A Field Experiment to Assess the Rate of Infestation in Honey Bee Populations of Two Metarhizium anisopliae Isolates on Varroa destructor (Acari: Mesostigmata).

• Glavni autori: Khodadad Pirali-Kheirabadi (Autor), Jaime A Teixeira- (Autor), Mehdi Razzaghi-Abyaneh (Autor), Mehdi Nazemnia (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Background: The protective effect of two isolates of an entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae (DEMI 002 and Iran 437C) on the adult stage of Varroa destructor was evaluated in comparison with fluvalinate strips in the field. Methods: A total of 12 honey bee colonies were provided from an a...