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Bee virus/varroa epidemiolgy. - HH0810SHB
Objective
To understand the relationship between bee populations, mite populations and viral pathogens and establish a critical density of mites at which virus infection kills the colony to enable optimisation of the targeting and timing of acaricide treatment.
Time-Scale and Cost
From: 1997

To: 2000

Cost: £474,564
Contractor / Funded Organisations
Central Science Laboratory, Rothamsted Research (BBSRC)
Keywords
Bee Health              
Farming              
Horticulture              
Pest Control              
Varroosis (Varroa)              
Fields of Study
Plant Health
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