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Monitoring for resistance to organophosphorus and pyrethroid insecticides in Varroa mite populations.
Journal of economic entomology - 1 Oct 2010
Kanga Lambert H B, Adamczyk John, Marshall Keith, Cox Robert
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The occurrence of resistance in Varroa mite populations is a serious threat to the beekeeping industry and to crops that rely on the honey bee for pollination. Integrated pest management strategies for control of this pest include the judicious use of insecticides. To monitor field populations of Varroa mite for insecticide resistance, a glass vial bioassay procedure was developed to use in the development of a...
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