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Use of costic acid, a natural extract from Dittrichia viscosa, for the control of Varroa destructor, a parasite of the European honey bee

Costic acid has been isolated from the plant Dittrichia viscosa and its efficacy against Varroa destructor, a parasite of Apis mellifera, the European honey bee, has been studied. Costic acid exhibited potent in vivo acaricidal activity against the parasite. Initial experiments showed that the compo...

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Autores principales: Sofou, Kalliopi, Isaakidis, Demosthenis, Spyros, Apostolos, Büttner, Anita, Giannis, Athanassios, Katerinopoulos, Haralambos E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Beilstein-Institut 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5480341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28684976
http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.13.96