodríguez Gasol, Neus ^a,b   Medrzycki, Piotr ^c   Porrini, Claudio ^a   Martini, Antonio ^a   Burgio, Giovanni ^a   Maini, Stefano ^a   Sgolastra, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c Research Center for Cereals and Industrial Crops   (Italy)

Author keywords

chronic toxicity; honeybee; HPGs; neonicotinoid; pollen diet

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIET; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD QUALITY; HONEYBEE; INSECTICIDE; NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDE; POLLEN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY TEST;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 84994410124     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-016-0435-9     Document Type: Article

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